The blast broke the frame. The real challenge was making the door work again A 19th-century entrance door in Odesa, Ukraine, came to our workshop after several shockwaves from a drone attack. The round transom had been blown out, the frame was partly broken, the leaves had shifted, and some decorative elements were missing. For us, the main task was not cosmetic repair. It was getting the whole structure back into working geometry. We removed the hardware and only the detachable parts that could be safely taken off. Then came the slow part: stripping the old paint, layer by layer. Under it, the door started to show its real construction — profiles, joints, previous repairs, cracks, weak sections of wood. We reinforced the leaves, recreated the missing decorative pieces, rebuilt the round transom, and made a new frame based on the historic geometry of the door. After assembly came the usual fight: gaps, rebates, leaf movement, transom seating, hardware, finishing, and installation.…