Steps

Bye-bye, ladders!

Hello, stairs!

Yaaaasssss! I did a dance for these stairs. Way before we even knew for sure that we would secure the plot, before the documents were signed and the mortgage was in place, the design for these stairs began to form in my husbands head, then took digital life in drawings. And now, here they are, in all their birch ply glory.

Not only are they beautiful, but I welcome the respite they give from having to hold my breath and make the sign of the cross every time I had to used a ladder to climb up to the first floor or go down into the basement. I’m not usually afraid of heights, but using untrustworthy looking (and rickety feeling!) ladders to climb up and down double-height spaces took me to a dark place.

Anyway, I digress.

Horray for stairs!!