The Stairwell Remodel

  • Starting to stain the first couple posts
  • Top posts: stained!
  • After letting the alkyd ("oil") base stain dry for a few days, I tried my hand at spraying on a f...
  • Removing the masking and plastic bubble was exciting, and gave us a glimpse of what the final pro...
  • Dry fitting a cap and baseboard just to get a glimpse of what everything would look like
  • Things coming together
  • When it was time for final assembly and glue-up, I asked my good buddy, Rico to give me a hand.
  • Progress
  • Fittin things together with Rico
  • Once everything was installed and clamped, we celebrated with pizza and a bit of Yamazaki whisky.
  • Glued up n clamped
  • Clamps off
  • Clamps off
  • A closeup of one of the corners
  • Looking down the stairs
  • Looking into the living room from the landing
  • The bottom of the first flight
  • The hardest part
  • Finished product
  • The transition down the stairs
  • makin a big ol skirt skrrrrrt
  • Gluin
  • Gluin up this big ol skirt
  • Made this poplar skirt board
  • I let this look like this for years... and that is really embarrassing.
  • Test fittin the new skirt board
  • Paintin
  • Paintin
  • Dry fitting the painted skirt and trim
  • holes filled, joints caulked
  • Pretty happy with this
  • Bottom half of the stairs: cleaned up
Photos / Projects / Brooks' Dead End Ranch / The Stairwell Remodel

Photos from our stairwell opening and remodeling

Photos taken from October, 2015 to February, 2021 in Des Moines, Ankeny, and Oralabor, Iowa

Album added 8 years ago (Dec 7, 2015).