Ruminating

Whoops

Just a heads up that my WordPress theme died and now the site looks dumpy. Even though I haven’t been posting, I try to keep things working. I’ll hopefully get it straightened out soon. In the meantime, let me tease you all with some projects we’ve been working on and I intend to write posts […]

Ruminating

Upstairs

If you aren’t a regular reader or weren’t paying close attention, you might not even notice that an entire calendar year separates this post and the previous one. What can I say? I fell off the blogging horse. What happened in the past year? Is the house done? Well, I’m not going to cover a […]

Stairs

Stair Balusters

With the edging installed and the railings varnished, we moved on to balusters. I bought three different kinds of wrought iron balusters to make up a pattern: plain straight, a swirling pattern intended to tie with the front door that we called “squiggles”, and “baskets” where several pieces wrap around to make a ball. Originally […]

Stairs

Stair Edging and Finishing

As I mentioned a couple posts back, Sarah took on the project of adding a hardwood edging to the stairs that go from the second floor to the attic as well as the attic hallway that overlooks the stairwell. Carpeting will cover the remainder. The first step was to add a piece of veneer plywood […]

Stairs

Stair Newels and Railings

In addition to the stair cladding, I also needed to do the newel posts, railings, and balusters. We’re going to have stained red oak newels and railings, and iron balusters with some spiral pieces to tie thematically with our front door. I did a bit of online research and started ordering the parts I needed. […]

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