09/05/2026
I have a confession to make. I tend to …. collect things. Most of the time - the items I collect are….. weird - like typewriters (I once had 12) and waffle irons (I think I have like 8) - and sometimes - it’s building materials. About 18 years ago - David and I saw an ad in the North Country Sun about some radiators. When we got to what was then Josephson’s Nursing Home - it turned out they were the wrong kind of radiators, but the gentleman selling the radiators said: Do you need any tubs? (You were thinking I was going to say doors, weren’t you?) Well - we didn’t “need” any tubs but the visionary in me imagined a pedestal tub in our house so we got two (they are both still in the garage). While we were getting the tubs - he said “How about some old doors?” and that is how we ended up with 13 oversized solid wood doors with beautiful Eastlake hardware. Over the years I’ve used a couple of the doors to build things - most notably a divider between the bedroom and living room - but the rest of the doors waited patiently for a worthy project. In 2021 we used them to cover the open framing in the windows because plywood was going for $66 per sheet. After that - they went into the basement until 2 months ago. We’re not quite done with the wall dividing the shop - but I think this is such a great use for the doors - and certainly unique. We have one more door left to paint and then David will install the last 3 doors and the “wall” will be complete. I’m still waiting on some book display easels - and we still have to install some lighting - but the vision is getting clearer every day. Thanks for your patience while we complete these upgrades and thanks for the kind words on what we’ve done so far.
