Doors and More Doors

 We had much consternation about the closet doors in our "stealth" guest room. Our original idea was to make bookcases that would open to reveal the closet, but we couldn't figure out the design obstacles economically. Our second idea was to make the doors blend in with the wall. Gerald got two sets of double hung doors at Stardust to use as a base.

 Then he covered them up with the same material we used on the walls, attaching it vertically so the edges wouldn't be noticeable. We weren't able to completely cover up the hinges, but I thought it an elegant solution. It changed the look of the whole room. 

 Our retractable screen on the back door was proving not a good choice for up here. Dirt and rocks kept getting into the track and the screen kept getting stuck. So Gerald decided to go with an old-fashioned wooden screen door. The kind that slaps when you shut it. He painted it green to match the trim and added pushbars we bought way back in the beginning.

He also painted a flying red horse on the screen. A shop employee wanted to know if that was to keep out the horseflies. Get it? Horse flies?