The Entry is called
The Palo Alto Entry.
The door and sidelight are Old Growth VG Redwood.
The door is 36" x 80" x 1-3/4"
The sidelight is 16" wide
The glass is a tempered and insulated tinted glass.
The outside piece of glass had a gold mirror finish
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Here is the completed Entry Door

Here is the completed Sidelight

This is how they will appear on the Entry

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Notice the wood ........
how it goes from "sunrise" to sunset in the hues of the beautiful Old Growth Redwood

See how the glass appears as a mirror.

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a self portrait in the glass

If there is 30% more light in front of the glass it act like a mirror

They call it "solar cool bronze"

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"very cool !!"

My original drawing ......
How'd I do ??

The future home for the Entry

Below is the "history" of the making
of this beautiful Door and Entry.

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Please look at the density quality of this very rare wood

all from salvaged wood

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My door detail

I pre-cure all the wood

This door is going to a fairly dry area so I dried the wood to 8-9%

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