Chance loves the new doorless door!
The screen is in transit. The window glass is going in today, after I did a little more painting. This was a complete stroke of luck: I planned to get a new back door, but as usual was completely appalled by the prices Lowe’s wanted for their cheap plastic-y crap. Plus they were more expensive than the in-stock, because it was special order, because it was a 30-inch, because I live in a house built in 1924 so it’s all a big hassle for big-box corporate retailers of consumer junk to carry this size. I was planning a trip to Architectural Salvage Warehouse Detroit to scope out what they had, but a week later I was walking the dog down the alley and found a white storm door, full view, just the kind I wanted. I went home and got my tape measure (every single guy I told this story to asked me, “But did you measure it?”) and it was 30 inches. I popped it in the car, spray-painted it black, and yesterday my genius contractor got it to fit inside the existing frame and dealt with Andersen’s 1-800 line directly for the screen order, which saves me the always-dispiriting visit to Home Depot. Total cost: screen, labor, + shipping: $160.
I’m gonna paint that threshhold thingy. Black black black.
