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Introduction to a sampling of our work below

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Example #1

Project Description:

  • High End Entry Unit Refinishing
  • Refinishing Process: 9-step spray
  • Door Construction: 1/8th of an Inch thick Mahogany Veneer
  • The Brownstones at the Broadmoor

The Broadmoor is the nicest hotel in all of Colorado. Some would say it rivals the best in the country. Across the street from the Broadmoor Hotel and Golf Club, there are fairly new 4-million to 5-million dollar condos- called the Brownstones at the Broadmoor. The unit we restored is shown below. This was one of the two units owned by the owners of the Broadmoor Hotel.

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Example #2

Project Description:

  • Entry Way Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/8th of an inch KnottyAlder Veneer
  • Door Manufacturer: Sun Mountain Doors

Homeowner Comment: “I love the finish”

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Example #3

Project Description:

  • Front Doors Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64 of an inch thick Fir Veneer
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Example #4

Project Description:

  • Entry Unit Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: 9-step spray
  • Door Construction: 1/64th of an inch Cherry Veneer
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Example #5

Project Description:

  • Entry Unit Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: 9-step spray
  • Door Construction: 1/64th of an inch Cherry Veneer

Example #6

Project Description:

  • Front Doors Refinish After Painter Mess-up
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/8th of an inch thick Alder Veneer
  • 3.5 Million Dollar, 9,000 sq. ft. Personal Residence

Homeowner Comment: “We always knew, this is the way our doors should look. Finally I’m so glad we found a company that did the job right!”

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Example #7

Project Description:

  • Entry Unit, Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64th of an inch thick Fir Veneer
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Example #8

Project Description:

  • Entry Unit Refinish on a 4 million dollar estate
  • Door Construction: 1/64th of an inch thick cherry veneer

Homeowner Comment: “Our doors look like fine furniture”.

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Example #9

Project Description:

  • Entry Door, Refinish (Exterior and Interior)
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64 of an inch Fir Veneer

Homeowner Comment: “Your company was a joy to deal with every step of the process.”

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Example #10

Project Description:

  • Entry Unit Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand-Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Solid Maple
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Example #11

Project Description:

  • Entry Unit Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Solid Oak

Homeowner Comment: “We are thrilled with the results!”

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Example #12

Project Description:

  • Entry Unit Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: 9-step spray
  • Door Construction: 1/64 of an inch Fir Veneer

Homeowner (and professional painter) Comment: “You guys are the best!”

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Example #13

Project Description:

  • Entry and two back doors, Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64 of an inch Fir Veneer

 

  • Homeowner Comment: “We couldn’t be happier with the finished results!”
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Example #14

Project Description:

  • Entry Door, Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Solid Maple
  • Homeowner Comment: “It’s just so amazing to see the grain again. Before the stain was just painted on. Besides a silky smooth finish, we can see such clarity in the grain. We just love our “new” door!”
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Example #16

Project Description:

  • Entry Door, Refinish, Loveland CO
  • Refinishing Process: Exterior: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Solid Maple
  • Special Considerations: Beautiful Arches
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Example #17

Project Description: Roxbury Park, Colorado

  • Entry Door, Sidelight and Sidelite Surgery and Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Exterior: Hand Rubbed Oil, Interior: Touchup
  • Door Construction: Solid Clear Spruce

This was an interesting and a bit unusual project for us in that we usually don’t see rot this bad in an entry way unit. With this owner, challenges over the recent past had prevented them from attending to the door and so rot migrated from the outside of the frame and infected the inside of frame and both sides of the bottom of the door itself. We performed Door Surgery and cut out the rot on the outside of the frame, removed the rot and epoxied the inside of the frame and sides of the door. We applied our hand-rubbed oil finish to this door and as you can see from the photos at the bottom, the wood grain came through beautifully. This was a custom door and frame from Santa Fe, and in only a few more years it would have been necessary to replace this unit. To add to its value the husband had personally created stained glass inserts that fit in the sidelight windows. This unique door set is now safe and protected with years to come with only an hour of so of maintenance by the homeowners each year.

The Old Failed Finish Which Almost Destroyed This Custom Entry Way

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Example #18

Project Description:

  • Entry Doors and Frame, Refinish, Boulder CO
  • Refinishing Process: Exterior: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Alder Veneer
  • Door Manufacturer: Sun Mountain Doors
  • Special Considerations: Re-veneered raised panel due to cracking
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Example #19

Project Description:

  • Entry Door and Frame, ReCoating
  • Refinishing Process: Brushed on Fine Oils
  • Door Construction: Solid Mahogany
  • Special Considerations: Oil over poly
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Example #20

Project Description, Cherry Creek CO

  • Exterior Entry Door and Frame, Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Exterior: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Mahogony Veneer
  • Door Size: 9 feet x 3.5 feet x 2 inches thick
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Example #21

Project Description:

  • Exterior Entry Door Refinish, Arvada CO
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Solid Oak

Homeowner Testimonial:"Jeff did a magnificent job on our doors. They look luxurious!"

