Dutch doors

[RyFitz13]

In the process of a master bedroom re-finish, LOML requested a dutch door for the corner closet. The closet, up until now, had only a curtain to serve as a doorway, and due to issues with one of the cats, the closet has been housing one of the cat-boxes for some time now.

Here's the result:


I built a similar style, one-piece door for our foyer coat closet a couple years back, so I was familiar with how to put this thing together. The main difference for this go around was that I now have a tall fence attachment I've built for my BT and a Freud dado stack - my previous attempt involved milling tongue-and-groove boards with only a router table. Talk about a difference - the milling of these boards went so much faster!

Only about a week of evenings and a Saturday left, and the bedroom should be complete!

[Mr__Bill]

Our 'issues' with the litter box ended up with it in the bathtub of the hall bath. One we don't use and reserve for guests. Yes, they get to shower with the litter.

I like the floor. What is it? From the picture it looks like Australian something or other that I saw at a home show a while back. Kind of hate to cover it up with a bed

good luck on finishing up

Bill

[RyFitz13]

I like the floor. What is it? From the picture it looks like Australian something or other that I saw at a home show a while back. Kind of hate to cover it up with a bed

good luck on finishing up

Bill

The floor's a Bellawood Golden Teak. It came out really nicely, I'm very pleased with it.

I had originally thought I would patch a couple spots and then have the original floor refinished. It was a 3/8" floor (I was aware before I started) and it turns out it's been sanded down once or twice already - there just wasn't enough left to survive another sand and refinish. So, while my wallet's not so happy about having to buy a brand new floor, I really can't complain too much about the look!

[radhak]

nice floor, and nice doors. I like those long retro hinges.

But I'd have thought you'd need a flapping door that the cat could go thru without help; or can your cat handle bolts ?

[RyFitz13]

Funny thing: The closet isn't actually deep enough to house the litter box with the door closed, so the door's pretty much permanently opened. This is surprisingly convenient, as it means we can tuck the bag of litter behind the open door and keep it out of sight, but still handy.

[lrogers]

Nice job. I like those z-bars.