Name: Artfactory.com
Address: 7407 East Greenway Rd., Scottsdale, AZ, 85260, US
Telephone: 1-800-292-0008

Description

Our new collection of Custom Wood Doors. . .

. . .is inspired by the grandeur and ageless beauty of Rome. With our Sei Pannello Arched Double Door from our Rome Collection, now you can bring genuine Roman design to any interior or exterior entrance, adding luxury and superior quality to your unique home. Each Handcrafted Door Exterior is built to last indefinitely, so it can be enjoyed by many future generations to come.

Here's how we do it:

The fine art quality of our Custom Wood Doors begins with our natural air dried and cured timber. Kiln drying damages natural oils, so we never force our wood to dry faster than nature intended. Our old world way of preparing timber means we can create custom furnishings guaranteed to never bend, rot, or crack. Solid three to four inch wood means your Custom Wooden Exterior Door is built for the long run.

Our Rome Collection Includes Custom Wood Doors from One of the World's Greatest Civilizations

Roman influence is all around us - from banks and government buildings to houses and churches. Whenever you see a mosaic tile floor, sweeping stone steps, or an arched window or door, all of them have roots in classical antiquity.

Originally borrowing much of their culture from the Greeks, the Romans had a taste for luxury that drove them to continually refine their building techniques and create a life of greater ease. Their greatest architectural achievement was the development of the arch and dome, which provided stability to create larger and grander buildings and structures. This led to many civil engineering projects that greatly increased public health and living conditions, including apartments, private baths, under-floor heating, and running hot and cold water. Their social lives included amphitheaters for attending gladiator contests, basilicas for taking care of business and legal matters, and forums with marketplaces, political debates, and various other activities.

Custom Wooden Exterior Doors with Little Maintenance

ArtFactory.com specializes in creating high-end, "investment quality" custom doors designed to last for generations with minimal upkeep. Their approach focuses on "old-world" craftsmanship and natural materials to eliminate the common issues of mass-produced doors.

The following is a summary of their Maintenance-Reduced and Master-Crafted features:

1. Reduced Maintenance Features

ArtFactory.com markets their doors as "virtually maintenance-free" due to their proprietary finishing and construction techniques:

23-Step Finish Process: Instead of spraying paint or powder coats that can chip, peel, or flake, they use a hand-rubbed, "stain infusion" process. This bonds the color into the wood grain.
Periodic Oil Cleaning: Because the finish is in the wood, it does not require sanding or refinishing. A simple periodic cleaning with oil is usually all that is needed to maintain the wood and allow it to develop a natural patina over time.
Heat-Infused Metal Patinas: Hardware is finished with a hand-applied, iron oxide patina bonded at over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This prevents rusting, corroding, or peeling, unlike typical painted hardware.
Air-Dried Timber: Wood is naturally air-dried in the Scottsdale, Arizona desert sun. This reduces internal stress in the wood, making it highly resistant to warping, splitting, or cracking.

2. Craftsmanship and Construction

The doors are "guaranteed forever" and built using techniques that date back centuries:

Solid Timber Only: They use full-length, solid planks of old-growth timber. They never use veneers, laminates, particle board, or engineered cores (which are prone to water damage and delamination).
Traditional Joinery: Every door is built using mortise and tenon, pegged and dowelled construction. This avoids the use of glue and staples common in modern manufacturing, ensuring the door remains structurally sound for centuries.
Hand-Forged Hardware: All handles, hinges, and decorative ironwork are hand-hammered by master blacksmiths over a coal-fired forge. They use solid wrought iron rather than hollow or cast metals.
Pre-Hung Structural Jambs: Doors are shipped pre-hung in heavy-duty structural jambs. These are designed so the jamb "holds the house up" rather than the house holding the door up, preventing sagging and alignment issues.

3. Customization and Security

Artistic Design: Every door is an original design by artist H.J. Nick and is signed/certified as a fine art piece.
Extreme Durability: The doors are built to exceed all worldwide hurricane codes and are designed for maximum security, often featuring heavy-duty thresholds, self-lifting sweeps, and thick tempered glass (or even bullet-resistant glass upon request).

Custom Wood Doors Info

Custom Built Doors

Size - any size door, shape, structural jamb
Style - wood, design, hand carvings, decorative accents
Panels - windows, grills, door straps, inlays, clavos, sidelights
Glass - stained, thermal, energy efficient, decorative, protective
Hardware - hand forged wrought iron handles, latches, hinges, grills
Finishes - over 400 standard colors of hand applied stains and finishes or color match
Learn more about our custom doors

Handcrafted Wood Doors - ArtFactory.com

American hand made solid wood doors
Available in any wood types, stain and patina finishes
Solid, full length timber, air dried (never kiln dried) timber
Custom solid wood door, handcrafted using mortise and tenon joinery
Pre-hung structural 3" thick door jamb with 1" seal face stop (double thermal seal)
Self-closing, heavy duty tension adjustable hinges
Adjustable tension roller style door latch closure
Self-lifting, heavy duty mechanical door sweep
Heavy duty, crush proof threshold with adjustable saddle
Hand rubbed, 10 process finish on all custom wood doors
Solid hand forged wrought iron hardware - no hollow iron or fake castings
Built in the original craft - not reproduction
Order any size or style doors custom designed for your residential or commercial space
Available in solid wood front doors, hand carved panels, glass or portal windows
All custom doors are guaranteed forever - backed by over a century of fine craftsmanship

About ArtFactory.com And H.J. Nick

ArtFactory.com is an American manufacturer of custom doors, door hardware, iron gates, and designer furniture based in Scottsdale, Arizona. Featuring designs by H.J. Nick, we have been designing and building some of the world's finest furnishings, all hand crafted in America, since 1913. Most of our clients want a furnishing that has a big WOW factor and timeless elegance. They all want investment value furnishings that make a proper statement reflecting their personality, or the personality of the environment for which the designer custom furnishings are intended. Our master level craftsmanship ensures your custom wrought iron gates and furnishings will stand the test of time, and are guaranteed forever, backed by over a century of fine craftsmanship.