The Historic District

Casey, do you have photos of what the original may have looked like?

I absolutely love that screen door. at work we have a machine that can cut steel plate with a CNC cutting torch. the thing will cut something like that out in a couple of minutes any thickness up to about an inch. It would be so neat to send that image to it and see it making more like it. Im not s...

Thanks to everyone for your comments on the front porch. It's one of my favorite spots. The porch really came together better than I expected. I have wanted one of those heron door inserts for ever and bought it as soon as I found it. Then a few days before he built the door, I really was second gue...

I like it as well, and as others have mentioned, your home looks fantastic. Amazing what a little bit of love can do for and old home. Well done. A little bit of love. That's funny. Haha. A lot of love is more like it. The before picture makes the house look good. I will have to post some showing u...

The transformation of your house is spectacular. The new/old screen door is wonderful, too. RetroRenovation had a story about someone else with that exact heron door insert, who also had to make a new door for it: m I have followed that article for a while, hoping that someone would eventually put ...

My catalogs start around 1905 and while there were still Queen Anne doors being sold then, none looked quite like this. I would guess it's 1880s to maybe 1900 at the latest. I would definitely keep it. Hard to tell from the pic - is there any original hardware left on it? I posted pictures a few co...

When the door comes off to be refinished, I also have to figure out a way to get the caulking out of the key hole.

another view

We did not save that screen door. The door had serious issues from being exposed to the elements for so long and the roof leaking directly in front of it. We considered saving it, but after looking at the pieces that needed to be replaced, it would have ended up a being a brand new door. However, I ...

It is. He built that the same week. I love it when a week off means a week of work on the house. haha. But I still need to prime and paint it.