A non-hike post
It's been a while since we've had a house project. We recently ripped up our previously blue stairs to the basement and replaced them with treads that I stained and polyurethaned. I didn't take a photo before, but you can see them on the right side of this photo... Before Stairs after; just need a handrail. After completing this project, I got antsy to fix the other two stairs and landing above as it has old, stained laminate and just looks cheap. before laminate on the walls...why? we uncover the first layer of laminate under the top layer oh, three more layers of laminate on top of hardwood... after pulling down the laminate off the walls, I discovered the original beadboard! Exciting! This was after ripping up the top layer of laminate and lauan underlayment. I can't imagine why someone would cover up that lovely Lifetouch-photo-background-from-the-70's laminate. I got all the staples out and cleaned the floor thor...
