Replacing the Back Door

(September, 2009)

Friends,

We hope this message finds you well! We are still becoming accustomed to the bungalow.  This month, we decided to update our back door (before winter) and add a door with full-lite glass.  The kitchen was remodeled sometime between 1919 and 2008.  Several windows appear to have been re-framed, and covered on both sides...though if you look hard enough, you can tell that there is a different texture to the plaster.

This made it possible to install a modern kitchen with TONS of wall cabinets, compared to other similar bungalows in this floor plan, but also made the room darker.

Also, the back door appears worn after years of rain hitting it from the west side of the house.  It was warped and we wanted something more weather-tight and secure.  (Storm doors really do help--preferably, before the damage has been done!)

Before: Old Back Door

Ryan purchased a JELD-WEN Premium Steel Door with Mini-Blinds from Home Depot and will be putting it in.  Because we love historic products, and were torn about the alteration, we did find a way to re-purpose our historic back door...a neighbor will be using it as a replacement door to his garage, next door.

Kitchen with the new back door installed, and the wall plastered and re-trimmed and re-painted.

That's all for now!