Apr
20
2006
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Some things go very right.





door

Originally uploaded by cmwoodley.
There were some things that we wanted to keep from the original house. We wanted to keep the windows. Sure, they aren’t as energy efficient. Sure, they aren’t as thick. But they look damn fine and we love them. And new windows cost a mint.

We also wanted to keep our front door… with a steady eye on a future door that we would one day have custom-made.

Our contractor was pretty sure that this would all be fine–but he gave us no guarantees on the picture window in the livingroom surviving the extraction and replacement. Amazingly, it did just fine. Needs to be stripped and repainted, but the guys took real good care of her.

But the front door didn’t make it. So… we needed to pick out a new one. Our contractor told us to tell him what we wanted and he would see what he could do. No promises. David sent him the design, and I’ll be damned. That man got us the door of our dreams.

There she is, sitting pretty, waiting for the rain to clear up so she can be installed. We have our stressful moments, but today I am in heaven.


4 Comments for Some things go very right.


Paul
April 21, 2006, 10:04 am

Will the door be painted or stained on the exterior? I remember David mentioned painted doors as being part of the “pattern language” of Crestview in a previous post.
The three square lights in the door are kind of a variation on the “ubiquitous three square windows” theme. We can’t agree if we’d ever be comfortable with clear glass windows in our front door.


David E.
April 21, 2006, 3:00 pm

UTSW! Man, Paul you don’t miss anything!
The particular door we copied is stained, not painted. And our first reaction when we saw our door was to stain it. We could always paint it if it’s just wrong.
I’ve had a few months to test that initial pattern language against the houses I drive by. I think I was mainly reacting against the Home Depot brown door with a half lite of loopy stained glass. Those look wrong to me. But to say that most doors are painted might be as accurate as saying that most wood siding is covered with asbestos siding. It is now, but not in 1952.


Patricia W.
April 21, 2006, 3:33 pm

Very nice door. I can’t wait to see it on the house, it’ll look great!. This remindds me, I have one in my garage that has a big diamond shape in it. I think it is a 1970′s era door.


Christiane
April 24, 2006, 12:01 pm

This remindds me, I have one in my garage that has a big diamond shape in it. I think it is a 1970′s era door.
I love those funky doors. It consistently shocks me when we go to door stores, even custom door shops, and they have a very limited variety of doors, mostly of the dungeon and Spanish Villa variety. Is it that hard to build three-window or diamond-window doors?