Making Changes One Step At A Time

We moved into this house almost four months ago. The amount of work that it needed (and still needs) was even more than I think we realized. Luckily the inspection showed no major issues. We got to work firstly doing demo. Hundreds of square feet of carpet, which lead to thousands of staples, furniture, drapes, wallpaper, odd cabinets, horribly placed dishwasher, and fabric on walls, to name a few, filled a 30 cubic foot dumpster. Then began the arduous task of putting it all back together.

So we will start with a fairly simple reno. The main staircase. Beautiful, old, and also gross.

So I set about changing that view. This is after the carpet was up, but before anything else was done.

First, was painting the handrails and spindles.

You can also catch glimpses of the wall color coming in as well. One color that goes from entryway, up through the second floor main hallway.

The next step was painting the treads which I wanted as close to black as possible without being black.

Next was painting the handrails the same as the treads. To give it more balance.

And the stairs were done! One last look at the before.....

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