Forever Faithful: New Deck Door

We ordered a new deck door that goes out off our dinning room back at the beginning of April. It came in a week and a half ago and we spent an entire Saturday installing it. Anytime we start a new project in this house we get nervous because it is always like opening a can of worms. We never know what we are getting into and what obstacles we will be tackling. Amazingly though, we didn't run into anything too bad. We did find some rot under the old door and we had to build it up with some new wood under the base of the door. It looks so nice compared to what was originally there. The old door was so far gone that we had to seal it every year with old towels, duct tape and a plastic sheet placed around it. We had about an inch gap in the bottom of the door that was completely open and was always blowing in cold air and pine needles from trees and sometimes rain. We held it off as long as we could but we finally did it. Doors are not cheap anymore, I will tell you that! We had some pretty good size thunder showers blow through here over the past week and amazingly the door did not leak. We are so proud that we survived another project in the house. We still have molding to do around the door on the inside and out and we have to replace some of the siding on the house outside around the door. The new door really gives some new character to the house.

Here are some before and after photos! Tell us what you think!