New Front Door

Haven't been able to do much with the driveway retaining wall lately because I have been busy installing a new front door to the house.  This upgrade was way overdue.  The original door looked more like a back door. It also had a left hand in-swing instead of the right hand in-swing that you see on the new door.  That made it really awkward to squeeze into the entryway.

Here are the finished install pics.

Door arches

So as it gets below freezing with the onset of winter and a loss of daylight I turn to my indoor projects.  Here's one from several years ago.  I wanted to make some arches for a few of the doorways that don't actually have any doors.

To begin, I framed in some 45 degree corners out of 2x4 lumber and then added a piece of thin bender board to form the arch shape.  I then cut sheetrock to fit and taped, textured, and painted the finished area.

I also added a few small plaster castings and a sheetrock "key" at the top of the arch to dress it up.