Dressing an archway with stained French doors

Posted by on April 24, 2013 in My personal work, Portfolio | 23 comments

Dressing an archway with stained French doors
Archway to French doors

Archway to French doors

Designing and installing French doors in an open archway.

My client found me on Angie’s List , She got tiered of having her office at her home with an open archway.
She asked me if I could fit double French doors in the archway.

I made a sketch for her including a beam above the doors to square it off the opening .
In the opening above the doors I suggested glass.

Since my client has very dark furniture in her office she chose a very dark stain for the doors.

The doors are made of Douglas Fir. It is not possible to find Douglas fir wood for the jamb and the trim in the common lumber stores.
What is available is Pine and pine is hard to stain, part of the wood take the stain very well and other parts resist the stain, those areas stay much lighter.

I went out of my way and I purchased Poplar wood for creating the jamb and trim. Poplar takes stain very well.

I did all the mill work at my shop and the staining.
I made few stain samples for my client to make a decision.

My client was very happy with finished product.
Shapira builders give free estimates.

23 Comments

  1. Shanna Dunn Cooper February 3, 2014 at 2:48 am

    How much did you charge to do this project? We're looking at doing the same thing.

  2. Julie Wilson April 26, 2013 at 4:00 am

    I still want french doors.

  3. Laurie Hagedorn April 26, 2013 at 3:16 am

    I really like it with the beam across the top – it looks more updated that way to me.

  4. Yvonne Brown April 26, 2013 at 2:08 am

    nice beam!

  5. Julie Wilson April 25, 2013 at 11:59 pm

    Could you come to the Northwest and put French Doors on my Patio? They are beautiful.

  6. Jerrinnie Wardlaw April 25, 2013 at 11:04 pm

    WOW…Beautiful work Dov Shapira. Great detail on how it was all done. Keep up the great work!

  7. Paula Muran April 25, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    Love your doors. You are an excellent builder.

  8. Diane Kephart April 25, 2013 at 5:52 pm

    Nice way to make them fit in the space.

  9. Norma Doiron April 25, 2013 at 5:36 pm

    Looks good. Different!

  10. Todd Morgan April 25, 2013 at 5:08 pm

    Really beautiful work.. The doors really make the room complete!

  11. Jessica Logan April 25, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    Wow! I really like this!

  12. Brian K Gallagher April 25, 2013 at 3:09 am

    this is very creative work, beautiful.

  13. Stephen Bauman April 25, 2013 at 2:46 am

    Quality work as always!

  14. Meli Horowitz April 25, 2013 at 1:15 am

    You do great work Dov. No wonder your clients are satisfied!

  15. Maria Fontaine April 24, 2013 at 11:49 pm

    French doors are so elegant and never out of style!

  16. Jennifer Houdek Bro April 24, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    Nice work!

  17. Deborah Munoz-Chacon April 24, 2013 at 4:01 pm

    I didn't know that pine is hard to stain evenly. Sounds like you took extra steps to make sure the job came out well.

  18. Heather Real April 24, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    Very nice!

  19. Yvonne Brown April 24, 2013 at 2:33 pm

    Who's the lady in the photo?

  20. Veronica Solomon April 24, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    Looks great!

  21. Tina Ashburn April 24, 2013 at 1:02 pm

    It is no wonder she was "very happy with the finished product". This is beautiful! Looks like the door was always there.

    • Dov Shapira April 24, 2013 at 1:03 pm

      Thank you Tina Ashburn

  22. Robert Manea April 24, 2013 at 12:57 pm

    You made it look like it was always there!