Here is the old kitchen door, a louvered monster that we can't believe was original to the house. We imagine it was put in, for some ungodly reason, in the 80's. It was beige, and no matter how hard I scrubbed it, it looked like 20 years of nicotine. I. hate. beige.
Beside it are the carcasses of the old cabinets. At one point I had the bright idea to paint the back of a cabinet red and remove the cabinet doors to make a display of my crystal. DH hated the idea, so I put the doors back on and left the red inside. It does look like a hemorrhage, doesn't it?
Here is the new, old door, a six-panel in the basement. It was too short and too wide for the DR-kitchen door, but no fear.
It also had had doorknobs, and is now destined to be a swinging door. Hubby had to fill holes on each face of the door, and on the edge, as well.
Another view of original door.
Hubby removes the trim from panel #2 so I could take it to the glassmakers.
Almost gave us a vision of what it would look like at the end.
Here is the door as he is working on the width and height. He cut the bottom off another basement door and, using dowels, added to the length of this one. He also trimmed width from each edge of this door to make it narrow enough for the doorway.
Look to the right! The new kitchen cabinets are miraculously in!
Dry-fitting it from the DR side.
Sanding for paint.
Here you can see the notch for the swinging-door mechanism.
Ta-daa! Final product! I am loving it. TY, sweet hubby!
Check out that chrome at bottom of door! The hinge was originally chrome on kitchen side, brass on DR side. Alas, the brass was only plated, so he painted DR side, but polished up the chrome on kitchen side.
