The door-side golden barrel was also snagged from our patio. When we’d finished the door, we sat for a celebratory beer –likely the last here ’til spring, thanks to the early onset of winter weather. We now have an enclosed courtyard –the closest we’ll get to an atrium, with our model. We do need some evening light here, so will add a wall-mounted globe, on the right, when we sort the garage. And we love how this new door marks the start of our private space. We should do something more interesting with this entry. Our other (way pricklier) meeter-greeter was drafted in from our patio.
Yep, that’s Russell, planted here about 18 months back. Long-term readers may recognize the perpetrator of this two-pronged foreground attack. The door does look wide, but in a good way…we hope. The result may not be 100% Eichler authentic (and a 5-inch backset would look cooler) but it’s fittingly MCM, matches everything else we have, didn’t cost a fortune, and looks pretty –good enough, right? We even consulted our friend ( and Eichler door whisperer) on our options –thanks for the input Hunter! Ultimately, we stuck with what we knew. We considered installing a replica Eichler escutcheon, with roll-out elsewhere. We used the same Schlage Bell hardware as our other doors. We weren’t sure this would look right, but it’s fine. When we added the door jamb, we realized the mid-gray would join/contrast the charcoal top trim. We made the door flush with the top of the fence. The drip edge is on the back of the door (courtyard side) so the flashing isn’t noticeable from the street. This is the same muted green as our main front door and panels –Behr’s Fresh Olive. We figured protection wouldn’t hurt, so added a strip of flashing on top, then painted it to match the door. This door will be mostly covered by our roof overhang, but will get some rain. I wish we’d bought new hinges for our other doors, rather than spray-paint them all. We mortised/added three black hinges, as per our color scheme throughout. Karen caulked and painted the door, while I…failed to take any progress pics. We used our fourth bedroom for this –conveniently empty, pending ‘music room’ transformation. We added the second sheet of ply, and drilled holes for hardware. All went well, but it didn’t look like a door yet. We added cross braces, and a solid block to house door hardware.
We glued and nailed four perimeter wood strips to the first, then attached L-brackets at each corner. And it turned out pretty well.įirst, we measured the gap: 70″ high, 38.5″ wide. But we did have to custom-make it, to fit the space. As you may recall, we worried this door may be too wide. This is our second front door, supplementing the original, and completing the fence project we recently shared.
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