missg8tordivr 0 #1 March 2, 2006 Finally after a year and a half of working on these stairs they are finally done. I couldn't be happier with how they came out. Although, there are already tons of dings in the finish they sure do make me proud! Pics Attached.....Aren't they pretty?!?!*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #2 March 2, 2006 The final outcome!*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #3 March 2, 2006 what am i looking at? Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #4 March 2, 2006 QuoteThe final outcome! ______________________________________ Nice job! How refreshing to see 'real' wood stairs and wood work. Most home I've been in over the years, the woodwork was painted! You really did a good job. The finished work is beautiful. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #5 March 2, 2006 Thank you. My dad did all the design and cutting. I did all the wood work of sanding and finishing.*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #6 March 2, 2006 Shiney Wood! *** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #7 March 2, 2006 QuoteShiney Wood! did you lathe them yourself? Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
homer 0 #8 March 2, 2006 Looks like you forgot a piece of tape on the wall in the last pic. Nice job it looks professionally done. Have you tested it yet for sturdiness. Having drunk skydivers over someone is going to try and slid down it. CSA #699 Muff #3804 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #9 March 2, 2006 No...didn't go that far. Got the premade stuff from Lowes, but we did all the rest of the work. *** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #10 March 2, 2006 Nice work!! They look great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #11 March 2, 2006 either way it looks nice but then again I would have opted for a fireman's pole or maybe a cargo net ladder. Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #12 March 2, 2006 Here are some WAY before pictures*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoBob 0 #13 March 2, 2006 Nice job girl, they look great! "I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buried 0 #14 March 2, 2006 QuoteHere are some WAY before pictures now you can really tell how much work was done! wow. I would have still opted for the cargo net tho. Where is my fizzy-lifting drink? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #15 March 2, 2006 Thanks...one of these days you will have to stop by and take a look at them personally.*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #16 March 2, 2006 Trust me...it was a shit ton of work to do! I have all the pictures to prove it. I used to have a web site that showed pictures of the construction update, but it crashed because I overloaded it. If I ever get it back up I will post the link. The very original house was a stilt house built in the 70s. They enclosed the bottom in the 90s, but kept the stairs on the outside. To get upstairs, when I first bought it, you had to go outside up the stairs and back inside. So, I took on the project of enclosing the staircase and making a beautiful Oak Staircase. *** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PsychoBob 0 #17 March 2, 2006 ***one of these days you will have to stop by and take a look at them personally. "I'm not a gynecologist but I will take a look at it" RB #1295, Smokey Sister #1, HellFish #658, Dirty Sanchez #194, Muff Brothers #3834, POPS #9614, Orfun Foster-Parent?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #18 March 2, 2006 Very purdy! ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #19 March 2, 2006 Yey! QuoteMy dad did all the design and cutting. I did all the wood work of sanding and finishing Way to go, babe! My daddy and I used to do the same things together. Not only was he (retired now) a big-time, suit-wearing, always-out-of-town business man, but a ROYAL do-it-yourselfer and take-it-apart-er, and all of the above He's a big boy, and always needed a smaller set of hands. He preferred to call them "learning experiences" I don't think there's any home improvement I haven't done---I even recently wired a new circuit breaker in my house Strange, but truePaint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #20 March 2, 2006 Nicely done - I'm guessing white oak with a light walnut stain?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #21 March 2, 2006 The cast of characters: Dad (design/cutting) Jean (sanding/finishing) Bob (psycho punching) Assorted skydivers (slide-testing) Les (fall-testing after punch) Looks great, Jean...so when's the stair-warming party?My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #22 March 2, 2006 It sounds like we have a lot in common. My dad has taught me just about everthing I know in regards to tearing things apart, fixing things, changing thing (oil, tires). My dad is one of the most important men in my life! *** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLFXpert 0 #23 March 2, 2006 "changing oil" Let's not go there... OK, I will My father.......despite that I bought my own car at 15 (OK it was a GEO Metro but it's all I could afford and his only rule was that it be brand new)...would NOT let me drive it (did I mention I BOUGHT IT!) until I changed the oil & a tire Looking back I'm SOOOOO thankful he did the things he did. But imagine being a know-it-all-prissy 15-year-old in this situationPaint me in a corner, but my color comes back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #24 March 2, 2006 Stair/House Warming party to come....maybe the next boogie in Palatka I will throw a partay and you all can come trash my house!! However....breaking in the stairs is already in my plans with a very special person. *** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #25 March 2, 2006 Old American *** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
