F R O N T D O O R . . . . D O N E !

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well the project that ate the summer of 2013 is finally done! what an ordeal! a bit of an anticlimactic finale but glad to be done with this project. it turned out to be way more than we bargained for even with the 'help' of a way overpriced carpenter...who really didn't do much expect talk and spend too much time making excuses. it's done!!

 

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H O M E S T R E T C H

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final coats of paint are going on the front door...maybe even completed by this weekend!

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E A S Y C H O I C E

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sure there's lots of light choices to go above the front doors (if they're ever completed)...but the mounting, hanging, color restrictions keep it pretty narrow...which can sometimes be great. I think this slightly industrial, yet quite refined looking look will look amazing.

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T E M P O R A R I L Y W O R S E

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it always looks worse but gets better when chris gets his hands on things. our doors are on week 6 after a 3 week promise from our contractor (who i will not recommend unless he pulls off a miracle). chris has been working hard with all his crazy materials and tools to make the surround smooth as glass. let's hope the doors are as good!

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M O L D I N G S U R G E R Y

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M O R E D O O R

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this weekend, as the constant effort of stripping the door surround relentlessly continued, i thought i'd have some fun with our plywood crack house doors and illustrate what's to come.

these are the mouldings inside the vestibule....much easier to take them off and strip
them in the back yard.

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S U M M E R ' S P R O J E C T

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this summer's project is finally the double front doors. i remember the day we saw this house...this was the feature that really drew me in from the get-go. probably because we had seen so many houses that had these historic features removed long ago.
we're having the doors themselves stripped, repaired, repainted, and rehung by a carpenter. so temporarily our home looks like a crackhouse with  plywood doors.
while the repairs on the doors are happening chris is working on stripping, repairing, rebuilding, repainting the surrounding trim and frame. not an easy task especially considering there's lots of termite damage under all that paint.

termite buffet

the doors waiting to be loading into our carpenters van

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