Marilynne's World

In the end I have three new doors in my house only hours before my company began arriving.    I had an installer working until 9 PM the night before and the painter working frantically on the last door just hours before company began to arrive.  The painter will return next week to put the finishing [...]

My house is determined to just grow old and ugly.  At least it would seem to be that way.  Replacing the doors is a lot more than just pointing to the one you want and saying  “I want this one.”  And I did expect to lay out some money for them.  I did expect that.  [...]

Two of my new doors are in and I’m waiting for my friendly painter to give me an estimate for staining the doors.  I decided against doing them myself.  I’m afraid of drips and uneven stains. If you compare this picture with the one on the previous post, you’ll see I have a lot more [...]

Our house is a good 50 years old or more and the doors look like they were there before the house was built.  They are really showing their age.   The front door has some decorative glass in it that’s gone wavy.  Another is a cheap door that was cheap when they bought it and hasn’t [...]