Pigpen?

For those that have been following this blog since my travels... You would be aware that I have been know to take pictures through windows. Here is what is going on in the bedroom this morning. It has been primed and is ready for the thinset and the mats. Why through the window you may ask....

Well I have been banished from the interior. 

You have to say that with a Shakespearean flavour..... I have been 'bani.. shed'. 

This is to keep the dust and dirt out. When did I switch from Peppermint Patty to Pig Pen? Oh well.

I was quite busy today staining spindles. The painter was floor guy's helper today and the crew were working on stair railings. My realization today was that everyone was busy. I was paying everyone, but no one was paying me. ..... But I get to keep the house, so it's okay.

So I peeked in the windows later to see what was accomplished. The mats are down in the bedroom.

Things stop at the door as each room will be on its own thermostat.

It looks like the den is not quite finished having the mats put in place.

And a peek was needed from the front as well.

I felt like I accomplished quite a bit today. I stained three sides of quite a few spindles and the sun dried them so that I was able to stain the fourth side on most as well. I stained all the railings in the back.

But there is still more to do! These ones have not been cut in half yet.

So the back is looking good.... Some nice stained cedar and some treated wood as well. 

I will touch up with brown stain the cut ends of the treated wood and I will throw down a coat on the stairs so that I am drinking my coffee while sitting on stain, rather than the treated wood.

Here is a (slightly crooked) view of the front stairs still missing the top railings.

I decided to go with post caps on the bottom two posts and the two at the bottom of the second set of stairs as well.   Nice copper ones or solar... Hmmm...

I like the way (in summer anyhow) my walnut tree hides the stairs.