House progress, in door form

It's been a long, long time since I had anything to update on the house front.  But, behold!  We have new front doors.

The original doors of our house (in the 1800's) were a set of tall, arched doors.  In the 1960's, the former owner switched them out for insulation reasons.  (A bit breezy, I hear).  He used the original opening to create space for a single door, with sidelight and transom.  It was serviceable, but not very becoming of a grand house.

Remember when the Stanley Cup was here last week?  That was awesome.  You can also kind of see the old door.


As of yesterday, we have replace the single door with a set of new, custom doors that were made to match the originals.  And they have double glazing and weather stripping!  Woot!

I really was so excited to see them going in.  The are wood, but primed and ready for their paint.  We have a big decision ahead as to which colour to go with.  I've got a short list.  No turquoise/teal on it.

 Chris, on Sunday, ripping out the old door and glass.

On Sunday we had a lovely tarp to protect us from critters, weather and intruders.  Did the trick!

 New doors!  There is still a matching set of hardware to come on the other door, but time just ran out yesterday.

That's a big, big difference.  You can see where Chris started to strip the paint off the wood and brick.  Big job to come.

I'm leaning towards a really dark green on the doors.  Dark greens look great with our orangey-red brick.  This colour is in the running:

Thoughts?  Suggestions?  Compliments?