A nice door was long over due!

[firefighter ontheside]

I built the house 22 years ago and used some cheap $15 luaun doors upstairs in our bedroom.  About 10 years ago I replaced the bedroom door with a couple 18" 3 panel doors I got at habitat for humanity.  Several years ago I bought a rail and stile bit set for making passage doors.  I saved some American elm that I milled and dried and used some Tulip poplar that I milled and dried recently.  The elm was used for the rails and stiles and the poplar for the raised panels.  Each side of panels came from a board and so the grain is continuous up and down.  I finished with rattle cans of Helmsman spar varnish to try and preserve the color the way it is.  I chose poplar with lots of character including epicormic sprouts.  I'm very happy with this door.  Almost as happy as I am with the floor that's in front of it and the rocking chair is to the left.

 

 

 

[Old Greenhorn]

Man that door is freakin' gorgeous! Holy cow, you SHOULD like that. Beautiful job Bill!

[Southside]

You do amazing work. 

[tule peak timber]

Very pleasing to the eyes !

[kelLOGg]

Jaw dropping nice! Beautiful surroundings. 

[doc henderson]

fantastic!  Glad your family likes wood!

[customsawyer]

Nothing wrong with that.

[thecfarm]

Clobbers kids always go bare footed.
Looks good!!!

[Stephen1]

I think I would sit myself down in that rocking chair and never leave! beautiful!

[firefighter ontheside]

Thanks guys.
That's a good analogy cfarm.  
Doc, Cindy has a love hate relationship with wood.  She appreciates it, but doesn't want every surface in the house to be wood.  That bedroom has one wall that is drywall and painted blue.  

[maineshops]

Beautiful work. I'm in the process of lining a store room off Ma's sewing room. Balsam Poole and balsam fr floor. Fun wood to work with. Your color matching is striking. Thanks for sharing. Dan

[Texas Ranger]

Well done, outstanding grain.

[Larry]

Very unique and interesting door.  Great work!

[SwampDonkey]

Nice door. Glad you could tame that elm from wanting to twist when drying. Just call them knots poplar freckles. ;)  Nothing wrong with that door at all.

Love that rocker. ;D

[Ron Scott]

Well done! Great wood work.

[kelLOGg]

I love the floor too. What species did you use?

[firefighter ontheside]

Thanks.  There are 14 species in my floor and I will try to name them all.  I love my floor.

Red oak
white oak
walnut
black cherry
jatoba
american elm
red elm
tulip poplar
soft maple
mulberry
sweet gum
persimmon
2 others I can't think of

[69bronco]

Well done! That Maloof rocker aint nothing to shake a stick at either!

[barbender]

Very, very nice!👍👍

[Nebraska]

Just saw this, very nice. 

[Broncman]

I have been slowly replacing our bifolding doors in our log house with standard doors I have made. 

That door is awesome! I love it. I also like the Maloof chair. If I ever win the lottery,  I will have one of his pieces he made.

Working on doing a maloof inspired bench .

[doc henderson]

Bill it all looks great.  I am unfamiliar with "Maloof".  Is it inspired by design, and or is there a pattern?  very nice and substantial.

[thecfarm]

doc, better brew a pot of coffee after you google Maloof. 
It's a rabbit hole!!!!

[tule peak timber]

Maloof is surrounded with my wood.

[btulloh]

He lived pretty close to you if I recall. You made his casket?