French Doors

Exterior Doors with Transom These custom French doors with transom were made using salvaged lumber and feature inlaid antique carved fragments. LPO1653 Raglin Photo: Robert Royem

View more

Antique Mexican Door with Header

Exterior Door An antique Mexican door is topped with a heavy timber header.LPO1646 Upaya Zen Center

View more

Door with Grilled Sidelights

Custom Exterior Door This arched front door with grilled sidelights was made with antique woods and reclaimed lumber. 6470 Younger Photo: Robert Royem

View more

Door with Carved Panels

Door with Grilled Operable Shutter Door with carved panels constructed from antique door, antique carved panels & reclaimed Douglas fir. Hardware features include cast teardrop deadbolt key flap, custom grillwork and iron pull ring with round escutcheon. This is a set of two exterior doors. Click on the additional photos to see the antique doors used […]

View more

Arched Door

Exterior Door Constructed with antique Mexican door, fitted with large clavos and custom-forged L straps and grillwork. Lever handled hardware with round key flap is cast bronze. 9529-04

View more

Arched Door

Front Entry with Sidelites Constructed with carved antique panels and fragments, antique columns and reclaimed Douglas fir. Fitted with custom textured glass, large clavos and a cast bronze entry set with thumb latch and key flap. 9641-01 Saenz

View more

Door with Iron Strapping

Exterior Door Door with iron strapping crafted using salvaged lumber. The door features iron strapping and a custom door handle mechanism. Click on the additional photos to see the hardware and strapping in detail, as well as the back of the completed door. 9426-01 Andrew Chary Architect, P.L.L.C.

View more

Door with Carved Panels

Bar to Balcony Door An antique door with carved panels was used to construct this exterior door. The door was widened using salvaged Douglas fir. The door features a deadbolt with round key flap, and a cast door pull. Click on the additional photos to see the antique door, front and back, the back of […]

View more

Door with Sidelights

Front Entry with Grillwork This entry door with sidelights was created using antique carved panels, an antique astragal and reclaimed Douglas fir. The door has been given a distressed, pebbled texture. The iron grillwork was custom crafted and the door features a cast bronze entry set with domed deadbolt flip cover. Click on the additional […]

View more

Door with Grilled Peep

Exterior Door Door with grilled peep crafted with an antique Mexican door and custom grillwork. The door features the original antique clavos. Click on the additional photos to see the antique doors, a hardware detail and the back of the door. 7601H

View more

Door with Shutters

Exterior Door with Operable Shutters Entry door with shutters made with an antique door and reclaimed Douglas fir. The door features pug tail latches on the shutters, a deadbolt and iron handles. Click on the additional photos to see the antique door, the back of the completed door, hardware details and the original verdigris finish […]

View more

Door with Carving

Exterior Door This door with carving was crafted from an antique Spanish reproduction door from 1920s Mexico. The door features the original antique grillwork and hardware of antique escutcheons with clavos & pull ring. Click on the additional photos to see the antique door, detail photos and the back of the completed door. 7289B

View more

A Collection of Custom Front Entries

A Collection of Custom Front Entries A La Puerta Originals’ custom front entry is one-of-a-kind. We don’t have any standard designs from which to choose because each of our doors is designed in collaboration with our clients to suit their design aesthetic and their home. Once the design is finalized, our doors are built by […]

View more

Wine Room Entry

Exterior Door Wine room entry crafted from reclaimed lumber. The door has decorative hinge straps, clavos and a custom grill over the seeded glass window. 10153-01

View more

Colorful Front Entry

Carved Exterior Door This colorful front entry was crafted using salvaged lumber and carved panels from antique cabinet doors. The panels are on the front and back of the door, which is great because the back of the door is in the house, and, unlike, say, a closet door, we see much more of the […]

View more

Rustic Coffee Table

Sabino Coffee Table This rustic coffee table was made from an antique sabino slab door. Also known as Montezuma Cypress, sabino is the national tree of Mexico and is sacred to the native peoples of Mexico. Though not as hard, sabino is sometimes compared to mesquite. The primitive door was roughly hewn with an axe […]

View more

Make a Statement with a Surround

Make a Statement with a Surround Your front entry sets the tone for your home, and a door with a surround makes a statement setting your home apart. Functioning as a frame for the door, a surround can be large or small, simple or elaborate. Often a more formal element of architecture, in the hands […]

View more

Wabi Sabi Santa Fe Kitchen

Wabi-Sabi Santa Fe Kitchen Two artists, both with a love of found objects – made their way from Texas to Santa Fe a few years back.  With them were a couple of dogs, some horses, and a curious collection of treasures – items plucked from dumpsters, antiques from obscure flea markets and a few tree stumps.  […]

View more

Get Ready to Re-Think Bathroom Cabinetry

Get Ready to Re-Think Bathroom Cabinetry What comes to mind when you think of bath cabinets? If it’s that mailer from your local home improvement store, the “custom” cabinet place that lets you pick the finish you want on a pre-fab unit or a trip to the Swedish assemble it yourself warehouse, hold onto your […]

View more

Custom Driveway Gates

Making a Grand Entrance At an extraordinary home nestled in the foothills of Santa Fe, a custom motorized driveway gate makes for a stunning entrance to the property. Hand crafted with lumber salvaged from an old California barn, the gate is set into an iron base operated by a call box in front of and […]

View more