Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
I know you guys like old things, so I thought you might appreciate some photos of the "period correct" restoration I've been doing to my 1956 house. You'll find a few C body easter eggs. Here's the front door project.
Everything about my old door was good... steel, magnetic weather stripping, smooth operation. Except I thought it was blah. Basically an off-the-shelf Home Depot door. They'll sell you a nice one that matches the aesthetic of a 1950s house, but it's better than $1,000. Just for the door. This solution cost me a little bit of time on Marketplace, 20 bucks, two sheets of thin plywood and a little quality time with my angle grinder.
Basically I found an old beat to hell door in a scary barn, sawed it down to just the window portion, cut away the same spot on my old door and then refaced it with the plywood. Orange stain on the outside, whitewashed the back side and finished it off with satin gold hardware. The orange side is slightly undercut so the magnetic seal still grabs.
Everything about my old door was good... steel, magnetic weather stripping, smooth operation. Except I thought it was blah. Basically an off-the-shelf Home Depot door. They'll sell you a nice one that matches the aesthetic of a 1950s house, but it's better than $1,000. Just for the door. This solution cost me a little bit of time on Marketplace, 20 bucks, two sheets of thin plywood and a little quality time with my angle grinder.
Basically I found an old beat to hell door in a scary barn, sawed it down to just the window portion, cut away the same spot on my old door and then refaced it with the plywood. Orange stain on the outside, whitewashed the back side and finished it off with satin gold hardware. The orange side is slightly undercut so the magnetic seal still grabs.
