Or the stairway to the middle of a hall. Let's just say that before you uncover the hidden staircase, you may want to try to estimate the trajectory of the stairs a little more accurately. We'll come back to that in a minute.
First, we made more progress on the front today. Now we just need stairs (and maybe a railing...that may wait until the spring), then we're good to go. Here is how it looked today:
The siding had to come off of this area as well (this is where the leaky apartment window was). We will be replacing the window, but for now, it's leak proof.
Today, Alok and my mom worked on raking up leaves and getting the yard ready to plant grass:
Alok raking
Unfortunately, it got dark out before they finished.
While they worked on that, I worked on uncovering the staircase. Here it is when I started:
And here is the process:
Safety first? Or a Halloween costume?
Voila! There are stairs.
Climbing up the stairs..... Notice all the cobwebs (you can only see about 10% of them.... gross).
The wallpaper
What the heck is this fungus on the wallpaper?! YUCK!!!
A picture of what is above the ceiling in that closet
View from the stairs back down
Final product
Here's a bit of video, as well:
Aren't my video skills amazing?
OK, back to the statement I made at the beginning of today.... where does this lead?
We thought it led here:
and we figured the staircase ended at this closet. Well, we were wrong. I had Alok climb up to the top and bang on the ceiling, and guess where it ends?
See where my left foot is? That marks the end of the staircase. See that carpet on the left in the picture? That is the doorway, leading into the hall. Does anyone see any issues?
Oops!
The question is: where are some blueprints when you need them? (or some little elves that can shift the placement of the staircase)
Jessica
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