Front door installation and interior trim

by brae Email

I glued the front door in place, making sure it was level and centered in relation to the portico.  I then added the supplied interior trim, painted Vintage White by Folk Art.  I used spackling to fill in any gaps and touched up the paint.  To finish the threshold, I used a small piece of quarter round trim stained Minwax English Chestnut to match the floor.

The trim had broken at some point, but I left it as is for installation.  Just a hint of the break is still visible in the photo above, so I might go back and work on that some more.

To hold the acrylic insert in the upper arch, I glued in a small strip of bass wood painted to match (shown here unpainted).  This should offer enough stability to keep it from falling backwards as it is apt to do.  :\

It does show a little from the outside looking in, but it's not glaringly obvious.  It just looks like a structural part of the door.

5 comments

Comment from: Lyssa [Visitor]
Nope. You can totally tell it's there and now it so doesn't look real. Vision shattered.

:P

Of course, I am totally kidding. Splendid, as always. :)
02/10/12 @ 21:02
Comment from: brae [Member] Email
:)) Thanks, my friend!
02/11/12 @ 00:40
Comment from: Moonstorm [Visitor]
As always it's hard to believe it's miniature :)
02/11/12 @ 02:50
Comment from: Irene [Visitor]
I'm enjoying following this project a lot!
02/11/12 @ 09:12
Comment from: brae [Member] Email
Thank you! :D
02/12/12 @ 10:30