Living Room Surround

Hallway to Living Room Surround Architectural elements, such as this living room surround, add character and ambience to your surroundings. Technically a case opening (a door without a door), it creates a bold, defining passage from the hallway to the living room. Made using salvaged lumber, it is adorned on either side with antique carved […]

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Door with Peaked Surround

Front Door with Sidelights A territorial surround is one of the things that sets this custom front door apart. The door, made with antique panels and salvaged lumber features an arched window topped with a flourish, and sidelights, all set with obscure glass. The detail photos include a progress photo allowing the comparison of the […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Bedroom Doors – A Baker’s Dozen

A Baker’s Dozen – Bedroom Doors for Inspiration When contemplating bedroom decor, people often think about the bed itself, wall color, carpet or flooring options, bed linens, the closet space, maybe even lighting. But what about the bedroom entry? The door sets the tone for the decor within. Where to start if you are thinking […]

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Latch – Cast Bronze Latch

Shutter Latch This arched double gate was made using a pair of antique Mexican doors and reclaimed Douglas fir. The gate features operable shutters with cast bronze latch. 9752-12 A Hardware Renaissance exclusive

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Latch – Rotating Latch

Shutter Latch This arched front entry was made using an antique door, carved panels and reclaimed lumber. It features a grilled operable shutter secured with a rotating latch. 10287-01

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Head & Footbolt – Cast Headbolt

Cast Headbolt A pair of arched antique doors were used to make this master bedroom door. The door features a cast bronze entry set and cast headbolt and footbolt. 8821A

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Strapping – L-Straps with Flourish

Iron L-Strapping This arched door with shutter was made using reclaimed barn wood. It features custom iron strapping, including L-straps with flourish, large clavos and the grillwork from an antique window. 10062-03

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Columns and Beam

Backyard Architectural Accents Columns and beam – the living space for this Santa Fe home extends into the backyard under this portal accented with an enormous curved beam supported by antique carved columns. The beam is made entirely of salvaged lumber. Additional views show the antique columns, the beam in the wood shop and additional […]

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Beam and Columns

Portal Architectural Accents Beam and columns – the portal of the master bedroom suite of this Santa Fe home features an enormous curved beam and stout antique carved columns. Additional photos show the antique columns, the beam on our dock, fresh out of the wood shop and additional views of the portal. 10679-03-Beam, 10679-08-Columns, 10679-12-Doors […]

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Double Doors

Arched Doors A pair of antique Mexican doors and salvaged lumber were used to craft these arched French doors. The doors feature operable shutters. 1681LPO Photo: Robert Royem

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Double Mexican Doors

Arched Doors A pair of antique Mexican doors and salvaged lumber were used to create these arched doors. 1680LPO

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Gate with Carved Panels

Arched Entry Gate Crafted with antique carved panels and reclaimed Douglas fir, this gate is of a similar style to the front entry, also made by La Puerta Originals. It is accented with clavos, and the top is quilted with reclaimed tin. 9804-02

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Bar Columns

Columns for Barista Bar This is four of a set of 20 small columns made as architectural accents for a restaurant and bar. The columns were crafted from antique columns and salvaged lumber. Additional photos show the columns as used in the Barista bar, one of a number of bars we made for the club. […]

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Custom Kitchen Pantry Cabinet

Kitchen Pantry and Bar with Arched Surround This custom, solid wood pantry cabinet is adorned with an antique carved panel on the end. The cabinet is made entirely of salvaged lumber. Beyond the pantry cabinet, the doorway has a surround with columns and a Butler’s Pantry. The built-in cabinetry includes the arched ceiling with lighting […]

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Cross Beams

Antique Heavy Timber Ceiling Pieces This skylight structure is a great architectural element. It was made entirely of reclaimed barn timbers and salvaged lumber. It frames the enormous skylight and supports the suspended chandelier. Additional photos show the 7 pieces making up the structure: 2 beams, 4 corbels and a centerpiece, plus pictures of the […]

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Custom Bath Vanity

Vanity with Arched Mirror Antique panels decorate this custom bath vanity which was made using reclaimed lumber. Click on the additional photos to see the antique columns used in the bathroom, the vanity after finish and hardware, the corresponding dressing table and linen cabinet, as well as the matching wall cladding. 8725-18

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Gate with Grillwork

Entry Gate Arched entry gate crafted using a pair of antique Mexican doors and custom grillwork. 6067A Reichman Photo: Robert Royem

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