What would it look like if...

"OK," said she. "I wonder what it would look like if you painted the top rail dark grey, too?"

"Your wish is my command," said he.

"Looks pretty good," said she.

Hand Rails for the Front Steps

On March 3, 2015, Marcia had her left knee replaced. I decided that she needed hand rails on the front steps. I built new rails and let them weather some. On March 30, I finished the rails by filling holes, sanding, and painted them. On April 3, I repainted the treads. Now it is finished. 

March 7, I painted the porch step. That is the one on the porch going into the house.

To start with, there was one concrete step in front of our porch. The porch was 16 inch high and the step was 7 inches high. That meant that there was a 9 inch step from the step to the porch. Uneven, and of course, difficult for some people, especially of the older variety. I had cut a couple of one inch boards and put them under each end of the step which made two 8 inch steps, but that is stretching it for normal steps which are between 6.5 and 7 inches. So, on June 20, 2013, I made new steps.

I built two steps so that it would be three equal steps to the porch.

Here's the finished product. Two 6.3 steps and one 6.3 step to the porch. So, now three small steps to get to the porch. Easy for young and old alike.

Here are the steps after painting. This is also after we got our new siding.