My daughter has an old wooden door at the back of her house. This is the outside door, not the main door. It is beat beyond just stripping and painting so I thought it would be 'fun' to build her a new one. To me it just looks like a cabinet door which I've made many of. Thicker (1-1/4) and bigger (85" x 32") but the joinery looks to be regular tongue and groove. There's two raised panels which I can make as well. Probably make it out of poplar and paint it. The opening at the top is for a 6 panel window which we are keeping and restoring. I plan to rout off the inside lip of the groove in that opening so we can set the window in there and then lock in with butterflies or similar.

Advise? Tips? Talk me out of it?

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