Strange Fact about our home...
It. Has. No. Doors.
Well, no interior doors anyways.
Except for the bathroom, of course.
Who has a bathroom without a door?
I can hear you saying it ..."Well, Julie, who has a house with no doors?!"
Touché, my friend, touché.
We have some dear family visiting in the next few weeks, and my mommy radar started going off that we needed a bedroom door for the ninja. Generally, its not too loud or busy round our lil casa, but that is all about to change as we welcome the Southards' (Randy, Breeze & Brisha) on Easter weekend and Dave's brother and his family (Rob, Megan, Jack and Afi) the following weekend.
We dug the old doors out of the garage and got to work. These are the original wood doors that were built, I assume, when the house was in 1929. They have not been refinished before, to the best of our knowledge, but have been painted a few times! Dave hooked me up with the Paint thinner and I got ta strippin'! (the door, that is...)
So, far, we have one side completely stripped and ready for sanding. Still to go, the edges and other side. The pictures don't do this job justice, but hopefully you can see the difference by looking where the hardware was before we took it off.
Dave is also doing some mighty fine work to the hardware, but you'll have to wait for those pics till later! For now: Enjoy!
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| The door before stripping. Note color around where hardware was. |
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| Pre-Stripping. Note color around where hardware was |
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| Door knob assembly. Refinished pictures will be coming soon! |
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| Doesn't this just scream Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mystery?! Love it! |
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| Great shot of the layers of paint. Yah. Pretty sure that's lead . (Don't worry, we are taking appropriate precaution.) |
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| Post Paint removal. Ready for sanding! |
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| My super smart hubs figured out how to get the paint out of these crevices without me loosing my mind! Little nylon brush and a paper towel. Viola! |
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