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 10 years ago (Dec 7, 2015).