A Carpenter’s Wife Blog

The Cost of Staircase Renovation

Our service is truly bespoke and we can tailor our work to your budget,. For example making an oak and glass staircase renovation more affordable by painting the strings yourselves. Using existing newel posts and replacing the handrail and balustrade. Opting for painted posts instead of oak. We break down our quotes so that you can see the costs and make a choice about which parts you'd like done, from the basic renovations to cladding the strings and adding curtail or bullnose feature steps.

Under Stairs Storage for Every Staircase

Every year January gives me the motivation to get things cleared out and spruced up. As I've pottered about the place this week, cleaning and tidying, I wanted to jot down all the ways you can get the most out of what is frequently the least utilised space in the house - under the stairs. Making this space work depends on where in your home your staircase is located, so I've split my ramblings into some rough areas.

Deck the Halls

Is it too early? It's advent tomorrow and our decorations will be coming out! There is something quite magical about the first day of advent. To me it means 'permission granted' to send Nick up into the attic to haul down a huge ungainly box and then watch him quickly disappear. For me, early December is the time to dress the architecture of the house, my favourites being the staircase and the fireplace.

19th November 2018|Lifestyle|

Instagram, the Staff Room of the Self Employed

Nick and I are very lucky. We work together, in a peaceful place surrounded by oak trees, countryside and animals. It’s not lonely, but it is isolated. And for us, that is precisely where Instagram has fitted in. It has allowed us to connect with a diverse range of people; local crafts people, makers from across the Atlantic, companies we admire, companies our customers admire and people who have achieved our goals themselves.

8th November 2018|Lifestyle|
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