Custom Fireplace Doors
Made for One Fireplace. Yours.
Some fireplace doors are products.
These are commissions.
A custom iron fireplace door should not look like a standard door that happened to be made in a different size. It should belong to the fireplace, the room, and the home around it.
That begins with a conversation.
I come to your fireplace. I measure it by hand. I listen to what you want, what concerns you, what you have imagined, and what you may not know how to describe yet.
Then I carry the project from that first conversation through the finished installation.
Custom Is the Part of My Fireplace Doors I Keep Personal.
My Fireplace Doors can grow.
The catalog can grow. The number of products can grow. The number of people we serve can grow.
Custom work is different.
When you commission a custom iron fireplace door through My Fireplace Doors, I remain personally involved.
You do not explain the project to a salesperson who passes it to a measurer who passes it to a fabricator who passes it to an installer who has never heard the original conversation.
I know what you wanted because I was there when you told me.
I know the fireplace because I measured it.
And I know what the finished project is supposed to become because I have carried it with me from the beginning.
One person carries the project.That person is me.
We Start by Talking.
You are not expected to understand fireplace doors.
Most people do not.
You may know exactly what you want.
You may have photographs saved on your phone.
You may know that you want something traditional, minimal, heavy, decorative, restrained, architectural, or completely different from what is there now.
Or you may only know one thing:
You do not like the fireplace the way it is.
That is enough to begin.
I listen.
We look at the fireplace together.
You tell me what matters to you, and I explain what matters about the fireplace.
Then we start bringing those two things together.
Hand Measured.
A custom door begins with your fireplace, not a dropdown menu.
I measure the opening myself.
But the measurements do more than tell me whether something will fit.
They affect the entire design.
The width changes proportion.
The height changes proportion.
The surrounding stone, brick, tile, woodwork, and architecture influence how much visual weight the door can carry.
A detail that looks right on one fireplace can look completely wrong when transferred unchanged to another.
That is why two customers can begin with the same inspiration photograph and end up with two very different doors.
The fireplace gets a vote.
Bring Me Your Ideas.
Photographs are welcome.
So are sketches.
So is a picture of a fireplace you saw somewhere years ago and never forgot.
Show me the doors you like.
Show me the ones you hate.
Tell me what you want emphasized and what you want to disappear.
You can be deeply involved in every design decision.
Or you can give me a direction and enough artistic license to make the proportions work.
Most projects live somewhere between the two.
That is where custom becomes collaboration.
Your Door Should Not Look Like Everybody Else’s.
Custom is not simply a way to solve an unusual opening.
It is not reserved for estates, historic houses, or difficult fireplaces.
A perfectly ordinary fireplace can deserve an extraordinary door.
What matters is that the finished piece is designed around your fireplace rather than asking your fireplace to accommodate somebody else’s design.
The goal is simple:
When it is finished, it should look as though it could only have been made for that fireplace.
One Person Carries the Project.
Custom work can involve more than one skilled set of hands.
It often should.
Fabrication, glass, finishing, transportation, and other parts of a commission may require people who are very good at what they do.
But the customer should not have to manage those relationships.
That is my job.
I walk the deal from beginning to end.
I keep the project moving.
I keep everyone involved pointed toward the same result.
And if something needs attention along the way, you do not have to figure out which department owns it.
There is no department.
You call me.
Someone Actually Shows Up.
There is something increasingly unusual about buying this way.
A person comes to your home.
The fireplace gets looked at in person.
The measurements are taken by someone who understands what they will eventually become.
The person listening to your concerns is still there when decisions have to be made later.
And when the finished doors return to the fireplace, somebody standing in the room remembers what you said at the beginning.
That is part of what you are paying for.
Not merely iron.
Not merely glass.
Not merely installation.
Continuity.
This Is Commissioned Work.
I believe in discussing price before either of us wastes time.
- United States
- Custom fireplace-door projects in the United States begin at $5,000.
- What can raise it
- Travel, size, design, materials, complexity, installation conditions, and the requirements of the individual project can increase the price.
- Before travel
- We agree to the terms of the project in writing. A $1,000 nonrefundable deposit is required before travel.
There should be no surprise about the level of purchase involved.
This is not the inexpensive way to put doors on a fireplace.
It is the personal way to commission a set made specifically for yours.
I Will Come to You.
My Fireplace Doors is based in the United States.
The work is not limited to one state.
For the right project, I will travel anywhere in the country.
Distance simply becomes part of the cost of the commission.
And the work does not stop at the border.
International custom projects begin at $10,000.
If you are willing to bring me to the fireplace, I am willing to discuss the project.
Allow About Three Months.
Custom work should have enough time to be custom.
Once the direction is established, I recommend allowing approximately three months for the project.
Many commissions are completed sooner.
But I would rather give you a timeframe that allows the work to be handled properly than make a promise based on speed.
- We talk.
- I measure.
- The direction is established.
- The door is made.
- The details are finished.
- Then I return and complete the installation.
It takes longer than clicking Buy Now.
It should.
I Am Not Trying to Sell Custom to Everyone.
My Fireplace Doors sells standard fireplace doors too.
For many fireplaces, that is the better answer.
If a good standard door will give you what you actually want, you may not need to spend $5,000 on a commission.
Custom exists for the customer who wants something beyond that.
Something made around the fireplace.
Something they participated in creating.
Something worth caring about after the installer leaves.
That is a different purchase.
A Family Trade.
Fireplace doors have been part of my family for decades.
I grew up around fireplaces being measured, doors being fitted, ironwork being made, glass being handled, and finished projects being installed in people’s homes.
Long before My Fireplace Doors became a website, I understood fireplace doors as a trade.
That history matters to me.
But I do not expect it to matter to you simply because it is mine.
It should matter because it affects the way I approach your project.
I understand that the door is going into your home.
I understand that you are going to look at it long after I leave.
And I understand that when somebody asks where it came from, my name and My Fireplace Doors are attached to your answer.
I take that personally.
The Door Is Only Half of a Good Job.
I can be proud of the iron.
I can be proud of the proportions.
I can be proud of the way it fits the fireplace.
That is not enough.
A successful custom project ends with a customer who thinks well of the work, thinks well of the experience, and is glad they chose to do business with me.
That matters because custom work is personal on both sides of the transaction.
You invited me into your home and trusted me with something you care about.
I want to earn that trust all the way through the installation.
I Want You to Be Proud of It.
Not merely satisfied that the doors fit.
Proud of them.
Proud when the fire is burning behind them.
Proud when somebody walks into the room and notices them.
Proud that the details were chosen for your fireplace instead of taken from a warehouse shelf.
And when somebody asks where the doors came from, I want you to be proud to say:
My Fireplace Doors made them for me.Because I will be proud that we did.
Start With Your Fireplace.
You do not need professional drawings.
You do not need measurements.
You do not need to know fireplace terminology.
Start with photographs.
Show me the whole fireplace.
Show me the room around it.
Send any inspiration you already have.
Tell me where you are.
Tell me what you want to change.
Then we can talk.
If custom is the right path, I will come to the fireplace and take it from there.