Tuesday, January 10, 2012

this old house


...had a stairway that looked like this




i'm certain it was beautiful in it's day.
we definitely had our work cut out for us when we bought this beauty.

the next picture was taken when i started this project in late october.
i had already painted the walls.
i really, really wanted to strip the whole thing--stairs, railing, spindles--everything!
but, i just didn't want to spend that kind of time on it.

 




almost 6 weeks later---
the finished project!!!!! 





one of these days i will paint the little door under the staircase.
 




this was a huge project.
i worked mostly after the kids went to bed.
however, there was a few saturday work days too. 




there was one point when i thought i was never going to finish!
well, more than one!



i really love how it turned out!





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