Restoring Old Garage Doors - Part One 

The garden and property is looking fabulous. Also repairing the garage doors is great. A saying goes "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!" Repairing a working door is a great idea ! Use it up! Make it do! Love watching you!

There is such irony in the negativity of this current year and the outstanding upswing your home improvement projects have taken. You have mightily approached so very many tasks over a short Summer season and have given great worth to your property, your talents, your family and your pride. I am ever impressed with your approach to work and taking on fresh new tasks so consistently while managing a job, family and everything else life throws in. I adore the way that you believe in hardwork and yourself, Sophia! Bravo!

Dang, you’ve done more this summer than I’ve done in a decade!

Hey Sophia, your house is looking great. Hard work does pay off 👍🍁

I can’t believe you fixed that door with paint sticks and wood putty. Only you Sophia could think that up! It looks awesome. You always inspire me lady! ❤️❤️❤️

Sophia you are such an inspiration! You have done a great job this year with your home improvements and you are always a great teacher. I have a wide range of favorite RU-vidrs but most of them are young women "cleaning" their homes and a few with large families but there aren't as many closer to my age group. I recently found Susan @ Little Poet, while she is in a different life stage and circumstances than you she is a great inspiration, offering encouragement to others in so many ways just as you do for us (and she loves thrift shopping as you do.) I encourage all to find her on RU-vid.

Hey Sophia! Finally getting to doing my landscaping this month, your are my inspiration! 💜🌿💜🌿💜

I know your video began in the garage but with the chair ,flowers, and wood walls it looked like a cozy cabin😉. You are surely a motivator and the house looks wonderful.

You always inspire me. And, I like that you patched the door. I think that’s a great fix. The property is looking great. You’re a problem solver. So many of us are in a situation where we need to make do with what we have and you show how to make it nice. THUMBS UP! 👍🏻

Can't wait to see the view from the street, you've added so much to your curb appeal this spring/ summer/ fall!

Love how your mind works, Sophia. You can find a solution to every problem. So many of us think if it not perfection, it is not worth doing. That totally shuts down inertia. Love how you attack a project with thought and gusto. You work hard and love hard for your family.

Your property looks sooo good. What a transformation on the garage doors. You worked so hard this year. Be proud. ❤️

What a clever woman you are! That patch on the garage is excellent, it's going to look great. Bravo Sophia!

As always, Sophia, I am impressed with your tenacity and get it done attitude! Great job!

You are such an inspiration to me - I fixed my leaky toilet last week!

I love watching your projects!

Oh Sophia! You and your hubby are doing a fantastic Job. Everything looks beautiful! Exactly, Pride in ownership. Thanks for the Video.

You deserve it sophia! Enjoy it! Can’t wait to see what you cook with it! 🤗💐💜

Sophia, you have once again done an outstanding job. You should be VERY proud of yourself. It will look.awesome after you paint. The transformation of the house and yard is so,so neat. Cheers.

Sophia, you are one hard-working lady! It looks good and will be wonderful once you're finished! Your home/property is lovely!

Sophia your hard work has really paid off.... your place is looking fantastic!! Luv from Australia 🇦🇺 Xx

You look stupendous! And you are so patient...........you model tackling any project. You’re such an inspiration. You managed a mountain of home maintenance this year. Congratulations!!!

Thanks Sophia! Aargh! I was tearing my hair out watching you do that patch. You could have had Home Depot cut you two panels out of plywood and cut several pieces of trim to replace the rotting panels. We did that on our wooden garage doors and it was a snap to do. Would have saved you a lot of time and fiddling around! Having said that I think the property looks beautiful. You and Scott did so much and you've added thousands of dollars to your property value. Congrats!

Great video! I agree "love your home" Tfs & take care xx 🌺

You are doing a great job fixing and restoring your garage doors. They look pretty good with the scraping and patching and will look great when they are all painted. You are truly an inspiration. Love all your different kinds of videos.

