Push Present

Ok, I know the first question I get is going to be from my friend Peturkey who is not from Texas and will say "WTF is a push present? That must be a Tex-Ass thing". I'm going to ignore you, Peturkey.
Some months ago, Husband and I noticed that our fancy front door wasn't closing very well...after inspecting, we realized that the veneer on the front was coming off and wasn't allowing the door to close without someone going outside, pushing it back in and the other person closing the door. Very upscale. Around my birthday, the door stopped being able to shut so Husband and Vegas SIL actually had to tape it so we could shut it. Again, only the best for Husband and I.
We decided to bite the bullet and get a new front door (ie. my "push present") from Seconds and Surplus. For anyone in the Dallas area, I highly suggest this place if you're looking for materials for a do-it-yourself project that is on the inexpensive side (notice I did not say cheap....it's good quality stuff, just cheaper. Personally I think they can sell it for cheaper b/c it's a huge warehouse and not air conditioned so make sure you are ready to start sweating if you go during the summer months). We went one weekend with the 'rents and decided on a gorgeous new solid-wood front door (pictures below).
Here's where I'll do something slightly un-characteristic for my blog...really brag on Husband. I know I've mentioned that he's a handy-man and has organizational skills I can only dream about, but can I just say that he really impressed me with this last project. He stained and sealed the door himself in the dead ass heat of summer and installed the door (with my dad's help) this weekend. As you might know, Texas summer is HOT and this weekend was no exception with the highs around 103. They worked their asses off for 9 hours in this heat! What I love (and sometimes hate) is that Husband is a perfectionist so anytime that we do projects, he's never completely satisfied if the project isn't 110% perfect. I think he reached that perfection with the door. I can proudly say that we have the most gorgeous door in the neighborhood (and might I mention that we saw the same door in the neighborhood across the street where the houses start at $500K).

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