Washington DC · Virginia · Maryland
Sun-faded and peeling front doors stripped to bare wood and restored by hand — at your home, usually in a single day.
Refinish or replace
Nine times out of ten the door is fine. It is the finish on top of it that failed — and a finish is a few hundred dollars of material and a day of skilled work, not a construction project.
A fraction of replacement Itemised written price before any work starts
$3,500–$8,000+ Typical installed cost for a comparable entry door in this region
What we restore
Most companies stop at the door slab. A restored door beside a grey frame and a chalky sidelight still looks tired — so we finish the whole opening.
Stripped to bare wood, colour-matched and rebuilt with marine-grade UV topcoats — on site, at your home.
Faded or chalky fiberglass re-grained and re-stained so it reads as real wood again. No replacement needed.
Learn more →Rust arrested, finish rebuilt and sealed. We restore the ironwork and the glass surrounds together.
Wood and wood-look garage doors brought back to an even, rich colour that matches your entry door.
Learn more →Interior doors, banisters and railings refinished in place with low-odour finishes and full dust control.
The parts most companies skip. A restored door beside a grey frame still looks tired — we do the whole opening.
Learn more → 07Kitchen and bathroom cabinetry refinished or re-coloured without tearing out a single box.
Learn more →Interior millwork, panelling and mantels matched to your existing woodwork by species and tone.
Rotted door bottoms rebuilt, thresholds and sweeps replaced, hardware polished or swapped.
A light re-coat every couple of years keeps a south-facing door from ever needing a full strip again.
Shutters, mantels, pergolas, boat brightwork, a front door nobody else will touch — send a photo and we will tell you straight whether we can bring it back.
Text us a photo → get a priceThe process
If a refinished door goes bad within a year, it is nearly always because the old finish was sanded rather than stripped. Everything below is built to prevent exactly that.
Every layer of failed finish comes off by hand. No shortcuts, no sanding over old varnish — that is why most refinished doors fail again in a year.
Rot, checking and water damage in the bottom rail are repaired first. Then multi-grit sanding until the grain is glass-smooth.
We match your trim, your shutters, or the colour you have always wanted. You approve the sample on your own door before we go further.
Multiple coats of UV-stable marine finish — the same class of product used on yacht brightwork, because your door faces the same sun and water.
Our work
Every door below was stripped to bare wood and refinished on site in the DC, Virginia and Maryland area. Hover or tap any project to see the before.
Send your number and we text you straight back. No email, no forms to fill in, and no “starting at” figures that change when we arrive.
Straight pricing
These are honest working ranges, not teasers. Where you land inside a range depends on the size of the door, whether both sides are done, and how much repair the wood needs. You get an itemised number in writing before anyone touches your door — and it does not move afterwards.
$550 – $1,400
One standard front or back door, stripped, stained and top-coated.
$950 – $2,200
A pair of doors treated as one opening, colour matched across both.
$1,200 – $3,200
Sized by panel count and condition. Matched to your entry door if you want them to agree.
Sidelights, transoms and frames · interior doors · iron doors · cabinets and trim · rotted door-bottom repair · weatherstripping, sweeps and thresholds · hardware.
Every door we refinish carries a one-year craftsmanship warranty. If our work fails in that time, we come back and put it right — no argument, no invoice.
Why doors fail here
Homeowners assume a peeling door means a cheap door. It usually means an exposed one. The mid-Atlantic is unusually hard on exterior wood, and the numbers below come from the US government — NOAA, NASA and the Forest Service — not from us.
This is also why we quote a light maintenance re-coat rather than waiting for the next full strip. It is the cheapest door work you will ever buy.
What customers say
Cabinet doors refinished. Removed old finish, sanded, applied new stain. Finished product looks consistent. Price fair. Highly recommend
The sanding work removed all the scratches from our old door. The surface feels smooth now. Excellent service
The team was patient and listened to our needs. The final renovation result is perfect
We trusted them with all our home doors and they did not disappoint. Excellent job
After discovering this service online, I hired them to refinish my antique door; the results were incredible! It feels like a piece of art in my home
Timely and high quality work. Team was skilled and communicated well. The door looks great! I recommend highly.
Highly professional and efficient! The refinishing brought out the natural beauty of my wood doors, making them look brand new.
Exceptional service! The team transformed my old, worn-out doors into beautiful pieces that enhance my home's overall look.
I was impressed by the quality of service and the friendliness of the staff. My door looks like it was just installed!
Exceptional craftsmanship! They revived my old wooden door beautifully. I can't stop admiring it!
They bring out the best in wood, turning worn-out doors into polished masterpieces. The transformation is incredible, and I couldn’t be happier.
The attention to detail and quality of work are outstanding. They took my dull, worn doors and restored them to their original beauty.
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Where we work
If your town is not listed, ask anyway — we routinely travel for full-entry projects.
Questions
No. Almost everything we do happens at your home, with the door on its hinges or on a stand a few feet away. Your house is never left open, and there is no gap of days where you are living behind a sheet of plywood.
Most single entry doors are stripped, stained and top-coated in a single day. Double doors, or doors with sidelights and a transom, usually run one to two days. We tell you which before we start, in writing.
Substantially. A comparable solid-wood or fiberglass entry door in this region typically runs several thousand dollars installed, before you account for trim, painting and the disruption. Refinishing is a fraction of that, and it keeps the door that was built for your opening.
Usually not. Grey, chalky, flaking wood is a surface condition — the failed finish and the top layer of sun-damaged fibre come off in the strip and sand. What genuinely ends a door is structural rot through the bottom rail or stiles, and even a lot of that can be repaired. Send us a photo and we will tell you honestly.
Almost always because it was sanded and re-coated rather than stripped, or because it was finished with an interior-grade product. A clear finish in direct sun genuinely needs recoating every one to two years unless it is built up properly with UV-stable marine-grade coats. That is the whole difference.
Yes. Fiberglass gets re-grained and re-stained so it reads as wood again. Iron and wrought-iron doors get the rust arrested and the finish rebuilt. We also handle garage doors, interior doors, cabinets, trim and staircases.
Northern Virginia is home base — McLean, Great Falls, Vienna, Arlington, Alexandria and the rest of Fairfax and Loudoun. We also work across Washington DC and into Montgomery and Howard counties in Maryland, and out to Middleburg, Purcellville, Warrenton and Annapolis.
It depends on the size of the door, whether both sides are being done, the condition of the wood, and whether sidelights, a transom or the frame are included. We give you an itemised written price before any work begins, and it does not move afterwards. Text a photo of your door and we will get you a number quickly.
Free written quote
No walkthrough required to get started, no pressure, and no “starting at” numbers that change when we arrive.
