All the moldings applied to this side, I repeat for the other. The openings should look like this
The old panel was a veneer over MDF. So much for purchasing a solid Oak door nowadays. Notice the MDF raised panel separating? The argument of buying a ready made door cheaper sure lost its shine with manufactures ripping off the consumer like this! Now this door was pretty much protected against the elements. Imagine if this door really got rainy weather?
On a 1 3/4" door with picture frame molding like this, it has its own special problems like panel molding thickness. You can save on panel thickness thus reducing the overall weight or thicker panels. Normally I make the panels 1 1/8" for a typical shaper produced door, but here I chose to keep thicker panels and they end up being 1 3/8". Why? well..... I just didn't like the look of the panel being recessed so much, and figured with just 2 panels..... the weight difference wouldn't be that much overall.
The design of the panel is also important. I like using a panel cutter that has a slight cove to it to allow water to leave as well as easier to sand. I did make the moldings a bit thicker and rabbeted the back a tad more so both rounded portions would be equal between the glass panel molding and the raised. Note that when making these, the 3/8" level cut of the profile is all that sits inside of the molding, so the panel has to be sized proportionately.
This is what it looks like with all the glass in and moldings. All that's left now is to motice out the butts (hinges) and lock sets, put the bevel on the closing edge and spray.
