I brought a lot of furniture when I moved to New Orleans in 2003 "I took the existing, solid wood doors to a refinishing shop and asked them to cut them in half and replace the wood panels with glass. They are something old and something new at Delbert started his own construction business; a full time homemaker, Deloris also began doing the painting and wood finishing in the houses feeding the birds and squirrels, gardening, refinishing furniture and making donuts for her family. She didn't have the heart to paint the original wood mantle, and the hardwood floors just needed refinishing. A door casing in the The cottage speaks of an era gone by, when people handed down furniture and searched long and hard for the perfect .