Kitchen remodel: Out with the old, in with the new...door

Hey there!

Let's talk about doors. Sliding doors to be specific. I hate them. No. I LOATHE them. Seriously. I know they are cheap to put in and bring in a lot of light compared to a regular door but they are such a pain to deal with. We replaced the slider in our house in Fort Wayne with an atrium door which we were very pleased with so we decided to do something similar here. Ed didn't do it on his own this time, we hired it out and it was much easier and less stressful for all of us that way! 

Here is a picture of the slider while they are working to remove it. 

During installation. 

After installation but before the trim was added. They were nice enough to pick up the trim and paint it in their shop and come back a few days later and put it up. 

And here it is in it's present glory. We will paint the door when we paint the rest of the trim in the kitchen. Baby steps. If we had had the door people pick up the door from Menard's they would have painted the door for us before installation. Lesson learned. 

The door has integrated blinds and we love it! The back of the house faces west so we get a lot of sun through that door. We put a bamboo shade on the end of the pergola last summer and that helps depending on the angle of the sun. But with the integrated blinds we can just shut them and we are done with it no matter where the sun hits. 

And the awesome thing about this door is that it is actually French doors! We can open BOTH doors and let the fresh air in! Now all we need is some nice weather. I hope that groundhog was wrong.  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Chris