Un-Hinged!

A customer acquired a beautiful door from an estate and wanted to replace the ordinary door in for her hall closet. The problem was that her old door had two hinges, but the new one had three. See the photos below to see how I remedied the situation. The hall closet...

Using A Lock Set Jig

I custom built many of the doors for my townhouse remodel, and all of those required me to drill the proper openings for a lock set. This could be a complicated job, but it is made easy using a quick-set jig. The particular one that I have is over 20 years old and is...

A Good Way To Stain A Door

I’m remodeling a bathroom in Naperville, and the customer wanted the old swinging door converted to a pocket door. A new door was purchased and then stained to match the original doors. Time had changed the stain color of the original doors, and the new door had...

Finishing Touches

I am in the final stages of reconstructing a house.  If you would have visited the site a few weeks ago you would have thought that the process was one of chaos.  However, that was not the case.  Things often appear messier during that phase of construction due to the...