Stair Terminology

Erik started on the bannister today. He designed and crafted the two "newels" so that they match our "craftsman" style - basically square and linear. Kinda like these. I like to call them posts, but whatever.

Apparently the spindles (at least that's what I call them) are called "balusters". Ok. He's been working on those, too, but apparently it's hard to get the right angle cut on the bottom so that they are plumb. So he's still working on that.

In other news, the bank sent out the inspectors again, just to make sure we are making progress. And we are : ) We have the electric meter hooked up now, so once we pass inspection, the city will call the electric company and turn us on! Very exciting. The plumber did not show on Friday, so hopefully Monday, we'll see some action. Erik also finished trim around the front door, but is still waiting on the back door because he needs to fix the gouge that somebody made, and the door to the garage. Um, so the works in progress right now are the stairs and the fireplace. We're still waiting on gas and fixing the plumbing. The painter will paint all the trim. We need to add vents for the water heaters. I can order grass once boards are over and get on that. Then there's flooring. And putting all the doors back up.