Using architectural salvage will make all of the difference in retaining an older home’s unique character and fashion during renovations. With this 1906 colonial house in New Castle, New Hampshire, span components such as this reclaimed door enhance the home’s character. The exterior door, finish with a patchwork of antique glass and a mail slot, today functions as a exceptional inner pocket door involving a remodeled classic dining area and a fresh powder room.
“The kind of thickness and craftsmanship that retrieved pieces have can’t be replicated now,” says the designer, Amy Dutton of Juniper River Home Design. “Adding old to new produces an ambience and feeling that could only be achieved by utilizing architectural salvage.”
Job: A pocket door made from a historic exterior door
Budget: $2,340, not including installment
Time: Four weeks
Dutton discovered the door at Exeter Architectural Salvage; she believes it came out of a row home in Beverly, Massachusetts. It cost approximately $1,500, then an additional $800 to restore it, which included hand stripping some nasty paint then reglazing.
The door is from the late 19th century, just a couple of years older than the house. The diverse patchwork of colorful antique glass comprises Vaseline glass. Uranium gives it its yellowish tint.
During extensive renovations that the designers opened the dining area into the kitchen and included a cupboard, built-in china cupboard and little powder room. The chambers were refreshed and upgraded, but were kept in accord with the home’s 1906 vintage. The salvaged door today acts as a pocket door between the dining area and the powder room.
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It is possible to catch a glimpse of the salvaged door from the kitchen. New pieces such as the dark stained cupboard wood and pendant light glass coordinate with the antique door.
The doorway slides out of the way to open. The sink that was salvaged came from Exeter Architectural Salvage.
To change this door from a entrance door to pocket door, craftsmen eliminated the hinges, reconfigured the manage and stuffed from the mail slot with timber. They set up reclaimed hardware (which cost approximately $40), carefully notching out the door trimming to accommodate the shelf depth on the door.
All of this was a lot of effort but well worth it. “Adding salvaged materials isn’t only environmentally responsible, but it’s responsible to our background,” Dutton says. “Investing in a job similar to this door gives new life to something old also adds dimension and elegance to some other structure.”
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