building new front steps
Posted: May 1st, 2011 | Author: eliza | Filed under: progress, woodworking | No Comments »
When we first got here we were using the back door (complete with “no trespassing” sign) as the main entrance; then back in November we finally installed a beautiful new door from the kitchen onto the porch, and we switched over to using the new door all the time despite a lack of steps – we would just leap up from the driveway onto the porch and in through the new door. Winter came and the snow piled up so high it reached the porch and you didn’t miss the steps at all. But come spring thaw, the absence was notable and if you happened to be carrying something big or heavy, you’d have to stop and set it down on the porch in order to hop up; visitors wondered which door to knock on, since the lack of steps was not exactly inviting. So, time to build some steps.
this was a fun and quick project! after the demanding challenge of the cabinetry project, it was nice to do something so snappy an easy. here’s the almost-finished steps in situ:
we’re happily using the steps now, but we’re not totally done here, the next stage will be to take the steps out, dig up the ground underneath and pour some proper cement footing, then fill in the area with crushed rock or something, put the steps back in and then paint them white! Maybe someday we could even add a railing.
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