Endgame Stairwell Trim

Mackenley decorating the basement Christmas tree.

During our mid-week and weekend work trips to KnArrow Haus, we focused on finishing the trim around the stairs and stairwells. Every piece is custom cut, usually with multiple measurements and angles to get everything to line up. Lots of trudging up and down between the stairs and the saw in the garage. 

Added trim along the underside of the stair stringers because
we had to cut the drywall back when mounting the staircase.

Tolerances on the top side the stair stringer were close enough that I was able to caulk the gap.

We used the same birch plywood that's on the ceiling
to trim out the floor joists in the top floor stairwell. 

I used the blue pine to trim out the framing
and floor joists on the bottom stairwell.

We cut our 12 foot long 4"x10" piece of blue pine in half.
One piece will become an entryway bench. The other piece might
become our fireplace mantle.

I installed our T-Mobile Home Internet router upstairs Tuesday evening. It's truly unlimited -- no such thing as overages. (A must when teenagers with social media visit.) For $50/month and without any upfront payments or long-term commitment, they sent me a router that I only had to plug in. Signal strength is just ok, and the speeds aren't awesome, but they're better than the currently-unavailable DSL, the only hardwired option in our little mountain community. Hopefully it'll work out. To-date, I've been rationing our use of a mobile router connected to Verizon that throttles to ridiculously slow speeds after 20GB.

Panorama view to the North on Saturday morning from the master bedroom.