Stairs at last!!

The stairs arrived on the last day of October, almost 2 years to the day after we spent our first night in the house after living in the caravan for 6 months.  What a milestone!  We had to wait until now to get all the plaster-board upstairs and get the floors laid in the hall (tiles) and the landing upstairs (pine boards).  Anyway, two guys arrived at about 8am and finished the installation about 6pm, at which point Judy took the first step.

We almost couldn't remember what they were supposed to look like, but they're made of ash wood with brushed steel balustrade.

And the view from above shows that each tread has its own angle as part of the turn from top to bottom.

We really like it as it has transformed the house.  And we've even installed the doors between the hall and the living space.

Bedroom 3 is also finished, although the cupboard has neither shelves nor doors yet.

That's Tuesday's job after fitting the shelves and doors to the cupboard on the landing on Monday.

Judy is in Wales with Nicky as Glyn is back at sea until mid-December.  Baby Bryony is doing as well as can be.  Judy flies back on Thursday, then we have the big walking, eating and drinking event here (La Flamme d'Armagnac) after which we drive back to the UK, originally planned so that we could be there at the birth!

Anyway, stairs and spare bedrooms means we're now open for visitors!