David and Christiane Erwin, of Austin, TX, founded mid-century modern door company Crestview Doors to provide other design-conscious homeowners with an alternative to the colonial-style front doors you can get at a big box store. The Park house proudly sports the orange "Burbank" model pictured below! They now sell DIY Doorlite Kits, so you too can build the door of your dreams. Read on to find out how this maker couple does it.
How did you make the leap from renovating your house to starting your own business?
David Erwin: We remodeled our house in 2006. When I went shopping for a new door for our house, I honestly thought I would just pick one up at the big box store. When I didn't find a simple three-square window door on the shelf, I tried a local custom door shop. When I didn't find one there, I looked on the internet. It really bugged me that I couldn't buy a cool retro door for my house!