This door leads nowhere, really. Behind it is a broom closet not big enough for a broom. The door was originally a home-store louvered piece that was out of step with the rest of the kitchen. It worked, but it didn’t work.

It would have easily fit in the dumpster behind the cottage, but…

We cut out the two panels of louvers and replaced them with 1x4’s; the boards on the top panel were set flush against each other, the lower panel boards were spaced apart a half inch or so. And that’s Cottage; an ugly louvered door gets better treatment than it deserves, an insignificant door adorned with an aesthetic gift, beautified. And the trim around the door will eventually get painted, too. Give us a minute, seriously.

Cottage is renewed. This is Cottage.