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A Wooden Screen Door
Adds Personality To Your Porch
We are porch wooden screen door lovers. We love fresh air and have our doors and windows open as often as weather permits.
The quintessential wood screen door is like nothing else on your porch. It radiates warmth and appeal, helps cool the
house, and if you have glass inserts, can serve as a storm door in winter.
I grew up with wooden
screen doors on our porch and fondly remember the sound of it as it slammed shut as I ran outside as a
young boy. Mary and
I have our own 'screen door story' below which always makes us smile when we reminiscence. The following eight wood screen door pictures courtesy of
Historic Shed,
makers of fine custom designed vintage screen doors.
You'd think a vintage screen door is just a screen door; well, you might be surprised at the many options you have.
No matter your situation,
there's a screen door or screen option that will fit your needs no matter if you have a log cabin, contemporary home, or
live in an apartment
or condo. They can be converted to storm doors to give you added value, embroidered, or imprinted with artful scenes.
A wooden screen door, if made correctly, resists warping or twisting and can be painted or stained. Most have removable screens for ease of painting or staining
and for inserting storm windows for winter use.
Prefinished wood frames are available for fast and simple installation.
Wood frames can be cut down for custom applications unlike vinyl
or aluminum doors. Treated woods area also available where durable construction is required and they resist termites and fungal decay.
Custom made wooden screen doors are designed and built to last. Create your own design and choose your wood to make the perfect
screen door for you home. Selections range from woods like Honduran mahogany, oaks, African mahogany, cherry, Douglas fir, Spanish cedar,
maple, ash, eastern white pine, and poplar. If you are planning to paint your wooden door, I recommend using poplar; the
grain is the easiest of woods to mask with paint.
Our Screen Door Story
Many years ago we lived in Alaska and subsequently moved to New Hampshire. Sparing you the details, I took a house-hunting trip prior to the move; Mary and the boys stayed in Alaska.
I quickly learned upon arrival that it was a super seller's market; housing prices were being bid up on the spot.
I ended up having to choose between two houses. One had the
family buried in the back yard (yes, they were buried in the back yard). Those from New England can relate I'm sure. The other
was a very small house and a real fixer-upper. To get to the basement you had to exit through a screen
door in the kitchen to the garage and then proceed down the basement steps. Needless to say, I didn't think Mary would like bodies in the back yard (although
it would have made for an interesting Halloween). So I chose the fixer-upper and returned to Alaska.
Mary then traveled to New Hampshire to close on the house several weeks later. She arrived just in
time to make the closing at the office on a very dark and stormy day. She never saw the house before she closed. After the closing
and with keys in hand Mary proceeded to go see our new home! The electricity was off so it was very hard to see the interior. While
stumbling through the house, she noted the many things that needed to be done.
She called me later that day to fill me in on the details. When I asked her: "How did you like our new home?", Mary hesitantly replied:
"Well, I liked the screen door."
Lesson learned: If you have to buy a house without your spouse make sure it has a great screen door!
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