Strippin'!

so we [Jenny + I] had this crazy idea.

"let's use the old doors in the 'new' house!"

sure.  maybe a weekends' worth of work.  maybe two.  its only 5-6 doors.

besides, doors like these in brand new condition cost a TON of money....so we're saving a budget item for something fancy...like a chandelier or  a cool toilet paper dispenser.

and so it began...a run to home depot to pick up supplies.  head to the house to grab the doors [which we saved from demolition, among a few other items we may restore/re-use] and then start STRIPPIN [i like saying that]

then reality kicked us in the head like a donkey punch.

over the past, say 75 years, those doors have been painted.  ALOT.  like 25 times each.  stripping off each layer is like a time capsule.  uncovering fascinating shades of color from the 70's, 60's, 50's, and 40's are your reward for working your elbow to the bone for 40 minutes, only to learn that you'll need to do it 17 more times.

at the time of this writing we are 4 weekends in.  and have 2 of the doors 85% done.  the others are in various states of undress [strip-ti-tude]

so we've gone back to the drawing board a bit.  we got some new stripping fluid.  we're biting off less than we can chew.  and we're remembering that we still haev 3 months to get it all done.

but at this rate, we'll need to start including some after-work shifts to make sure of that.

enjoy the fresh photos of the doors and my favorite "Stripping Professional:" Jenny!