I was poking around the internet last night, and bounced right into this great new company, Crestview Doors, based in Austin, Texas.
A very cool story of a couple working to renovate their mid century home. They couldn’t find the right front door ala one down the street – so they started their own company.
Aren’t these beautiful? They’re solid wood, double-paned glass, and based on classic designs that were abundantly available in the post war years. There are a bunch more on their website, along with a great graphic that helps you choose a door based on your home’s decade of construction. For example, the door to the far right — the “Grover” model — was probably the most common door on 40s, 50s and 60s ranches. (Note, if you’ve got a colonial exterior, like I do, this kind of modern style door is probably not the way to go.)
You only have one chance to make a good impression — start with your front door! This looks like a great resource. Thank you, Crestview Doors!
The photo below: Doors in their Austin neighborhood! So cool!
Coved metal corner bead for around doors and windows 
Retro style wood cabinets for a 1950s or 60s kitchen renovation 
George Nelson bubble lamps and a cool retro kitchen 
This is a fun site! Does anyone have a good site for screen doors? Some of the screen doors they picture above are just the style I’m looking for, the aluminum ones with a designed kick plate – particularly like the one in the bottom row, 8th from the left – just like Grandma’s house… I’ve seen doors like these; however, we have 28″ opening – seems most doors are 30″ and bigger. Any ideas would be appreciated!
A) Doors like this are not out of reach. Just go to your local home store or door store. My mother in the last year got one stained glass. They just take a non-hollow core/solid core (what ever you call them) door and cut out and put the glass in and trim on. So same with plain or frosted glass. So they are within reach in your community for not exorbitant money.
B) I have been searching for two days for a guy that I could swear was in TX that made retro storm doors and haven’t found that site yet. But here is a link I found for inserts.
http://www.hiphaven.com
Here are the storm inserts:
http://www.hiphaven.com/Pages/P_Vintage_Screen.html
Amy,
Try http://www.moonshine.com
great site
for lamps try moonshine shades
Just to bring this back to the front, Crestview has changed up a little bit. They no longer sell complete doors, but they now sell a DIY kit with an infinite number of window options to pick from. All you have to do it go to your local supply store and get the appropriate flat steel or fiberglass door. I priced one over the weekend at $115, plus the cost of the kit from Crestview. As soon as we get the countertops done, the door is next on the list, with a little 5″x5″ window all the way at the bottom so the dogs can look outside.
Yes, Joe, you are absolutely right. I need to update this post. Thanks for the reminder.