As I write this a pleasant young guy is installing a new garage door for our home. The old door is a relic…an original…near sixty years old. When we purchased the house in the mid-80’s it wore a peeling coat of the deep gold paint so popular in the 70’s. On top of being decrepit, the old wooden door is heavy, I’ve developed some muscle over the years lifting it up and down.
When my youngest son graduated high school, twenty years ago, (how can that be true?) a despicable chipmunk chewed through one of the panels to reach the birdseed stored inside. He left a gaping three inch hole. My husband said it couldn’t be fixed. I wasn’t happy about a hole in my garage door right before a graduation party.
I fixed that hole with a piece of cardboard and liquid nails and gave the door another coat of paint. My husband said the patch would never hold. It has held for twenty years. Every time I gloat about my handyman ability I realize I am also paying for my repair prowess…we have kept that peeling monstrosity twenty years longer than we should have; we would have replaced the door two decades ago if the hole had remained.
The new garage door…Hurrah! Once the woodwork around it is capped the whole front of the house will have had quite a facelift.
This post is part of Norm’s Thursday Doors.
A facelift for the house! It is a lovely garage door.
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Thanks…happy to be without patches and peeling paint.
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We left our heavy old garage doors behind and have automatic ones in this house. I haven’t missed the old ones, not even one minute.
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I was too good at repairing it. Bah! Sometimes it is better to just buy something new.
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Congratulations- it looks lovely.
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Thanks Susie, how are you? Hope all is well.
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Great new door; but a 20-year hole fix? I’m impressed!
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Cardboard…how did it hold? A small miracle to be sure.
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We changed our front and garage doors a few years ago and it was amazing what a rejuvenating effect it had on the house. Congrats on the new door, and for the repair that held for so many years 😉
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Thanks Norm…and thanks for your challenge.
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Looks great! I was so happy when we replaced our our old heavy wooden garage door with a lighter one and garage door opener.
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Thanks Candice.
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I’ve heard that line from the hubby before. lol
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Laughing too…thanks for stopping by and the comment.
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Such a difference 🙂 Congratulations on a job very well done!!
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Thanks so much!
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Thank you for your kind words! I’m delighted that you enjoyed the post about the garage door idea. Your positive feedback is truly appreciated, and I look forward to sharing more inspiring and creative content with you in the future. Stay tuned for more!
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