Reclaimed Doors & Windows

Victorian-era entry doors are the crown jewels of architectural salvage. These doors typically feature solid old-growth construction — cypress, heart pine, or white oak — with elaborate raised panels, applied moldings, and often original etched, beveled, or stained glass lites. Double-entry sets with matching sidelights and transoms are particularly prized. Panels may be flat, raised, bolection-molded, or shaped in arched configurations. Thickness ranges from 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 inches, and these doors are substantially heavier than modern hollow-core alternatives.

The Arts-and-Crafts movement brought a simpler, more geometric aesthetic to door design. Craftsman doors are characterized by flat or slightly raised panels arranged in clean horizontal and vertical compositions — the classic configuration being three horizontal panels in the lower half and a single large glass lite in the upper half. Construction is typically old-growth Douglas fir, white oak, or heart pine. Quarter-sawn white oak doors with visible ray fleck are especially desirable.

French doors are a defining element of New Orleans architecture, where they serve as both entries and window-walls that open rooms to galleries, courtyards, and gardens. Traditional French doors feature multiple glass lites — typically 6, 8, 10, or 15 panes — divided by narrow wooden muntins. Our salvaged French doors come in both true divided lite (individual glass panes in each opening) and single-lite with applied muntin grid configurations. Cypress and heart pine are the most common species.

Salvaged barn doors and warehouse doors bring industrial-scale presence to residential and commercial interiors. These doors are often built from thick cypress or heart pine planks — 1-1/2 to 2 inches thick — with Z-brace, X-brace, or ledger-and-brace construction on the back face. Original iron strap hinges, slide bolts, and track hardware add authenticity. We also stock large sliding warehouse doors with their original roller track systems — these can serve as dramatic room dividers or closet doors in loft conversions.

Louvered doors and shutters are a hallmark of Gulf South architecture, designed to promote airflow in the subtropical climate while providing privacy and weather protection. Our salvaged louvered pieces include interior passage doors (full-length louvers or louver-over-panel), exterior shutters (operable and fixed), and closet doors. Most are cypress, which resists the rot and insect damage that destroy louvered pine shutters in Louisiana's humid climate.

The Creole cottage — a distinctive Louisiana building type — produced a door style all its own. These doors are typically simple batten or plank construction: vertical cypress boards held together by horizontal battens (cleats) on the interior face, sometimes with a diagonal brace. The exterior face is often beaded or V-grooved at the board joints. The simplicity of these doors belies their durability — many 200-year-old Creole cottage doors remain perfectly serviceable.