Okay, so it isn't a French door or a sliding glass door, but we love her all the same! That little gem was a Home Depot special order for nearly $400. You might be thinking "Holy crap, I could have picked that up for free on Craigslist," but you're wrong. This is a solid wood door with a beautifully primed fiberglass veneer. Seriously, you should have seen the old one. It didn't lock or really even open. So it was deemed unsafe after we jacked up the house and the only thing supporting it was the stupid old door. t has a sweet future at the restoration shop.
So the bad news, yes, it gets worse, the cinder block foundation crumbled around us during demo. One was so bad and relatively easy to replace, that we did exactly that. Not only that, but we filled it with cement, that and the ones on the first layer. Pretty much the only thing holding that door in at the bottom half is some construction adhesive.
The cool part is that we learned how to mortar (the outside). Wow, we had no idea. Now we know it's not so bad if we lose a brick chunk or trip over a cinder block.
Here's the bad news:
Yeah, that's a big gaping hole on the left side of the door where the all important hinges are. We would have replaced it, but that little chunk left is holding up our whole house. So instead, we're going to cram (and shim) a pressure treated 2x4 in there and then make it look pretty.
We'll just pack the hole full of insulation and hang out a welcome sign for the rats.
Here we are after a half day of painting. The whole east side of the house is painted blue, or Oxide is what it's called. And in stereotypical female fashion, I'm now wondering if it's too blue? More grey? Ugh. It all needs 2 coats of paint to cover over that nasty brown anyway, so I can decide after the first coat is up. 
Check out that sweet new front door! We added some shadow boxes and then repainted. It was bright red, well sort of. It need paint badly. It was chipping, etc. We'd like to paint the house navy blue, so we thought this would go well. Plus, it's different. 
Okay, so it isn't a French door or a sliding glass door, but we love her all the same! That little gem was a Home Depot special order for nearly $400. You might be thinking "Holy crap, I could have picked that up for free on Craigslist," but you're wrong. This is a solid wood door with a beautifully primed fiberglass veneer. Seriously, you should have seen the old one. It didn't lock or really even open. So it was deemed unsafe after we jacked up the house and the only thing supporting it was the stupid old door. t has a sweet future at the restoration shop.
The cool part is that we learned how to mortar (the outside). Wow, we had no idea. Now we know it's not so bad if we lose a brick chunk or trip over a cinder block. 
Check out our sweet new mosaic table! I made it all by myself, or I mean with a little help from Jamie. It has recently been grouted, so it looks a little better. I can't wait to drill a hole in the middle and cram an umbrella in there. It's going to be marvelous! Imagine the margaritas on that! Jamie's table is in the background....also beautiful.
