2022 - Doors Are Done!!!

 A major milestone reached with the last door installed and trimmed out on 10/17/22.  I had installed door number 14 right at the end of 2021, and my vow was that all doors would be done by the end of 2022.  It was a bit variable how it went throughout the year depending on other things that needed to be done, but by the middle of August I had 6 doors complete and the upstairs was now done.  That left the final 3 in the basement level to complete all doors, which I finally wrapped up in October.  The very last door was a bit complicated as it was a closet made from leftover space from a lot of structural bits around it, so it had an opening that was non-standard and did not make a lot of sense to use as-is. The solution was to frame in the opening to make it match a more normal door and patch in some drywall to cover the new framing.

So first off lets look at photos of the upstairs doors.     

Here is from inside the bathroom with the door to the BR on the right, the door to the hall on the left, and the small linen closet in the middle:

And a photo from inside the BR with the bath on the left, hallway in the middle, and the 2 bypass sliders for the closet on the right, one slider partially open.  The sliders work better than swinging doors here as they do not take up floor space and are much easier to get fitted and a pair of large swinging doors are. The better solution was bypass sliders, and I used top quality track that has soft close and open mechanisms in them to make sure the doors don't slam and that they also stay closed all the way and don't bounce back:

And the view from the hallway, BR on left, bath on right:

Next, I did an exact copy of the sliding doors for the BR closet in the lower level guest room which was the same dimension as the upper BR (no pic).

And then the final door!  There was an alcove created next to the entry from the garage due to some structural framing needed for the heavy fireplace just above it.  It was made into an impromptu closet but now needed a door to finish it off.  This was a late decision that was not in the plans, but when you are doing it all yourself, that is something that you can readily accommodate.  The opening was not framed correctly for a door, so the first step was to frame it to match the garage door next to it, which was the standard 6'8" door and not 7' like the rest of the interior doors in the house.  So this one will be 6'8" to match and 32" wide, as that is plenty wide for a coat closet. So here it is framed in and the drywall up:

And then finally, with the finished door installed and trimmed out. I made casing for the garage door at the same time to match, while I was already there.  

And I painted the garage door and jamb to match the wood better at the same time.  That took a few more days to do but I was able to get it done before the weather turned too cold.  It is a slightly darker shade of the yellow family that the walls are painted.  Not as dark as we were expecting, but it will do...

And here is our completed corner of the house and the final door, now done!!!!