Pumping Iron

So, while trying to figure out a creative way to explain why I haven't blogged for a whole entire MONTH...I decided that I'd just own up. I have been O.V.E.R. it lately. What a downer way to start out a post, huh? I know:) For the last two months or so... we've been battling home improvement woes and at the end of the day there was always so little progress, it didn't feel worth the blog.

But that's all changed now! We are officially done with Chief Yellow-Horse (that's our code name for our contractor, more on that later)and we are pretty much done with the work we're putting into our condo. So, I guess that means we just sit back and relax the fruits of our labor (or the labor of which we paid dearly for;) AND share on the blog...

First up - the real piece de resistance....our new wrought-iron stair railing!! I so badly wish I could try and describe how it went picking this all out...Ty and I literally had to pick out every piece, and it looks NOTHING like the pictures I'm going to show you. Instead imagine each piece segmented and in different places across a HUGE warehouse and then having to pick them all out and imagine what you were actually putting together. Let's just say that Ty and I had a real communication breakdown, and it was not a pretty sight for a while.

In the end it all came together just as we had hoped and it seems we have a real knack for designing iron staircase railings - who knew?!?!

Okay, so here's part une: Imagine the landing of our stairs (also note pretty new carpet!). This is what it looks like now...


Part deux: I took this picture with a slight angle to try and capture as much of the center piece of the railing, so pretty!


Part trois: Top of the stairs right by our bedroom/hallway area upstairs. I am loving the curved end that we went with...


Okay, so that's it for the railing. I'm posting final pics of the bathroom, doors and windows next!!!