The two doors I bashed together for the rowhouse are the white and stained versions of the Newport door from Majestic Mansions. Though both pictures on their website show the sunburst with the lines cut out (so the color of the surface behind them shows through), only my white door came this way. On the stained door, the semi-circle at the center of the sunburst was cut out but the lines were etched into the wood. This one one of many slight differences between the two doors, that made me wonder if the door was redesigned at some point.

I didn’t want a contrasting color to show through, so I cut a piece of posterboard to place behind the sunburst.

I painted this mossy green, and then glued it to the back of the sunburst.

Here’s how it looks in place.

After cutting my side trim, I mistakenly thought that it was too long and sanded it down. The porch might have been sitting on something that made it slightly taller than it should have been. So, I had gaps at the bottom of the trim. Rather than cut and paint new pieces (because I’m lazy!), I decided to try to cover up the gaps with more trim. More on that in a sec.

First, I had to figure out what to do with the gaping hole at the bottom of the door.

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