Monday, June 27, 2011

New front steps

The front steps to our house are dangerous. Bryce has broken the front off of two of them. The handrail is too low to hold onto and it wobbles dangerously. The grandma's who visit HATE these stairs...so it was time to replace them. Here is the before picture, Bryce is getting ready to tear them apart:
Almost gone:
I really wanted to order a pizza and then sit in the house and see what the pizza guy would do. I never tried it, but I did have friends come by and they were able to knock on the bottom of the door...I let them in through the garage so they didn't have to climb the ladder.
Starting the new steps!
We went with a wide step at the bottom that turns to make the stairs more inviting and the front of the house a little more interesting. It's also a good place to put plants and stuff! Look, Dietrich is a good helper!

Here they are all done and painted!

Bryce still plans to add a handrail to the inside of the stairs so that there is a rail on both sides. The stairs feel safe and are much prettier than before too!

3 comments:

  1. I had forgotten how the old steps looked ... the new steps are awesome and they do make the front of your house more beautiful!

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  2. Those new steps are awesome. I love your house.

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  3. fabulous!! can't wait to use them :)

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