Our trip Yesterday, and a Surprise in the mail!

So yesterday, as I mentioned, We went to a few salvage places. The weather was yucky, so we cut our stops to half of what we originally had planned, but we did NOT come home empty handed! We went to the Historic York Architectural Warehouse, found a few things, but nothing that we needed or had to have... Then we hit up Re-Store. We ended up with a beautiful 5 panel door for $15. Who can beat that?

Here's what it looked like when we brought it home.

This is the same door, front and back. There was some damage, due to the wooden peg boards screwed to the back side, but near as I can tell, they will be nearly indetectable upon refinishing.

So of course, being the excited type of person I am... I had to start to work on it immediatley.

Here's what it looked like after the first coat was removed.

Looking pretty good in my opinion. The sight of gloppy gooey paint being removed, just turns me on. No... not that way - get your mind outta the gutter.

Also yesterday, the first batch of face plates came in the mail. They need some clean-up, but I will likely work on that towards the end of this week. Today and tomorrow are shot.

Later we are taking a trek to a thrift shop that often gets old building materials in. It's hit or miss - so you never know. We are also planning on stopping at an antiques place to check out some more hardware. Keep your fingers crossed.

Ciao!