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Example #22

Project Description:

  • Exterior Entry Door, Frame and Sidelites Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64th inch thick Fir Veneer
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Example #23

Project Description:

  • Exterior Entry Door, Frame and Sidlights with Hand Carvings Refinish and Repair
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Mahogany Veneer
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Example #24

Project Description:

  • Exterior Entry Door
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Mahogany Veneer

Homeowner Comment:“I just can’t believe the difference. Let me know anytime you need a reference.”

This door was refinished one year ago by a painter. Notice the sanding gouges around the handle and peep hole. They didn’t even remove the hardware. The door was sanded in place, without even being removed from the hinges. Notice the qualitative difference after we refinished this door. We created a custom grey-toned stain to match the surrounding stones.

After Painter’s Job

Notice the gouges around the hardware and the lousy finish- all the result of improper preparation.

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After Our Process and applying a custom stain we created

The result- a smooth finish and even staining that connected with the grays in the surrounding stone.

Example #25

Project Description:

  • 2 Exterior Entry Doors and 2-Story Frame
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Mahogany Veneer

Before

Entry Way finish had yellowed as does almost all hard finishes available to the retail market today. Also notice the extensive sun damage that was done.

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Refinishing Mahogany Doors is Very Tricky

The mahogany was extremely variagated after the first coat of stain. The homeowner wanted a uniform look. To remedy this we masked the variagated sections and applied custom complimentary colors to make the doors more uniform in color. Notice the panel on the right compared to the 2-panels on the left.

After Our Process

Notice the uniform color and the wonderful satin sheen. With a quick application of oil ragged on each year, this entryway will look this good 10-years from now.

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Example #26

Project Description:

  • Exterior Entry Door
  • Refinishing Process: Hand-Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Historic Solid Mahogany
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Example #27

Project Description:

  • 3 Exterior Entry Doors and Garage Door
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Solid Mahogany with around 300 Raised Panels
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Example #28

Project Description:

  • 2 10.5 feet high Exterior Entry Doors custom made in France
  • Touch-up interior doors from dog scratches
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: A wood similar to Fir
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Example #29

Project Description:

Mahogany Entry Way

  • Stripped and custom color matched door to Frame
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil on Door
  • Door Construction: Mahogany Veneer
  • Brushed Frame with Custom stain in clearcoat

A Quick Note on Refinishing Mahogany Doors: Mahogany is extremely variegated. This means that there are many different degrees of wood darkness or lightness as well as reds and greens. To blend in these differences it is imperative that the finisher knows how to customize color with both pigments and dye stains. Since we carry a full line of both pigments and dyes we are able to handle these difficult wood species. Check to make sure your finisher has the capability to do this before paying them to finish your door or you will be disappointed, especially if it is mahogany.

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Example #30

Project Description:

  • Knotty Alder Double Door, Sidelites and Frame
  • Extensive Repairs and Refinishing
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Knotty Alder Veneer
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Example #31

Project Description:

  • Fir Veneer, Reveneering , Stripping and Refinishing
  • ReVeneering on Left Sidelight from painter sandthrough
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil on Door over sprayed on Dye Stains
  • Door Construction: 1/64th inch Fir Veneer
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Example #32

Project Description:

  • Double Door Refinish in Wellington, FL
  • Refinishing Process: Brushed on Oil on Door
  • Door Construction: Straight-Grain vertical fir
  • Special Considerations: Extensive Carvings
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Example #33

Project Description:

  • 2-Story Entryway Exterior/Interior Refinish
  • Exterior Strip and Refinish with Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Interior Tone and Refinish with Sprayed Lacquer
  • Door Construction: Oak Veneer

Homeowner Comment:“Jeff’s approach to refinishing the front door and entry way of our home was nothing short of artistry and master craftsmanship. He approached my project as if it were his own home and made our front door look new. Summit Wood Door Refinishing was thoughtful, considerate and their work is unparalleled.”

Project Notes: On this job, we also refinished the interior of the entryway. Unfortunately the lighting was too bright coming into the house from the outside so the detail on the inside of the door did not show up do to the glare from the windows. The interior did come out factory-grade, incredibly smooth and a very rich espresso color.

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Example #34

Project Description:

  • Mahogany Entry Way
  • Detailed Carvings
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Mahogany Veneer
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Example #35

Project Description:

  • Fir Veneer, Door and Sidelite Refinishing
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil

A note about exterior kickplates: I usually encourage the customer to remove kickplates as they can act similar to bras on cars. Moisture gets behind them and they can rot out the wood. They also detract from the elegance of the door. They can have their places in commercial settings — but as a rule, I would encourage you to remove them from your residential entryway.

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Example #36

Project Description:

  • Fir Veneer, Door and Sidelite Refinishing
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Inside dog-scratch repair
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Example #37

Project Description:

  • Historic Renovation
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Fir Veneer
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Example #38

Project Description:

  • 2 Doors and Frame Refinishing
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Oak Veneer
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Example #39

Project Description:

  • Mahogany Door Refinish in Wellington, FL
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Solid Mahogany
  • Special Considerations: Rot Removal and Repair on Lower Door Moldings
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Example #40

Project Description:

  • Knotty Alder Door Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Alder Veneer
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Example #41

Project Description:

  • Fir Veneer Door Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Fir Veneer
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Example #42

Project Description:

  • Solid Mahogany Refinish in Delray, FL
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Special Considerations: Extensive Weathering
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Example #43

Project Description:

  • Alder Veneer Door Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Alder Veneer
  • Door Manufacturer: Sun Mountain Doors

The refinish of this entryway is highlighted in my online video course. This wonderful family above was responsible for taking some of the footage in that course. I love them dearly and their friendliness, professionalism and caring really comes across in that footage.

