Quick update, door build is 99% complete. Just gotta touch up cut ends with some stain. All boards are western red cedar 1 x 6 from Menards.
For me, someone who is just learning construction on my own with the help of you guys and YouTube, I’d rank this as a 7/10.
My wife did all the staining and we went with “English chestnut” for the color. After cutting 8’ boards to 93.5”, I clamped together in the middle with a 48” pipe clamp and a couple 2x4 I ripped to 1.75” to butt against the cedar. The boards were mostly straight, but I adjusted the clamp near the ends to draw them tight.
Next I fastened all the trim with 1 3/8” brads and then flipped the door over and screwed the top, bottom, and middle trim pieces from the back to keep the trim side clean. I used 1 1/2” stainless steel screws.