Out with the Old, In with the New

Travis was in construction worker heaven today watching our new door being installed! It was very exciting watching the old door come out, and the new one go in. As you may recall, we had a little "accident" involving an ax, a tree stump, and a glass door last summer. We have been living with plywood covering the door for more than a year. Several times I considered painting it to look like what we would have been seeing, if we had been able to see outside, but then I remembered that I have absolutely NO artistic talent, and I left it alone. There are lots of pictures with the door in the background like that, but we have just accepted it as part of the house. But a few months ago we decided that it was time to fix the plywood door, and render the door operational once again. Mostly it was just the effort in searching for the right door that made us avoid it for so long. We aren't always very good at tackling big projects. Especially when they cause other projects. But this one is on the way to completion. There is still the staining, of course, and we bought a few more windows (another project we have been intending to do for a while...) which are coming tomorrow. Travis is loving the activity, and I love that he can ask the installers all his questions. They have been doing a good job of telling him all that they are doing. We now have French sliding doors, and they are so much better than the old ones, and not just because they all have glass in them! I'll post another picture after the staining.