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Example #44

Project Description:

  • Mahogany Door and Sidelite Surround Refinish
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: Mahogany Veneer
  • Door Manufacturer: Sun Mountain Doors

Project Notes: In this project the finish on the sidelites was only selectively failing. Since we were matching the original color, we were able to just strip the areas that were pealing and leave the original finish in those areas. With our custom color matching expertise we came in at a price very close to what a painter had bid to paint the beautiful mahogany entryway. The customers were really glad that they had not painted this unit when they saw the furniture-grade finish we were able to give them at a cost comparable to painting.

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Example #45

Project Description:

  • Fir Veneer Door and Sidelite
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
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Example #46

Project Description:

  • Double Door Refinish in Boca Raton, FL
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Species: Solid Mahogany
  • Special Considerations: 10 foot high doors
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Example #47

Project Description:

  • Mahogany Doors and Surround in Roxbury Park, CO
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Special Considerations: Extensive Carvings

Homeowner Comment: When people come to my front door, I find them just starring at it. [I’m not the original owner but] I’m sure the door is more beautiful now than when it was new. Homeowner: Linda

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Example #48

Project Description: Old English finish

  • Double Oak Doors Refinish in Boulder. CO
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Special Considerations: Faux Finish
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Example #49

Project Description: Customer applied second coat

  • Fir Doors and Surround In Boulder, CO
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Special Considerations: Owner Applied Second Coat (See our Owner-Assist program)

Homeowner Comment: Hi Jeff, Well I got the two coats of stain on and I think it all worked out great. As promised I am sending you some pictures. A before, an after, and one that shows both. Really amazing! We are so happy we found you and are totally happy with the outcome. I am amazed looking at the difference between the before and after. The door now has a wonderful stately appearance that we are proud of. Thanks again! Ed F., Homeowner

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Example #50

Project Description:

  • Alder Entryway by Sun Mountain Doors
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil with Black Glaze Highlights

About Glazing: Glazing is a process that highlights the moldings and other details on the entryway. Applied sloppy it looks terrible. Applied evenly, it creates a shadow effect that adds to the elegance of the door.

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Example #51

Project Description:

  • Fir Entryway, previously attempted by Homeowner
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil

Note: This entryway was previously tried by the homeowner. My best clients are homeowners that have tried to refinish their doors themselves. They can then appreciate the technique and artistic abilities that are necessary to achieve a furniture-grade that is long-lasting and easy to maintain.

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Example #52

Project Description:

  • Oak Garage Door Refinish with High Detail
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil to look like mahogany
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Example #53

Project Description:

  • Cherry Veneer Arched Entryway made by Sun Mountain Doors
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
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Example #54

Project Description: Re-finished entryway only shown:

  • Alder Door and Sidelites
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
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Example #55

Project Description:

  • Mahogany Door, Sidelites and Frame with Hail Damage
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
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Example #56

Project Description:

  • Mahogany Doors
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
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Example #57

Project Description:

  • 6-Panel Fir Veneer Door and New Hardware
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64 of an inch Fir Veneer

Taking the Common to a Unique Work of Art: I just wanted to show you what we can do with the most common door in the US today. A typical 6-panel vertical fir veneer door can be transformed into a furniture-grade piece of artwork. All our colors are custom created to contrast with the surrounding house color.

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Example #58

Project Description:

  • Mahogany with Brass Inlay
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/8 inch Mahogany Veneer
  • Ultra High-End Home
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Example #59

Project Description:

  • Reveneered Double French Doors
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64 Inch Fir Veneer
  • Off Master Suite

Proprietary ReVeneering Technology: There is no one else I know of in the US that reveneers doors like we do, especially onsite! This is a technique that I’ve refined over the last 14-years that uses the same materials as do new door manufacturers. These doors, probably 75-years old had deep grooves that went way deeper than the paper-thin veneer that was left. As you can see we restored these old historic doors to new condition through our proprietary technology at roughly 1/4 the cost of new doors.

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Example #60

Project Description:

  • Reveneered Double French Doors
  • Refinishing Process: Hand Rubbed Oil
  • Door Construction: 1/64 Inch Fir Veneer
  • Off Master Suite

Proprietary ReVeneering Technology: There is no one else I know of in the US that reveneers doors like we do, especially onsite! This is a technique that I’ve refined over the last 14-years that uses the same materials as do new door manufacturers. These doors, probably 75-years old had deep grooves that went way deeper than the paper-thin veneer that was left. As you can see we restored these old historic doors to new condition through our proprietary technology at roughly 1/4 the cost of new doors.

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