I have so much to say, I don’t know where to start. In no particular order.
1. We’ve sold all 12 doors and we’re pausing production until July.
2. Having built and shipped 5 doors, I know my costs much better. I updated the price range on the web site to $1500 - $2500. Most doors will be about $1700 including shipping. Local doors in Austin, TX will be less.
2. I’m sending cutouts from the doors to new buyers as soon as they order a door. These can be used to test stain and to show off to friends. They have a nice feel, like a thick book.

3. I’ve been learning about crating and freight. It all cost more, weighs more, and is a lot more work than I thought it would be. Luckily, the 300 pound crate just fits into Winona (our minivan). And I can get 3 crates in her before her fenders touch her tires. Though, she looked a little scared as the forklift pulled up to her backside.


4. I tried to fire the glass shop, but the other ones are much worse, use the same suppliers, cost more, are farther from my house, and their materials suck. Look at these two reeded glass samples. The shop I’m using has the luscious stuff on the left. Everybody else uses the stuff on the right. Ick.


5. The illustrious John Park of Park Haus ordered a door. I had told Christiane, just the day before “We gotta get someone with a cool blog to order one of our doors.” John, seriously, who told you about our production company?
6. We made a “Grover”. I spent days and days designing and redesigning and second and third guessing all the proportions. At one point I found myself with a polynomial defining the height and width of the windows and I had to look up the quadratic equation to solve it. There is such a variety in that design at the vernacular level that it is difficult to define the whole style with just one design. The “Grover” is our signature door. I think this one came out perfect.
7. I wrote a Crestview Doors values statement. First draft is below the fold. Most statements like these boil down to “More good, less bad.” I’m making ours real, specific, and blah-blah-blah-free.
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