I love Paul Simon. However, he had nothing to do with this.
I stumbled upon this door at Preservation Station—love at first sight. Preservation Station is a gold mine for any one who appreciates old windows, doors, and fixtures. There was so much to love about this door—mostly the glass pane got me and the letter slot. It’s off center and rusty, perfectly imperfect.
As you might imagine, when the Good Contractor saw the door he thought it belonged in the Bradford house. Agreed, but where? I am not sure how or who came to the idea of using it on a barn door system but I’m glad we did. I snatched the hardware online at Barn Door Hardware. Thank you Caleb + Brad for making this work.
It works nicely. Did I mention that it slides perfectly? It’s smooth—sort of like Paul Simon’s song Slip Slidin’ Away. Wait, Paul Simon does have something to do with this post. The door compliments the house in all the right ways.
Another view
It’s beautiful….and perfect in every way.
I can’t wait to get ours up now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Layla. Get with it! I cannot wait to see what you and Kevin come up with. I expect it will be brilliant.:) Thanks for the encouragement, Layla! aj
WOW-WOW-WOW!!! This is my favorite thing so far, over-the-top awesome! Also, thank you for inspiring me to use SW Repose Gray, after 21 samples{no lie} and weeks of agonizing we finally took the plunge last week! It really is the perfect light gray, a lovely neutral backdrop.
Jen. Twenty-one samples is such an “amy” thing to do! I’m so so so glad you like Repose Gray. You will get a thousand compliments on it–I’m constantly asked what color my walls are when people walk in. (A sign that repose gray is the gray for me.)
Thanks for commenting, Jen. Thanks for reading!
I absolutely love this! What a fantastic use of not only the door, but of space. All sorts of good going on with this! I’m wandering the house wondering where I could do something like this in here … my husband better watch out or he may have another project added to his never ending list!
love it! if ever I come to Nashvegas, I will have to come tour your house!!
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Love this! So beautiful!