One of the first things I knew I wanted to do in this house was add a sliding door to the studio. For one thing, there’s no access to the backyard without going out the kitchen door and walking around the side of the house, and I think that’s weird. Also, I really wanted my studio to have lots and lots of natural light, and replacing a window with a door would help with that (along with the skylight, of course). It had to wait until a lot of necessary work happened first- the roof, piers in the basement, and A/C replacement, and there are only so many contractor-type people I can handle at a time. But in November, the time had finally come. I got some quotes, picked a door, and was ready for it to happen. So of course the door got back-ordered. For eight weeks. Finally, in the middle of December, the door came in, and a crew of guys came and knocked a big hole in the side of my house… and put a door into it! They also moved an outlet that was in the space the door took up, and added an outdoor outlet, which will be really useful when I build a patio out there and want electricity.

Here’s the studio before the sliding door:

after skylight, before sliding door

And here it is after, during our freak snowstorm (sorry it’s not at the same angle, but you get the idea):

As you can see, it needed its trim and the wall around it painted, but that is another post.