Stairway efforts

So I've been sanding and painting stair railings for three days straight. Note my middle finger plaster, where the skin has hardened from resting the brush on there for too many hours of too many days in a row 😅 

These stairs have been through a lot. We've removed the fusty dark green carpet with its stubborn dog hairs and questionable stains, scrubbed the greasy walls and in some places peeled off the grubby magnolia coat (see Mike in action below), sanded and painted railings, skirting boards and dado rails, painted the ceilings and walls (occasionally whilst swaying on a precariously perched ladder)... Yep, it's as they say - it's always more work than you think, and then some!

Aah, peeling paint... Surprisingly satisfying.

Now the stairs are very nearly finished. A couple more days of white satinwood, and voilà - the difference is astonishing. It's going to look so fresh and pretty, and for the final stretch we're in good company with the Ramble boys, Kermode & Mayo, the Radiolab team, Ira Glass, and the History Extra nerd herd. Podcasts are crucial for maintaining sanity.

Fresh and white and lavlee!