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   gdavis62 | Oct 05, 2004 07:43pm | #1

   Simpson has some nice ones with Frank Lloyd Wright leaded glass lites.

   You can get a dentil shelf molding as an option.

   Doug fir is the species I would use.  Your cost, prehung, should be about $1000.

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   ripmeister | Oct 05, 2004 08:55pm | #2

   If you want it to be true craftsman, oak, qs white oak specifically with at least 4 coats of spar varnish.

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   Piffin | Oct 06, 2004 12:33am | #3

   Nothing against white oak, but there are a lot of fir ones out there too, and the cost would be about half.

   Still, I could sit and look at a good oak panel for hours...

    

    

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   Wylcoyote | Oct 06, 2004 12:55am | #4

   I'm w/ piffin -

   If you can find close grained doug fir that is soooo nice with spar varnish on top.

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   gdavis62 | Oct 06, 2004 01:33am | #5

   When Craftsman style homes were being built in the original "wave" of Stickley-inspired building, about 1907 through 1923, they were built all over the country.  In many of the instances good local materials were used, rather than freighting in species of woods from long distances.

   I toured one example just a few years ago in a town just north of Austin, Texas.  Everything, abolutely, was original, and maintained in perfect condition.

   The flooring, millwork, doors, windows, built-ins, etc., were all made from tight grained southern heart pine.  Beautiful.

   Built for a southern climate, the ceilings were all pretty tall on the main floor, maybe 9/6, and the entry door was a whopper.  About 3/6 wide by maybe 7/4 tall, 2-1/4 inches thick, high waisted, with a six lite grid of beveled glass in the upper quarter, over a big dentiled shelf.  The door was heart pine.