Sunday, July 12, 2009

Sidelight Surprise

My neighbor gave me back the original sidelights to the house! When they tore the original doorway out, the door was sold for $5 at a yard sale I'm told by another neighbor and she believed the sidelights were trashed. Well apparently they were picked up off the curb and saved. So now what to do?? I guess at some point if I can get glass for them I will put them back and sell the ones I installed. These are chestnut too which will match the original woodwork in the foyer. Also they have the nice ledge and dentil detail that contines from the one on the door. The original glass is busted and the one intact is a replacement pane. The fragment I found matches the textured glass in the staircase landing window. Now if I could only find that door......

2 comments:

Nathan said...

That is incredible that you got the originals back! Very exciting.

Christopher Busta-Peck said...

Wow. This gives me some hope that I'm not being completely crazy when I try to save bits and pieces from other people's houses for their future owners.