And he's building....the Stairway...

    

Ahhh! The joy of calculating and cutting stair stringers...Here we have shots of the finished corridor, the cut stringers and the 1"x8" planks that would become the runs, or steps, and finally the job (almost) done. There are a few finishing touches that I was not able to finish before leaving - as I write this I'm 39,000 feet in the air en route to Tokyo for 10 days of shows in Japan. I still need to put a clear coat and run a string of rope lights throught the middle of the two stringers. I had a vision of underlit stairs from the moment I visualized the stairs to the boudoir. My inspiration was very linear steel framed stairs with wood planks. With custom steel stringers out of my budget, I was commited to creating the same aesthetic with wood - the end result is basically two 2"x10"x10' planks separated with a 2"x4"x10' and bolted together. The runs were made with the three planks of 2"x8"x10' you see in the rough photo.