We are still a long way from being done with the remodeling work we are doing, but we are making headway. I simply cannot convey to you how excited I am. I am just thrilled with Jerry’s carpenter work!

The trim around the inside of the front door is almost done. We have a few more pieces of trim to add, a few nails to cover with wood putty and then it will be time to stain the trim.

We began by choosing large pieces of unfinished wood for the main trim. we cut the trim to size and nailed it into place. We then chose corner pieces with a design we liked.

The next step was to figure out where the cross pieces of trim that would go between the two corner pieces. This was necessary so we could mark the spot where the center blocks would be nailed into place at.

Once the center blocks were nailed into both top corners, it was time to cut the cross pieces of trim. Those are the ones that look like corrugation. They were cut to fit, then nailed into place.

Then we added a piece of smaller trim across the top of the door frame to make it look pretty.

We added the trim that went down both sides as well. We had to measure this and cut it. We did not take it all the way to the floor.

As you can see here, we made a pillar bottom that extended to the floor. We have not finished this pillar bottom yet, but this is what the basics of this idea looks like.

We then added smaller pieces of trim on top of the trim in the center. This was because we liked the way it looked when done like this.

Then we added more trim to the inside of the larger piece of plain wood to make it look nice against the door.

This photo will give you a better idea of how all the trim fit together. Jerry cut the pillars for the top of the door from scrap pieces of wood. We still have some small trim to add to the trim on the sides so it matches the top.

The next goal is to get the marble floor laid. It will go right in front of this door. In the spring we are talking about duplicating this trim on the outside of the door.

For those of you wondering what this project looked like when we began, well, I do not have an interior photo, but I can show you the exterior photo. The juniper bush was removed, some of it saved and replanted. The door is where the double windows used to be.

For the really curious, here is what the exterior of the front of the house looks like right now. Please note, we are still remodeling! Life tends to get in the way of getting things done sometimes, if you know what I mean.

The wood frame on the outside of the house is the outline of the front porch we plan to add on. I am not sure when that will happen, but maybe this coming summer.