We had a couple of down days this past weekend.

The wainscoting in the hall and stairs has been primed and I believe we will start to have some of the trim installed today.

Here are some recent photos of the work.

The stair treads will be replaced with light oak, matching the light floors. The kick plates will be white trim paint. This will be much better than the torn up original wood work. They look like someone took a crowbar to them – nasty.

The small half wall at the top of the stairs will be capped with a similar light oak topper. Should be a nice effect.

Though all of this crown molding will drive us toward installing similar woodwork downstairs.