For days I have been sweating the doors (14 of them). Marc has provided a ‘schedule’ that both reallocates the existing doors and indicates where new ones will be needed. Three existing doors are left over, including the one which underwent a $200 stripping in St Paul. So I have been trying to reallocate the doors in such a way as to use them all. This I find to be mind-bending work.  

So, just for a sense of concrete progress, I recruit daughter Katharine, home from New York for a visit, to help me sand one of the doors, which we then seal and apply “Classic Cherry” stain to. The result is a deep, rich cherry color. Ahhhhhhhh.

But this tint is considerably darker than that on the trim, leading me wonder if veneer (on the door) absorbs more stain than plain wood? If so, can the stain color be standardized across doors, windows, baseboard—and what about the new birch that we will have to use?