Stained interior doors

Adding some charachter to a new pine door by layering stain. When we remodeled our en suite bathroom, we wanted to add a little charachter to the new pine doo…

A long time ago in a land far away–master craftsmen built this house. They added amazing staircase moldings. And 12 inch crown to the ceilings. And fireplaces with marble surrounds. […]

2251 likes, 57 comments. “Replying to @natachaamontgomery here’s all of the details about our interior wood doors… Bought them from a local wood craftsmen They are made from knotty alder wood We used dead flat varnish (link in amaz0n storefront 🫶🏻) And I Strongly recommend being 1000% sure of the finish before painting multiple doors 🙃”

Staining them myself. Seems like a lot of stained knotty alder doors turn out blotchy. Attached a photo of the blotchyness as well as a photo of what I want my finished product to look like. Any ideas on how to achieve this? And I am trying to avoid this...

Last week, we got all the doors stained and top coated for the Momplex unit we are currently working on. And then we hung all the interior doors.