2/12/12 - Stairs to loft

The stairs to the loft are almost finished.  What you see in the pictures are the installed brackets with the unfinished treads just sitting on the brackets.  Kristin had the brackets welded out of plate steel and then she painted them gray.  The treads are made out of regular 2x8 stock that was sanded and routered.  They will be finished with linseed oil.  If you look closely you will notice the basement hatch underneath the stairs.

Looking from living room through to the bathroom. 

Looking from bathroom into living room.

From downstairs bedroom to living room.

2/12/12 - Kitchen work

We have started putting the kitchen together.  Kristin recently made an Epic 1 day road trip to Ikea in Philadelphia and returned with a pickup truck full of cabinets (and other stuff).  I built the toe kicks and she has put all the boxes together.  We are both really happy with the way the kitchen is laying out.  At this point we are on hold until the refrigerator arrives.  I also wanted to finish the stairs and get the plumbing inspection before we focused on the kitchen.