Monthly Archives: April 2015

Cut once. I need to make a variation on this aphorism. “Measure everything, order once.” I had completed my mini-stairway, the training set of four steps at the upper section of This Odd Staircase. I had learned how to cut … Continue reading →

As mentioned, one becomes skilled by making mistakes. I recall advising my son that to become skilled at skiing (windsurfing, skate-boarding, roller-blading, break-dancing, whatever the current sport), one must fall a hundred times. I wasn’t really eager to make that … Continue reading →

Reading a book about how to make something is not the same as actually making it. But this is where I was. I knew at some level how to make stairs, and I had acquired the tools to do so, … Continue reading →

This was a project beyond my skill level, but I was willing, even eager, to use it as an excuse to acquire some woodworking tools for my workshop. And I committed to the materials by ordering hardwood maple treads and … Continue reading →

Having beautiful plans for how something is going to be does not really acknowledge how things actually are. In order to “get there from here” requires that the existing stairway be stripped back to its basic elements. The carpet must … Continue reading →

Most of the remodeling and renovation has been completed at This Odd House, but there remained a few more, less urgent, projects still to be done. The next one up was to revitalize the stairway leading from the main floor … Continue reading →

I had intended to document the construction of my replacement garage, but really only got as far as describing the plans and fighting city hall.  There are a number of topics that I started writing about, but somehow never completed, including “The … Continue reading →