mostly doors

A new French door for the downstairs bathroom was a special order from Home Depot, $150.

The Home Depot door is soft pine. It is to be stained "Early American". It will be a bathroom door for the downstairs. For privacy I will install faux etched backing, and make a fabric curtain. As of this post, the door is stained and the hinges are on.

After picking it up last Friday



Baldwin, a heavy and very fine knob set.

pre-stain pine. If you don't pre-stain pine or other soft woods, the stain may go on unevenly.

The other French door (upstairs closet)

Photo below shows French closet door where we left off...cut to size, but in need of finishing. In this post, I stain the sides & scratches, polyurethane with high gloss acrylic, and install faux etched-glass.

Door

done staining & polyurethane

tools for etched glass: Roll of Light Effects Etched Lace 24 x 36 Window Film "Obscures Unwanted Views, Trims to Fit Any Size Window, Easy to Install and Remove". It comes in a roll of rubbery faux finish with paper backing. Install it by spraying dilute soap solution, then peel finish off the backing, and squeegee the faux finish on.

T-squares, razor-knives, measuring tapes.

marking cuts on backing

cutting sections

Etched Lace installed.

squeegee the rubber faux etched-glass over the glass with blue scraper (included)

Parlour

Jacquard Drapery $15.99 a set at Big K. And I was ready to spend $150/set at BB&B if needed.

no parlor is complete without a Monkey Lamp. ($50 at Lowe's)

Originally the window hardware was greenish plastic. Here I have repainted them gloss black (Rust Oleum, same as front door).

curtains up, window hardware on, & window frames stained American Walnut & 2 coats high gloss acrylic polyurethane. (monkey lamp not shown). The two cushion-chairs were generously given to me by neighbors moving out.

first harvest, zucchini (Guinness shown for scale)

hoeing the garden got me hooked on Hoegaarden