Dragonfly door
2 3/4 inch thick exterior door made of reclaimed fir beams. This very solid door has the carving of a dragonfly on the exterior, and a carving of the Villarica volcano with a log house and araucaria trees on the interior.
Crows door
Very solid front entrance door made with 2” thick white oak. The metal design/work was made by Gunter Reimnitz.
Tree door
A door from the 1920s that has gone through a lot of use was restored, creating a unique character door. The tree resembles a well-loved tree at the house entrance.
Arts & Crafts entrance door
This 42” wide, 2” thick door is made of the most beautiful old growth douglas fir with a Wenge wood rose insert. Most pieces are tapered in traditional Arts & Crafts style. All joints are true hand made mortise and tenons. The panels of course are also made of thick solid wood, not plywood!
Mayne entrance door (Mayne Island)
On the exterior, the scene is magically reminiscent of the view from the property. The interior represents the family and their origins with the korus. An all Red Cedar exterior door.
EagleWave door
Zeitlos door
A door designed to honour the shape of the building, almost art&crafts style, while highlighting at the same time the modernity of the home.
Joints that will outlast the lifetime of the glue is just one of the many unique features of this door.
Kartographen door
Door made of old growth douglas fir and red cedar. As the name indicates this door represents a chart. A closer look shows the southern Gulf Islands casted in glass by Anthony Jamieson Designs. Vancouver Island and part of the ocean is hand carved into the red cedar.
Seaside Rendezvous door
A majestic solid oak door full of details. Perhaps the most impressive aspect is the 3 dimensionality of the door, its sidelights, and how harmoniously it fits in with the architecture of the house it is designed for. The form, the carvings, the casted glass, the unique joints, the environmental considerations (sealing, insulation, automatic door sweep, source of materials, etc.) are just a few of the many aspects of this 200 pound solid door.
Transforming Hokusai’s Japanese Wave into a local MT. Baker mountain with a stormy wave that becomes and eagle. The interior side of the door using the port hole as part of the trees. A 2 1/4 thick door made of reclaimed woods.
Vista door
This double door is the new entry for a lovely couple in Squamish. The door design reflects the actual view you have from their house.
The door is made with reclaimed beams from an old factory on Marine Drive in Vancouver. The work combines red cedar inserts with sandblasted glass. For the picture below a black background was chosen to better show the designs in the glass.
WestVan door
Made of thousands of individually crafted pieces. This piece echos the different views of a house in West Vancouver. Not only the designs for each of the sides but also the construction of this 2.5” thick door are innovative and extremely solid.
Puerta del Sol
From now on the sun will shine forever at the entrance of this house. The interior contains an image of the view onto Mt Maxwell on Saltspring Island.
The sun is constructed of adzed cedar inserts. The background of both sides of the door is made with 1/8” thick veneers. This Wyvern has assumed its duty to be on the lookout across the bay.
Front door commissions
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MetCal entrance
A Rocky Mountain vista creates that home-away-from-home feel for this Albertan couple’s West Coast house.
The skyline wraps around the sidelites into the door itself, and also into the adjacent wall.
The double casted glass gives it a distinct three dimensional effect for the clouds. The overall dimensions are 3” thickness, 95” heigh and 155” in total length.
The doors and walls are filled with symbolism. Inside, the door hosts a male/female dragon carving, while the wall represents a Buddha pond, a reflection of the clean Asian decorative style within the home.
Lugares door
You might never guessed it, this door represents on the exterior side a map of places the owners have lived in. The door is framed in Sapelle wood with it’s unique figure. The interior side honors our old growth forests in BC.
You might have also noticed the doors are “S” shaped.
Uralt door
These huge 220-pound (each), 2.5” thick doors are made of quarter sawn white oak. The panel is composed of old pine woods from a barn on the east coast. The goal was to create a majestic seasoned set of doors that will welcome people into an amazing house on the Sunshine Coast. The door holds several secrets, including a hidden Lasqueti silver coin.
The texture added to the woods gives them the combination of an old look with a very smooth and elegant appearance.
