Continuing work on the front door. I glued the front door in place, making sure it was level and centered in relation to the portico. I then added the supplied interior trim, painted Vintage White by Folk Art. I used spackling to fill in any gaps and touched up the paint. To finish the threshold, I used a small piece of quarter round trim stained Minwax English Chestnut to match the floor.
The trim had broken at some point, but I left it as is for installation. Just a hint of the break is still visible in the photo above, so I might go back and work on that some more.
To hold the acrylic insert in the upper arch, I glued in a small strip of bass wood painted to match (shown here unpainted). This should offer enough stability to keep it from falling backwards as it is apt to do.
It does show a little from the outside looking in, but it’s not glaringly obvious. It just looks like a structural part of the door.
Looks rather stately.
