tropitango I am "trying" to recreate this door on my remodel. Took me a long time to find a company to make it. (It's not that technical of a door in my uneducated opinion, but when I tried to get it from Home Depot, the door was going to be from one company, the lights from another, and the transom from a 3rd...that made me nervous...others simply didn't have or couldn't make this design). Anyway, mine was made by a company called Buffelen. When it arrived, the transom was crooked (think parallelogram), so it had to go back to be redone and is now being stained as I type. I was deciding between fir or straight/clean alder, but the alder door was twice the price, and fir is a harder wood, so went with fir, but mine has pine framing..so the stain may take differently. My painter is using a stain, but I can't get to the can yet to see the color, but I will post a picture and the name of the stain color I'm using to try and replicate this look as soon as I'm able to. Also, when they stained the door, there are small spots of glue (they glue in the lights on the sides, and when a piece of glue gets on the door, they wipe it off (per my paint/stain man) and the door "looks" clean, but the stain doesn't take in those places, so I now have spots...but they are putting stain on the spots, then using sandpaper to rub it in and that is fixing the problem. You can't see the spots until you apply the stain, so it's a process that has to be done as you go. So long story short....beautiful door. I love it, and am trying to recreate it. I'll post results as soon as I can.
Does anyone know what this stone pattern would be called? Is it chopped? Irregular chop, flagstone...? I'd also like to know the stone name/color. Thank you. »
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