Whenever I go over to my grandma’s house, she makes me take something home. Not food. Not gifts. She makes me take something from her house. This has been going on for years. Lucky for me, under all the old-lady crafty stuff is some actual good stuff. I guess there’s something to be said for […]
Stairway makeover reveal
My stairway makeover is finally complete. It only took three months, including some procrastination. (I’m really good at working on a project until it reaches about 95% completion, then the fire goes out.) This project involved stripping ugly and peeling wallpaper, drywalling, painting stripes on the walls, painting the stairs and addressing a couple of […]
Stairway update: Camouflaged plumbing access panel
Over the weekend, I finished up the plumbing access panel at the bottom of our stairway. It’s the design dilemma that’s been driving me crazy, the one thing holding up the completion of this project. My initial thought was to embrace it. Showcase it. Make it look like a feature instead of an oddity. But that […]
Stairway update: Hmm, yeah, this isn’t working…
You might be wondering why I haven’t done any stairway updates lately. The project has been in limbo. Mainly due to this: A plumbing access panel for the bathroom on the other side of the wall. I thought I knew what I was going to do with it. Since it was sort of framed, I […]
Stairway progress: Painted stairs
After a week of intensive stair painting, this project is finally showing signs of completion. The steps are now a deep shade of olive green, sort of antique and modern at the same time. Before someone rakes me over the coals for painting wood, let me show you a few before shots: Originally, I was […]