Porch/Entry

Now that we have our door in, we had the siding guys come back and finish up around the door. We decided on a clear coating for the pine soffit and tongue and groove channel around the door.

We will probably end up paiting the tongue and groove instead of staining it so it doesn't take anything away from the natural beauty of the door. Now we have to figure out what color we are going to stain the wood beams and posts.

As you can see from the picture below, we have looked at a few colors, but nothing is standing out right now.

Front Door

We had a hard time deciding on a door. There are so many decisions: Wood or Fiberglass. Sidelights or no sidelights. If sidelights, do we want full, half, or 3/4? What style of glass or what pattern goes in the sidelights? If no sidelights, do we put in regular sidewindows that are separate from the door? Do we want glass inside the door?

As you can see there area myriad of decisions on the door alone, so it took us a while to finally make our decisions. After looking at numerous brochures and houses in the area we finally chose a knotty alder door with half sidelights that are mostly opaque.