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Andrea Avery, St. Louis artist and writer.

Mid-Century Door Part 3

Monday, April 29, 2013

Bronze Green won out, which is sort of a baby shit yellow, but I love it. What I don't love:
  • All three lock sets were supposed to be keyed the same. They weren't.
  • The front door handle is crooked.
  • From the inside bar handle, the front door opens up instead of down, which is not only totally counter-intuitive. but incorrect.
  • The garage door hardware was installed crooked.
  • And finally...what I didn't realize until I already started painting the door...the top window in the door is made from a different trim set/stock than the smaller two windows. It has extra grooves in it. Granted, probably no one would notice this unless I point it out, but the point is, we paid for a custom door and essentially, I feel like what we got is second rate. The seam down the middle front of the door is kind of rough too. I don't want to sweat the small stuff and I'm so happy the damned thing is finally installed. But again, I'm not elated with the quality. But have to let it go.
  • This is actually the second set of doors. The measurements for the first set were entered incorrectly at the store and Lowe's ordered the front door with the back door measurements and the back door with the front door measurements. So we waited forever for this, and then when they were finally installed, after repeated trips, well, not the greatest job and again, I'm not super satisfied with the quality of the door. I love the way it looks, but...
 They are returning today to re-key the doors and tweak the handles so they aren't crooked.
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