I suppose I could have come up with a slightly less cliched headline, but whatever… our stairs were installed yesterday and I’m pretty excited. We went with white oak for the treads, which will eventually be stained a dark brown (at least that’s the game plan at the moment). My wife and I had contemplated walnut ...
We’re expecting to finish the framing this week, so I figured this might be an appropriate time to reflect on what we encountered along the way. Aside from a few tweaks, I’d say the framing has turned out quite well. However, that’s not to say we haven’t encountered a few unexpected complexities… most of which stemmed ...
And so begins the first major debate of the project—what type of windows do we use: wood or vinyl? Our architect is strongly recommending wood, while our contractor thinks vinyl is the way to go. As always, there are pros and cons to each, but I’m inclined to follow our architects advice. Of course, that decision ...
