3 hr project

It is time to give in. I have been completely broken down and my defenses are at my feet. I have no will left and no way of pushing it off any further. I must give our awful looking stairs a railing.

There are no good reasons to avoid it anyway. Its just that... I hate our stairs. Putting a railing on them is like putting racing stripes on a junker. Still, people we love need to be able to make it up those stairs. But for me to consider what kind of railing is to consider what would look appealing and that is an impossibility. What they really need to have done is for me to tear them down... they look like construction stairs... and for me to rebuild them. But I don't have the skills required. Cement doesn't get along with me that well. So, I have given in and have built the railing. $60.00 worth of wood and three hours of labor.

I am actually kind of proud of them. I know... I know I said I hate them. But I did do alright I think. I tried to match our back porch. I don't have awesome wood working tools like a table saw (which would have come in more than handy). I built the thing with a drill, a circular saw, a hand saw, a square and a socket set. This is why I am proud. I didn't even have to look online! I ripped the four by fours with a circular saw that didn't even reach all the way through. I had to flip the things... and it didn't look like the forts I built when I was a kid.....thank god.

At any rate... not bad for a project concieved, bought for, and completed in a Sunday afternoon. :)