Not a whole lot, I feel as though I've neglected my blog for way too long now. Probably because when I have time to sit and meander on the computer I'm PINNING!! Do they have pinning anonymous?
So over the weekend Mason and I decided to jump right into our latest home project...
THE FOYER
We decided to pull up the plastic-y low grade carpet off the stairs and we're going to sand and restain the treds and railing to a dark brown/black stain. The treds are already a lovely oak, hidden by ugliness:-) We are then going to continue the wanes-coating that stops at the foot of the stairs to continue up the stairs and across the back wall.
As soon as we embark on the simple project in our heads, it always ends up being a little bit more challenging then expected. Once the carpet was pulled-up, which took oh a whole15 minutes, there were several staples and carpet spikes we had to remove. That took about 2 hours to get those all pulled up and removed. I started to get blisters by the time we were done with that step. Yuck!
This weekend is all about sanding and staining. We tested a few spots to see what we were in for...since our lovely builder barely put a coat of stain or poly, that stuff came off like butta! Below are a couple pics of our inspiration. I'll show the after once we finish! Happy Thursday!
What a job you have undertaken! Be sure and let us see the final results.
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