2.23.2008

Where to Find a Modern Door?

There don't seem to be too many modern-style doors that are readily available. In fact, the basic home-improvement store like Lowe's or Home Depot doesn't have any.

Since the front of the house is the first thing people see, we really didn't want to put in a more traditional-style door. In fact, we really liked the style of our current door and would be fine with putting up one that looked just like it.

We did some searching online, and everything pointed to Crestview Doors, which is based in Austin, Texas. Crestview Doors
"designs and builds custom, solid-wood core entry doors inspired by vintage 1950’s and 1960’s designs." They have "front doors and exterior entry systems for mid-century modern houses, 1950’s ranch homes, retro ramblers, post-war bungalows, and new construction."

We even found a solid wood door that we really liked:
However, the high price made us keeping looking. Besides there had to be some place in Charleston that at least had salvaged doors.

A friend recommended we check out Carolina Building Materials and Salvage:

They have a huge supply of everything from doors and windows to reglazed clawfoot bathtubs. It was really fun just to walk around and check out all they carry.

We even found the exact style of our door:

So we loaded up the Protege (we do have plans buy a Honda Element later this year, which should really help out in transporting all of the supplies for our many home improvement projects):

It's going to take a little time to get the holes drilled, the door hung, the locks in, and the door stained, but it's definitely going to be worth it. So stay tuned for the results.


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