Reflections . . .: THE DOORS

The idea of renovating our living space began with replacing the door that led to the back porch. There were several problems with the French doors. First of all, they were taking up precious wall space in the laundry room where I wanted to put a pantry. Second and more importantly, you had to go through the laundry room (which was usually in a state of mayhem) to get to the back porch.

The solution was to replace the laundry room French doors with a plain steel door, and add a door with a view to the kitchen where there was a window.

We adding Duet 6:3 to the header as a reminder of everything the Lord has blessed us with. This was to be covered up with drywall as the kitchen was finished. We ended up at a standstill at this point because:

1. We wanted to be sure we had the money to complete a kitchen overhaul.

2. We were scared to death of what we might find when we began opening up wall.

3. I was concerned our marriage might not survive the make-over. Robert and I put in the doors ourselves. And we basicly disagreed with HOW to do everything.

The kitchen and laundry room walls stayed in the following condition for two years. (This project was actually done Spring Break 2009.)

We did complete the outside of the doors. One of the problems we ran into was having enough of the original steel siding. We created a built-in fire box to conceal the problem.