The Closet Door

This may be a typical closet door and is going in the usual place where the closet is (was) but with some modifications. The door way this door is going in doesn't just stop in a small closet it goes into ReBecca's closet, AKA "The Dressing Room". The door requires some modification, a bit narrower and longer. They were sized to width and then glued together with 16 large biscuit's, and form the side cut off I made an extension for the bottom. Once the extension was ready I secured it the same way and then carved out the profile to match the rest of the door. To paint it will be a challenge, I built a little jig to hold it off the table so I can turn it over several time to catch any drips, which will happen when using a brush with all the louvers. This is the primer coat and I think I'll try ReBecca's suggestion and spray paint the finished coats, this should give a better look.

Before the work.

After the primer coat is on.

You can see the jig in place. Actually screwed to the bench.

This worked very well, moving from font to back a lot.

Let In The Light

Well the door is in and with 15 panes of glass this should let in lots of light. Prior to the door going in we used a large piece of Styrofoam to block off the doorway, keeping the animals from getting all over the projects ReBecca is working on. Now with the door it's easier to just pull it behind her rather than fitting the Styrofoam in place. The door stops are in and I'll be doing the trim work later in the winter, this way when I get the pine we'll bring it into the house for a little while, helping it dry out and shrink a bit for a better fit and looks better in the winter when things dry out normally.

Door frame in place.

Clean looking door into the studio.

A more rustic look from the inside.

New Door

Well it's new to us anyway. This was a great find at the Re-Use It store in Saint John. The inside cleaned up well but the outside was well worn, the paint baked on, as well as several gouges on the bottom under the door knob, most likely from a dog. I cleaned up the outside to a point, ReBecca wants to leave it rough looking for the inside of the studio, so just a bit of fine sanding to smooth it out and several coats of poly for protection. The inside, now the outside was primed and got a few coats of white paint. What took so long was the stripper was a bit harsh, on me and once that was cleaned up and before any poly or paint went on, all the 15 window muntins had to be sanded and the windows panes masked off to reduce the amount of scraping that was done cleaning the glass, both sides. It's ready to go, with an old mortised lock-set to go in and older knobs that you'll see once it' up.

It was grey.

The inside after the poly, windows taped.

The outside, ready for tape.

Primer is on.

Three coats of paint.

Windows cleaned up, looks good.