What would life be like if one didn’t have all kinds of ideas for making our new house great? You may remember that in late winter and early spring we had plumbing and insulating done in our basement, we have since dry walled, and painted the exterior walls. The next step in our Grand plan was to alter the side stairwell going down into the basement. It involved removing a closet and a doorway, then levelling the floor and re-configuring the stairs. This summer Lowell undertook this part of the plan.
It takes awhile to make a customized staircase, especially when you use raw lumber.
Along the way Lowell needed to install a new screendoor, and weatherstrip the original door. We decided to keep the original fir on the landing too, it remains to be seen whether all the work we put into it was worth the trouble. Many hours of paint stripping and gap filling were required.
The new stairs go all the way into the basement.
I think the final results are stunning. Lowell even made trim boards that replicate the originals in the house.