I finally have a newel post and spindles. I wanted big ones and the workers kept bringing me samples of small, skinny ones. They finally brought small newel posts and cut the caps off and made them work as the spindles for me.
The basement stairs in this house have always been a nightmare and more than one person has fallen on them. Now, the stairs are new and plumb and I am about to have a sturdy railing. Woohoo!
My Murphy door is installed though the shelves are not on it yet. When people enter through the basement door, they will be in the mudroom and see a bookcase and will not know that there is a hidden TV room behind these. Privacy for the movie watchers.
Now that I am moving my laundry room to the other side of the basement, this area will become a mudroom. I am working on the design right now and trying to figure out which wires and pipes I can get rid of.
I was going to take out this big antique schoolhouse chalkboard but My Daughter talked me into keeping it. She wants me to write the menu on it when we have parties. As people enter and take their coats off, they can peruse the board to see what foods await them.
Here are new kitchen shelves which will be stained and sanded. One of my carpenters is a shelf building genius. I tell him what I want and in no time at all, he has built them exactly the way I want them if not better.
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He just completed this small pantry under my stairs. He added as many shelves as he could and a couple of cubbies.
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And for the first time ever, I have a spice rack. It's build with wires instead of dowel rods to give me the optimum space. It hangs on the inside of the pantry door. I am going to love having my spices where I can get to them easily. Progress!
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