The Door
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 7:17PM 
Or what I’ve been up to.
I’ve been spiffing up the kitchen. Yesterday I put two coats of paint on the walls and today I’ve been putting everything back where it belongs. I’m not done yet because I have a couple of things to hang on the wall that will require two people.
The project on the right was done by my sons. When we moved into this house, there was a solid door between the kitchen and the back entry. I hated it—hated not being able to see the back door from the kitchen without opening the door—so we took it off and stored it in a back corner of the basement.
Recently, oldest son replaced some doors for a client at work. The old doors had lovely wood framed and grilled glass inserts which my son salvaged and inserted in my old kitchen door. Youngest son painted the whole thing. I lost count of how many coats it took to cover the dark brown paint of the old door, but when he was done and the door was hung, this is what we had.
As you can probably see, I still have to paint the baseboards and trim in the kitchen before the project is all done.
The bag hanging on the door knob is one of Carla’s tote bags. It is promoting one of my favorite causes, the Save the Hymnal campaign.
I’m thinking of putting the other glass insert in my office door so I can see but not hear what’s going on in the rest of the house.
Reader Comments (5)
Cool! I have some painting projects in my near future; I need to paint my window boxes, Jake's baseboard, and I'm thinking about painting my living room and studio.
I'm also thinking of putting a swinging half door between my kitchen and dining room. I had one in one of our other houses and loved it. Could keep dogs and kids in or out, but still see what what going on in the rest of the house.
Very nice! I love those kind of doors.
The door looks great, and I like the new colour scheme for your blog, Rebecca!
Ruby
That's a gorgeous door! The bag isn't half bad either. ;-)
Luv it. I have such talented nephews :)
Karen, Monrovia, CA