Door Refinishing / Interior Doors
Interior door refinishing in St. Louis.
Interior doors set the tone for every room they enter. Consistent finish across doors and trim is the difference between a house that reads as finished and one that doesn't.
Stain consistency across your millwork.
The woodwork in a well-maintained historic St. Louis home is a system. The doors, the door casings, the baseboard, the window trim — they were all finished to match. Over time, individual elements get touched up, repainted, or refinished piecemeal, and the consistency falls apart.
Interior door refinishing is often about restoration of that visual coherence. We strip the door to bare wood, stain to match the surrounding millwork as closely as possible, and finish with polyurethane. The door reads as part of the room again instead of a mismatched element in it.
Board-up method — less disruption, better results.
For interior doors, the board-up method is standard: we remove the door from its hinges, take it to the shop, refinish it in controlled conditions, and return it rehung. You get a consistently cured finish without chemical smell in your living space and without sanding dust on your floors.
Doors are typically returned and rehung within 3–5 days. For interior door sets — a hallway with four or five doors — we stage the work so you're never without access to all rooms simultaneously.
EPA Certified for pre-1978 interior doors.
Pre-1978 interior doors in St. Louis homes frequently have lead paint in their finish history — sometimes buried under layers of subsequent work that came later. Sue Wheeler is an EPA Certified Lead Removal. Every pre-1978 interior door project is handled with proper containment, HEPA filtration, and documented cleanup. Especially important in bedrooms and rooms where children spend time.