New Front Door

So we replaced the old aluminum, early 80's storm door on the house. The new door was spakin'... but STILL didn't look inviting or say "Hey!! This is the front door to our home!!". After our doorbell broke... I pried back the green aluminum flashing to discover the original 1880's woodwork underneath. It took a whole summer (and a little of autumn) of sporadic, not so often work sessions to bring it up to speed. Also notice the mail slot my dad and I put in. It took a while to break through the three layers of brick that make up our outside wall... but it's worth it. Now we can leave the front door open, lock the storm door for security but still get our mail.

Here are some photos:

New Door!


The original woodwork as found... notice the layers of paint.


Close-up.



After chipping off the old paint I was left with this...


Then came the sanding... and that wasn't very fun. I'm a perfectionist for things like this... so I got very detailed...


Hi Emma!


A couple coats of primer...


We bought a 36"x20" insulated window for $40... spent $1.50 on contact paper... and $3 on a can of silver spray paint. We cut the numbers out of the contact paper by hand. Here's the finished product....




A very gratifying job complete. We hope to get the house pointed this coming spring and finish off the windows in the same style.. along with painting all the bluish grey black. Our house is going to be the freshest on the block.

I also scored this $350 iron chandelier for $130 at Construction Junction... the local home recycling/rebuilding center.