This beautiful entrance door is called
The Entradero House Entry Door
It is made of solid vertical grain Old Growth Redwood
It is 42" x 84" x 1-3/4"
It has birds-eye burl panels
with a Redwood Dentil shelf

with stained glass by
Zoleta Lee Designs

This beautiful door is a symphony of grain, textures, and colors.
The vertical grain door frames the complex burl panels,
and the Tiffany Style stained glass displays the season of Fall.

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The eyebrow adds adds a unique design detail that has been innovated and perfected by a hardworking craftsman at Mendocino Doors
The stained glass was designed by the client and Zoleta Lee Designs
Here is a backlit view of the stylized Autumn leaves

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The panels are a quilted, curly, and "birds-eye" Redwood
Here is a close-up of the beautiful panels

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Here is a close-up of the Dentil Shelf
Here is a front view of the Dentil Shelf
The shelf is attached with stainless steel screws and capped with a Rosewood diamond cap

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Zoeys stained glass is actually encased in a clear tempered glass insulated unit
Looking down and seeing the door from another view
........... one hot door !!


Here is the provenance of the making of this beautiful custom Entry Door
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Here is the final drawing ........... how'd I do?
Here is the door after its' first oiling
We made the jambs long before I started the door ......... no problem

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so I shipped them off to be installed while we made their beautiful door
and it's off to the clients new home
here is a scanned image of the end grain, showing the vertical grain of the Redwood used to make the Entradero door.

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the rough lumber is straightened, flattened, then planed
I made a template for the gentle arc
then used the band saw to cut it out

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I cut the top and the mid-rail to the same arc
the used my 100 year old compass plane to shape the final arc
here I fit the final pieces

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then we flatten and clamp up the door
and clean all the excess glue and "tooth brush" the corners
the door will stay in clamps for at least three full days.

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nice tight joints !
here I am making templates for the stained glass
and signing my our next door

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with pride
we oil our door frames four different times before we add the panels
and the varnish oil brings the wood to life

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here we are are rough sanding the bookmatched panels
then shaping and adding the chamfered bevel
and Sun Ray finishes the panels to a furniture grade finish

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and hand sanding the chamfer detail
what an "electric" grain
here are the book matched panels, before our varnish oil

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and here we apply the varnish oil
we oil the panels 3 to 4 times
each coat cures at least 3 days

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Here I am making the eyebrow. It is bent laminated Redwood
and here is the finished product
time to start putting it all together

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I'm adding the Rosewood pins to suspend the eyebrow off of the door
here is where the "eyebrow" mounts to the door
and we oil the "eyebrow" and dentil shelf at least 3 times with Our varnish oil

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Now it's time to cut a fit the curved stops
first we figure the angle
then cut each stop individually for a perfect fit

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each panel floats behind the stop and is free to move on its' own
we caulk the panels with a clear drying siliconized latex caulking
the templates fit well ......... where is the glass?

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Here Zoey designs the glass for the clients approval
from this drawing
........ to this beautiful glass

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here is the center panels
and the right panel
here I'm clamping the dentil posts

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and here I'm gluing on the "eyebrow"
here are the dentil posts ready for the dentil shelf
I precut the stops while I was waiting for the glass to be insulated

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and here they are ....... the stained glass encased in tempered glass
the right side
here are all the pieces, ready to install

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What a beauty !!

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