Starburst Kits
For New, Vintage and Retro refits
Sometimes your door just needs something to add curb appeal, or perhaps you've a local source you'd prefer to provide you with a new flush door for your home. Either way, our kit comes with a template guide to turn it into a modernist statement! Our kits typically take 2 weeks to produce and are made to fit your specific door and hardware. Available in solid brass or stainless steel for single or double doors of any size. Custom colors are available and are always in powder coated finishes that last. Clients have used these for entrance doors, master bedroom suites, lounge entrances, pantries and even bathrooms! Made right here in Charleston, WV by craftsman, Aaron Saxton. Contact us with question you may have.
Who is Aaron Saxton
Born and raised in New Zealand, Aaron Saxton moved to the USA in 2010 to live with wife, Maria, a West Virginia native. She introduced him to Mid-Century Modern furniture and design which quickly became an all consuming passion. He became an avid collector and eventually they opened a store selling restored mid century modern furniture and art.
Aaron learned how to restore and refinish the furniture. He met a group of renowned local cabinet makers and master carpenters who shared their time, knowledge and amazing workshop space with him.
After years spent doing restoration work Aaron began considering building his own designs. He started with one of the most difficult designs to build since there was a huge gap in the market for it - custom doors. Building doors is some of the most difficult, precision work and it refined his skill set and challenged his level of craftsmanship.
After a decade of building custom crafted wood doors and fifteen years of restoring fine furniture from some of the world's best designer he decided to start designing and building custom furniture. In his work Aaron discovered a good design can only be let down by poor production and quality. He had carefully studied the construction techniques and materials used by the best furniture makers differed vastly from the lesser names and companies. Good design must go bone deep and quality can never be sacrificed.
Living in Appalachia and learning from local master craftsman Aaron became captivated with the heartwoods of the USA and in particular Black Walnut. He had observed how techniques for furniture production were abandoned in lieu of mass production techniques and the quality, longevity and feel suffered for it. This exquisite walnut is what we use to produce custom furniture and bespoke entrance doors. Aaron produces special radial walnut pattern door via a technique he developed himself over five years and could never be duplicated in mass production.
History Never Repeats has clients nationwide and abroad. We are currently restoring our home which is a Usonian house by architect Howard Johe. Aaron is also an avid orchid grower and is one of the few people to get a ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii) to bloom outside of its native habitat.