: Interior Projects
This is Part Two of my DIY staircase makeover – How to Install Wrought Iron Stair Spindles. You can find Part One – How to Gel Stain an Oak Handrail – HERE.
If you’ve read Part One of my staircase makeover, you’ll know that our house was drowning in golden oak. It was EVERYWHERE, and I couldn’t wait to see it all gone.
I consider myself fairly adventurous when it comes to home improvement and DIY projects. I’ve tackled some pretty big projects, such as removing the wood spindles on our staircase bannister and replacing them with wrought iron. I’m pretty comfortable using saws and power tools. I don’t even mind getting dirty, when the situation calls for it.
Unfortunately, my adventurous nature goes out the window when it comes to installing anything electrical.
Even though I know that I can check (and double-check) that there is no power left going to the wires on which I’m working, the (totally improbable and quite possibly crazy) idea that somehow, someway, the power MIGHT come back on really freaks me out. Like any wise woman, I save all electrical-wiring projects for my husband.
This is Part One of my staircase makeover. Part Two – How to Install Wrought Iron Spindles – can be found HERE.
We moved out of our starter home in November of 2011, and bought a house one street over. Literally. Our new home was less than a mile away from our first house.
I loved everything about the new house. The floor plan was perfect for our family. My kids would continue to attend the same elementary school, and our “commute” to school dropped from a mile to about a quarter of a mile. The street was full of my kids’ friends, and the backyard had room for a pool.
I loved everything about the house, except for the VAST amount of golden oak. It was EVERYWHERE. Golden oak kitchen cabinets, golden oak bathroom cabinets, golden oak laundry room cabinets. Golden oak staircase banister and spindles. The hardwood floor that covered almost the entire downstairs? Yep…golden oak.
