Safety first; a retrospective in handrailing

Well, it's been a long time coming. We have finished the handrail along the stairs. It's been about three years since we put the stairs in place and we finally have the handrail. Not unlike a first communion or an 8th grade graduation, this is a momentous time - so we look back through the magic of digital photography to relive the experience.

March 2007 - construction stairs went in weeks prior and remained in place for... well about 3 years.

March 2007 - one week later - the open stairs allowed alot of flexibility and were helpful in hanging a piñata from the dining room ceiling.

I think we know where this is going...


Yep.

and... it seemed like a good idea at the time

It was October 2008 before we finally got around to finishing the drywall, and i set about making the most amazing scaffold out of a ladder, a 2x8 and a half used bucket of joint compound

OSHA be damned

Summer 2009 - We became very comfortable in our unfinished ways.

But eventually by October 2009 we found all the final pieces, mocked them up and...

...promptly found a competent carpenter to put them all together

I did none of this