Trimming out the stairwell....

Joe is doing a great job on the stairway. It's turning out just as I always wanted. It's been primed and will get a coat of paint today.

I told you it's a very tall narrow stair...runs right up the center of the house. Ahhh...no studs showing! Heaven.

He designed some little corner blocks for the spot where the wall and ceiling meet at the bottom of the stairs.

Here's the bottom of the stairs...looking into the dining room.

And here is the view from standing in the dining room doorway. We are going to have the cabinet maker do a rail on that side of the stairway, and build in bookcases (bye, bye to the walmart ones stacked in the niche) around the corner and over the doorway to the bath.  This is open to the family room/ kitchen, so I want to kind of tie it all together.  If you click on the link you can see the kitchen. It looks a little different now, because we have all black appliances, but it's pretty much the same. It's tricky getting all the surfaces to work together in an old house, especially one that has been remodeled through the years...