About 2 weeks ago I had ordered new doors, handles and hinges for the bedrooms, bathroom and closet upstairs. I received the handles and hinges within a few days, but I was just waiting for the doors to come in at Lowes.
Box full of handles, its nice to be able to get reproduction hardware that mimics the look of the old victorian styling.
I still needed to cut out the wall for the bedroom closet. I used a diamond wheel on my grinder to get a nice cut line without messing up the surrounding wall.
About 4 hours later I had the door casing built and the door all installed. I still need to frame out the closet on the other side of the door though.
I had to build the door casings from scratch. The walls in the old house are so thick that I couldn't order prehung doors. This is the casing for the closet door. I started by ripping down a 10" wide board. Then I routered out the corner to key them in together. After that I had to router in the hinge slots.
The bathroom doors took a little longer, I wanted double doors here so that there wasn't 1 big door swinging out in front of the fireplace.
Here is a close up on the handles. The one on the right is the live handle, the one on the left is a dummy handle, that door is held in place by a ball catch on the top.
On the inside of the doors I put glass handles to match the chandelier.
The next step is to get the new doors trimmed out and then get everything painted. Also I need to do the tile around the fireplace.
Posts
Box full of handles, its nice to be able to get reproduction hardware that mimics the look of the old victorian styling. 
I still needed to cut out the wall for the bedroom closet. I used a diamond wheel on my grinder to get a nice cut line without messing up the surrounding wall. 
About 4 hours later I had the door casing built and the door all installed. I still need to frame out the closet on the other side of the door though. 
I had to build the door casings from scratch. The walls in the old house are so thick that I couldn't order prehung doors. This is the casing for the closet door. I started by ripping down a 10" wide board. Then I routered out the corner to key them in together. After that I had to router in the hinge slots. 
The bathroom doors took a little longer, I wanted double doors here so that there wasn't 1 big door swinging out in front of the fireplace. 
Here is a close up on the handles. The one on the right is the live handle, the one on the left is a dummy handle, that door is held in place by a ball catch on the top. 
On the inside of the doors I put glass handles to match the chandelier. 
The next step is to get the new doors trimmed out and then get everything painted. Also I need to do the tile around the fireplace. 
