Stuck

Sometimes updating an old house goes in the order that you had planned and sometimes circumstances cause deviation from that plan.

 

Our hall bathroom door finally gave out when a guest pulled the doorknob off and couldn't get out.  I was able to pick the lock from the outside and release her from the small room.  That situation happened about a month ago.  Since then, we have mostly used the master bathroom.  Brian and I talked about how we needed to get a door because one of us was going to get locked in when the other was gone and no one was going to be around to help.  SCARY!

 

Two days ago Brian and Lucas got stuck in the bathroom.  But, this time I could not pick the lock.  Brian tried everything from his side (using a hanger, pulling off hinges, ect.) but nothing was working.

 

Lucas kept telling Brian  "you can do it Daddy!  Knock that door down!!!"

 

This is Samuel from my side of the door.  He kept yelling for Daddy!  He was on the verge of panicked to get them out (I think that he was feeling left out...haha.)

 

Finally, the top hinges came out and Brian bent the top of the door down (breaking it in half...unfixable...done.)  But, we had a huge celebration that the Weatherford family was reunited!

Off to Lowes we went to get a new door.  The privacy factor was slightly important so this renovation was not going to wait.  Brian installed the beautiful door that we had been dreaming of since we moved in.

Now all he has left to do is to install the molding that we bought.  Its going to be bigger than the original and going to add a lot more character to the house.  Now that we know how much each door will cost from start to finish we can begin to install them one at a time.  I'm so excited to see how much this will change the look of our home.  I'm sure I will post more pictures of the finished product.