Up and Downstairs

We now have basement stairs! 

Isn't that nice?  Running up and down them is pretty fun.

To build the upstairs stairs, Jason needed to build the wall separating our stairwell from our downstairs bathroom. 

Here is the wall framed. 

And here is the wall being covered.  Our interior walls will be covered with planed and pickled spruce boards.  These have been planed, but not yet pickled. 

The darker part of the wall isn't planed because you won't be able to see it from the first floor.  Here you can see the framing for the upstairs stairs! 

Jason also framed the wall that will house the basement door and the cleaning supplies closet.  It's great to see the first floor taking shape!

Looking downstairs.

This is the view of the stairs and the wall framing from the front entry looking into the living room.

Here are the stairs from the second floor looking down to the basement.