Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
The contractor who is helping me with my bedroom project came to the job with the usual tools and materials. But he brought something else that first day, too: an old mission oak front door that had failed to sell at his yard sale. He offered it to me for ...
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009
I just love the patina on the salvaged antique brass push plates on my new old kitchen swinging door. It is easy to see why all those antiques roadshow people tell you not to clean your old furniture. The photo won't do it justice, but here's a look:
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
I found the solution to my broken kitchen door a few months before the door actually broke. At a sale of salvaged house parts collected by the city of Minneapolis before demolitions, I found a swinging door identical in style and finish to the original in my basement. Although the ...
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Sunday, February 1st, 2009
A swinging door between the dining room and kitchen is a feature common to many older houses across a range of eras and architectural styles. That swinging door is also one of the most commonly removed details in a kitchen remodel. Fortunately, though my kitchen has been remodeled at least ...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Nothing big is happening here, but I'm making progress on a few odds and ends mostly involving opening doors.
During one of his recent temper tantrums, my four-year-old slammed open his bedroom door and put the knob through the wall. If he was a little older I could have taught ...
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