New Sofa Table Update

The blog has gotten off slower than I anticipated...but, we are working away, I swear! We'll be listing our next table on Etsy soon (just waiting for the glass to come in). We found the door for this table at Fellenz Antiques on Euclid. It's one of our favorite places. It is packed to the ceiling with architectural items. Here's Jeff looking a little intimidated....

The three rectangular sections add such an interesting element...I loved it right away!

Before

After

 

This was a combined effort. Jeff refinished the door and handmade the legs and trim. Once it was stained, I painted and distressed the legs.

The color is beautiful...a lovely dark brown.

 What do you think? We would love to hear your thoughts.

Next on the list is this door. Hoping to have a productive weekend so we can share more photos!

First Sales!

So, our etsy store has been open for just over a month and we are excited to have already sold several items. Most notably, our first sale was this table:

Since these tables are our signature item, we were thrilled that someone liked it as much as we did. It had many cute features...like this little key hole:

We're busy working on adding more tables to the store. Here's a peek at what's coming up:

I think they are going to make great tables. The first photo is of just a section of a door. It's very thick and sturdy. We're thinking of making it into a small coffee table. The bottom photo is also a section of a door. I loved the detail in the woodwork -- it's going to be a sofa table. 

 More to come soon...including our favorite places to find materials, how we build tables and {my favorite} marketing and packaging!

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Welcome to our blog Behind the Red Door — a peek behind the scenes of our newest adventure, the Red Door Furniture Co. Thanks for stopping by! We’ll use this space as we refinish and build our pieces and share our hunts for local architectural treasures and DIY techniques.