Good for you! So smart to refurbish, rather than paying a lot for something new, only to add to the landfill! Your driveway and backyard look beautiful!

“Work with what you’ve got”. So relatable!

She's back, woohoo inspiration.

The garage door will look great. I can already see an improvement after you applied putty. The whole backyard and front yard look so beautiful. You guys have done a wonderful job. I love watching your videos. I made the pumpkin pie crumble bars and they were delicious.

You amaze me! My husband of 53 years passed away 2 years ago and I have to learn to be more self sufficient. If you ever decide to teach online classes, I’m in!!

wow! what a good job you did, they look great!

I love how it's turning out! Because of you I tackled a tough job today and am feeling confident, too. Good job Sophia!!

Girlfriend, you did it! 💕🎉 Already looks amazing and with a nice coat of white paint, they will sparkle like everything else you put your hand to! 🌸 Your hard work paid off once again! Now, I feel like I need to go fix something! 🤣

You continue to amaze me.

Super job! I wish mine were fixable! I have lived with "temporary" garage doors since we bought our home 20+ years ago! The structure was imminent to falling down & not allowed to be rebuilt, as it is right at the property line, so my husband "repaired" it piece by piece so the exterior & roofing is all new, except for the windows & doors. It was quite the undertaking as it was previously a carriage house, (1875), 2 story! Well you would think after all that work you would want to get it fully done wouldn't you?! I had saved up almost $500. to go towards new doors & ended up using it for Christmas money a few years ago! Now I am back to around that amount saved, but we will need way more than that, plus more pressing repairs needed. I still love my house though!

The doors already look better. Like u said do with what u have. Your attention to the details make your projects look so nice. Hagwk

It's looking so good! You guys have gotten a lot done this year on your property! Wow - lookin great!! Also, thank you go sharing videos with us - you don't know how refreshing it is to see normalcy and decent people on RU-vid/social media/etc.

Sophie you are so good at this you inspire me to do more to my house it's always something but I am very grateful for my home

I think its going to look great! Yes, it would be fantastic to just simply replace them however, that's not always possible. Plus, what if you do this and it looks so good that you get several more years out of the doors. What a savings!?! Keep up the good work!

Wow, there's so much difference already!

Please consider doing a review on the Madison Reed color kit! I’ve always wanted to try it and would love your thoughts. Your property is really looking great!

Ms.Sophia your a girl after my own heart..🤩 In my home I’m the fixer,I plead the fifth,my husband can’t to do anything it’s all me.Its always me that has to read the directions to put things together.Thats why I love your videos!

You just amaze me with all of your skills lady! The doors look so much better already!

Another great job! Like you said: "Sometimes you have to work with what you have". You & Scott have done a phenomenal job this Summer on your yard. Y'all should be very proud of your accomplishments. I can't wait to try the pumpkin recipe....need to go get some ingredients!! 🎃 TFS.😉 👍🍁🍂🍁 🎃 🍁 🍂 🌻

The house & everything is looking wonderful!! Your package is on it"s way

Love your motivation keep going princesse 😍

You should be proud of yourself. You guys have accomplished a lot this year. Looks great!

I love your enthusiasm for the work you do around your property. Everything is looking good! xx

Always working out the problems. I love your solutions.

You amaze me as always. Great job so far.

awesome job.......................

Great work! It’s going to look so nice when it’s finished

Everything is looking great Sophia!

That is going to look AWESOME! Great job as usual Sophia.

Good job! I replaced the seal on one bay this weekend. Same type as yours, but I couldn’t get the nails out they were flush so I left them. Can’t wait to see how you do yours.

Great job Sophia, as always, I love watching you diy, and I love hearing your explanations and descriptions and sharing your thought processes..looking forward to seeing the next one! xxx

Looking good so far. Thanks for the motivation.

Wow! Looking great already!

Girl, your energy! 🥰 👍

Great job. I got one of those warmers for a wedding gift in 1974.I never used it. I wish I had kept it . I had forgotten about it till you posted yours.

