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“Chippendale” Wood Screen Door

Assemble the frame, ensuring it is square before you fasten it all together using counter sunk 3 inch screws.

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Start the pattern by building an X across the lower half with the 1 x 2’s. This gives you 4 quadrants to repeat the pattern. We started with the top quadrant and worked counter clockwise.

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A 3 inch space between the 1 x 2’s ensured an even spacing all the way throughout as we continued to repeat the pattern in each quadrant.

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After the second quadrant was finished, the last two zipped along easily and quickly.

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And before we knew it, the pattern was finished, and we were dry fitting it to the frame before filling screw holes and giving it a good sanding to prep for painting.

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We choose to paint it white, but you could just as easily stain it instead.

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You can see the entire tutorial on the blog at www.redcottagechronicles.com as I tried to capture the process as Tim went about his work.