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Notes From A Doormaker: New Doors for a Beautiful Home

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Notes From A Doormaker. Sunday, April 7, 2013. New Doors for a Beautiful Home. Walking around the property, looking at all the preparations, walking through the rough framed home, and imagining just where the doors will hang for decades to come. pretty cool. Years of planning, earth moving, layout, milling logs, drying that lumber, and starting construction shows the love and care that is going into this gentleman's future dream home. Click on Any Image to Enlarge. Months ago the owner started sorting ou...

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Notes From A Doormaker: Your Dutch Door ....... why not !

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Notes From A Doormaker. Sunday, December 30, 2012. Your Dutch Door . why not! A pair of half doors). Was common in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century and appears in Dutch paintings of the period. They were also commonly found in the Dutch cultural areas of New York and New Jersey before the American Revolution. The initial purpose of this door was to keep animals out of farmhouses, or keep children inside, while allowing light and air to filter through the open top. Woman at a Dutch Door. And go ...

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Notes From A Doormaker: December 2012

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Notes From A Doormaker. Sunday, December 30, 2012. Your Dutch Door . why not! A pair of half doors). Was common in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century and appears in Dutch paintings of the period. They were also commonly found in the Dutch cultural areas of New York and New Jersey before the American Revolution. The initial purpose of this door was to keep animals out of farmhouses, or keep children inside, while allowing light and air to filter through the open top. Woman at a Dutch Door. And go ...

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Notes From A Doormaker: October 2012

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Notes From A Doormaker. Sunday, October 28, 2012. What a day in the shop. I sat back, at the end of the day on Friday, and gazed at the organized chaos that was spread out from floor to rafter and covered the benches with pieces of upcoming projects. The shop looks like a disaster, but it is all methodically thrown together (or apart). For instance, along side my table saw/bench, as you walk in there is an 8 ft template of a transom we’ll be making soon. A gentleman wrote me and asked for an estimate on ...

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Notes From A Doormaker: Phew!! .......... what a day in the shop.

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Notes From A Doormaker. Sunday, October 28, 2012. What a day in the shop. I sat back, at the end of the day on Friday, and gazed at the organized chaos that was spread out from floor to rafter and covered the benches with pieces of upcoming projects. The shop looks like a disaster, but it is all methodically thrown together (or apart). For instance, along side my table saw/bench, as you walk in there is an 8 ft template of a transom we’ll be making soon. A gentleman wrote me and asked for an estimate on ...

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Notes From A Doormaker: July 2012

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Notes From A Doormaker. Sunday, July 29, 2012. There is more to . Design-Your-Door . much more! This stained glass door panels, designed. By Zoleta Lee, portrays the Pacific Ocean. Which is located about 100 yards from this door. When my client starts making design decisions for their door, they not only consider the design of the door and the wood to be used, they also get to consider and use whichever style and type of glass that they may wish to use in their project. This stained glass by. Glass can a...

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Notes From A Doormaker: September 2012

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Notes From A Doormaker. Monday, September 24, 2012. Let's get ready for this project! Walking around the property, looking at all the preparations, walking through the rough framed home, and imagining just where the doors will hang for decades to come. pretty cool. Years of planning, earth moving, layout, milling logs, drying that lumber, and starting construction shows the love and care that is going into this gentleman's future dream home. Click on Any Image to Enlarge. Months ago the owner started sor...

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Notes From A Doormaker: November 2012

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Notes From A Doormaker. Friday, November 16, 2012. The Challenge of Contemporary and Conservation . with style! How do you make a modern contemporary door using salvaged, recycled, and green materials? That was the question that I had to ask myself with a challenge of solving that situation while creating beautiful door. The rest of the story! I was asked by a local contractor, known as Rosenthal Thorton Construction, if I could make a door similar to a sketch provided by their designer, Ron Press. These...

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Notes From A Doormaker: August 2012

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Notes From A Doormaker. Sunday, August 26, 2012. Soooo . Let's Build-a-Door. I thought it might be informative to show a few pictures of the process of making a custom door. This segment will be devoted to creating the door. I start with rough sawn 2” thick material that I cut oversized then the finish piece. When all of the pieces are ready for assembly, they are laid out over the bench an pre-glued 3 times with the exterior glue I’ve used for 30 years without a failure. Please visit Our Site. To view t...