All that scrapping! Good job! My father was a big fan of the wire brush, he used it all the time. He's been gone along time, funny what memories we save.

You did a good job!!!

Where did you learn how to do all of the home improvements? I think you do a fantastic job. The blacktop came out great

It's looking good Sophia. Projects take time and we're still working on ours. I have painting to do in the next couple days because they're giving rain soon. Love how your driveway turned out. Take care and stay safe.

You have made some *serious* improvements on your property this summer; well done!

Drive and yard look great.

All looks so good . Great job. You should be proud!!!

Great job Sophia. You are so motivational and energetic I really admire you.

Looking wonderful! I love all of your projects. Your home looks so beautiful 🏡🎃🍁🏡

We took out hugh boxwood bushes. They were close to the house. We got rid of those, so they don't damage the foundation. Their were some in front of my windows growing up. My dad dug and pulled them out. We then had to replace part of the wall, the siding and my windows. It was pushing up on the foundation.

Your home and property is looking good, great job!!

Great job. It will look so good once it is painted

At least you are trying. I'm with you. We live in my aunt house but I can't afford a new furnace. So I bought a windowed unit that is air conditioner & heat. Have a little heater in the bathroom.

You are doing a good job on the doors.

I just did my door. Stripped 10 layers of paint . Now waiting for the rain to stop so I can stain it .

Love your videos Stephanie.

Great job 👏🏻

It's looking good... can't wait to see the end result..

Looking good 💜🍁😊

I am SO inspired!!! I was disappointed after pricing a new garage door for our shed. It is in pretty bad shape, but my main goal is for it to look better, and now I know that I can do that.

Love your smile Sofia good job ❤️

Hi, Sophia. My former house was built in 1956 and it had the same garage doors as yours. I admire how you're fixing yours up. I had to scrape off the old paint off of mine too but then like a dummy I just painted over that. You're so smart to add putty before painting! What type of putty did you use? I can't wait to see your finished doors. I was eventually able to buy new garage doors but they were made out of steel or aluminum and were so much lighter weight that I really missed my old wooden doors!

I just realize we have the identical garage door I'm planning to restore it you are getting me the motivation I think my door was made in 1952

Hi Sophia good job as always but was wondering I know you have been busy getting the outside done for winter but when is yours and Scott's bedroom getting the make over you started a while ago? X

Haven't even listened to all of your video yet - BUT nothing you do is a waste of time and I will wager from having seen your past repair and restore projects, that your door will turn out quite nicely! Now back to the video.

Sophia you are so talented, you did a great job...on your garage..Question for you..I noticed the other side of your garage Is there a wood fence on that side..just wondering..Maybe you could put a little garden on that side too. A herb garden..

Sophia, If RU-vid is your job or second job. Ask an accountant if you could buy garage doors and write it off or at least the supplies you used to fix the doors to make this video.

Sophia could you please let us know in the next video which kind of caulk you use for this outdoor job? I have some similar work ahead of me on our front door. It is very old and crumbly. You're very inspiring as usual and I love improving my DIY knowledge by watching you and your creative solutions!

Great colour on you! Please skip the beige....you are a colourful woman in body and spirit! Love from Sweden.

I love old recipes!

House & yard look amazing. Is your siding wood or vinyl?

Going 5o be great fab job 😊💖👍

Really great job! Greetings from cologne

By the way I am looking for similar type of repair to my garage door. I am not sure what kind of putty to be used? can you please tell what brand or type of putty did you use? Asking because I heard that putty wont be sanded!

Nice job! Look great.

Wow u have put so much hard work in to your house and it is looking amazing - #lifegoals

i'm about to tackle a similar bit of damage on similar type doors. i am going to try that flex paste

Your great Sofia.

Wow you are good thank you for sharing

Thank you for this video, it gives me confidence to tackle my garage door. What was the wood putty you used?