Doors

The time has finally come to start hanging doors! We've managed without for a good few weeks, and with only the two of us in the house most of the time privacy hasn't been much of an issue. However, the in-laws arrive on Wednesday (weather permitting), so it's about time we got a few doors in place.

We've been able to reuse several of the old internal doors, some in their original locations. Solid pine doors stained orange aren't the look we're going for, so we've sanded them back and the plan is to stain them to match the oak flooring. This is something we've done on one door as a test, using clear Osmo oil and a mixture of natural earth pigments, but time has run out on us to get all the staining done in time for Christmas (along with a few other things), so it'll have to wait till next year. We've also bought a few new pine doors of the same style which we'll treat in the same way to provide a coherent look.

The old brass door furniture has gone and is being replaced with more contemporary stainless steel - todate this is only the hinges so we at least have doors hung inplace. Handles and latches are to follow, possibly before Christmas but I have my doubts! In the meantime people will have to whistle if they are in the bathroom - at least there's a door and not a curtain as has been the case todate!