doors

So, the doors were obviously something that we wanted to tackle early on in this restoration process. The original doors were so bad they were being held together with tape!

After searching through many Atlanta door warehouses and not finding anything remotely close to what we wanted, we decided to go with some simple raw wooden doors we found online.

door mock up to see if we were on the right train of thought.

We used minwax jacobean as the initial coat. And then 2 coats of ebony to get that deep espresso color we wanted.

Luckily we had our tv room to work in to keep from being cold! We ripped up all the carpet to work on top of concrete floors.

I am thankful to have someone like Alex who was militant throughout the staining process to ensure a good smooth finish!

Yes, that's correct -- you see 4 doors. We decided to replace all the doors at one time. 

2 doors for the back and replacement double doors for the front of the house.

We needed good lighting to expose all the flaws!

Between coats of stain and coats of polyurethane, we had to sand . . .

lots and lots of sanding between four doors

The final product.

We're loving the way the doors turned out!

back door #1

back door #2

We were surprised how much more inviting the fourier became with all the added sunlight