Phone: 647-704-8879                                                       email: lizzytaylor@hotmail.com  

Peel Heritage Complex Courtroom Doors  

We have been woodgraining in Toronto and Southern Ontario since 1978.

My father Albert (Ted) Taylor emmigrated to Canada from UK in 1975 and after 3 years at the age of 76 decided to come out of retirement and WOODGRAIN the unsightly purple garage door of a neighbour, offering to paint it over for free if it was not to their satisfaction.

The result was an ovewhelming demand for woodgrained doors in the Heart Lake area which was under construction at the time. For the next 12 years until he was 87 yrs old my father completed many projects in Brampton and the surrounding areas and became well known for his superb artistic talent of Woodgraining. His accomplishments included a major contract with a Condominium development at Dixon Rd and Islington, completing over 200 doors in the 'lobby' area and the 'parking' levels. In the early eighties he approached Mayor Ken Whillans regarding Peel County Courthouse renovations and for 3 years in his mid-eighties he diligently woodgrained all the doors of the historic building. He very proudly received a plaque from the Region of Peel commending his voluntary efforts.

In 1980 dad taught me the process, which he had developed himself, using special ingredients and a technique involving brushes to recreate an oak grain..a method not used by other woodgrainers.

He was very proud of his accomplishments and rightly so...his work is still existing on the exterior of many homes after  28 years!

Sadly in 1989 his eyesight deteriorated and he was unable to continue woodgraining, although physically he may very well have continued for another 10 years until his death in 1999 at the age of 97! 

We have been featured in many TV and newspaper and Magazine articles including:

City & Country Home Magazine

Toronto Star Newspaper

The Guardian newspaper

Mississauga News

Eye of Toronto (CFTO TV)

Cityline  (City TV)

Let's Build HGTV

Rogers Cable Brampton TV

Orangeville Cable TV 

From 1980 I was contracted by many doorand construction companies and as a single parent with two children  continued to woodgrain in the Southern Ontario area for the next 30 years, focusing on residential doors and kitchen cabinets generated predominantly from 'word of mouth' advertising. Stanley Door Systems offered my woodgraining as an option on their Advantage 2 Insulated Garage doors and along with many other woodgrained doors in the Toronto Home Shows I woodgrained the Garage Door featured on the Dream Home in 1986.

Garage Door featured on the Dream Home in 1986 Toronto Home Show 

Both my son and my daughter helped on many of the jobs and learned the process allowing for their transition to join the company in the future.

My son joined the company in May 2006 and with his superb artistic talent has proven to be a natural in the art of woodgraining. Something his grandfather would have been very proud of!

My father wanted to 'make Canada beautiful' and I am proud to continue to realise his dreams.

Liz Taylor

Process

 

Phone: 647-704-8879              email: lizzytaylor@hotmail.com     Ted Taylor  proudly showing one of the many doors he completed over the course of 3 years in the Peel County Courthouse at the age of 83! Any surface that can be painted is probably suitable to Woodgrain. Steel doors can appear to resmble selected OAK! Woodgraining is an old european art that died out in part due to the ingredients  being unable to survive  exterior applications. My father developed his own technique using a brush to replicate an OAK grain as opposed to the restrictive method of combs etc. He studied the properties of many ingredients and was able to produce a product that combined durability in Canadian winters with the flexibility of use in the artwork process. Many examples of his exterior work are still existing after 28 years. This  STEEL door was WOODGRAINED by my father in 1978..This picture taken June 2006!!   The process involves the preparation of the surface to be woodgrained...primed..followed by a base coat in preparation for the final colour choice. Once the surface has received the initial 'brushgrain' , the 'figuring' is painted on by hand giving the appearance of selected Oak in any colour choice required by the customer. We specialise in recreating the  colours of existing wood that the woodgrained door etc. may be required to match. Jesse brushgraining  chosen colour of to prepared  Garage Door prior to application of hand painted figuring.    Suitable Applications include:  Entrance DoorsGarage DoorsWindowsSidingExterior House TrimCloset doorsFire doorsInterior DoorsBaseboards and TrimKitchen CabinetsAppliancesWainscottingFencesFloorsStairsFireplacesCeiling BeamsFurnitureCar exteriorVintage Car InteriorHot RodsBoatsBars Sheds    WOODGRAINING is durable and can withstand years of wear and tear even without a protective layer of Varathane. However it is recommended to increase durability and to enhance the appearance!    We specialise in matching to existing wood in grain and colour! All work is durable and guaranteed and available in any colour and custom matched grains!(References Available)