221B Faux door

[deck5]

This will be an indoor decoration, a faux 221B front door. I've taken cues from real Georgian/Victorian doors, the Grenada Sherlock Holmes series, and the new BBC Sherlock (in particular the numbers on the door).

It started with a door-sized slab of MDF:

Added a backplane of thin wood, and then molding mitred to fit:

I've scored it to look like it's made of separate boards.

Here it is drying after painting.

Still to do -- adding all the brass door furniture.

 

[division 6]

Very nice work.
What are you going to do with it once it's finished?


You should probably get this moved to the main prop forum.

 

[Cadeian]

Cool! What a wonderful idea! Well done. I wish I'd thought of this.

 

[deck5]

Very nice work.
What are you going to do with it once it's finished?

You should probably get this moved to the main prop forum.

Thanks! It's an original design, so I thought it belonged here. Maybe not?

I'm going to mount it on a blank wall near the entrance to my own little 221B sitting-room. Eventually I'll add a fanlight over the top.

 

[Kingpin]

Lovely effort, and nice touch on the scoring detail.

 

[deck5]

Lovely effort, and nice touch on the scoring detail.

Thanks! I'm really looking forward to getting the rest of the hardware attached.

 

[Rebelscum]

Your work is always top notch deck....

 

[deck5]

Considering the high quality of your work, Philip, that's more than kind of you to say.

 

[deck5]

 

[augofett]

That´s wonderful! What colour did you chose to paint it?

 

[ONEYE]

221B Faux door? What is the significance of it?

 

[division 6]

Sherlock Holmes address

 

[Sundowner]

way cool! Nice build!

 

[ONEYE]

Sherlock Holmes address

Oh. Thanks.

 

[Jedifyfe]

Sherlock Holmes address

Is he related to John?

Cool door!

 

[gjw]

Sherlock Holmes address

It's also Gregory House's address but I guess the OP wasn't going for that.
:lol

 

[deck5]

It's also Gregory House's address but I guess the OP wasn't going for that.
:lol

No coincidence, that "House" should have a similar address to "Holmes".

 

[deck5]

That´s wonderful! What colour did you chose to paint it?

Thanks! It's "Grand Piano", semi-gloss finish, dry-brushed in places with flat black to weather it.

 

[Jacco111]

great!

btw. is it the camera, or is the knob on the wrong side?

 

[zodiac]

great!

btw. is it the camera, or is the knob on the wrong side?

Didn't you know that British doorknobs are on the left much like their steering wheels are on the right? :confused