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When we moved into this house in 2005, I had told my wife that we could remove the half wall on the stairs and replace with railing. Well, I finally got it done in 2019. Better late than never I guess. Also, the stairs originally were carpeted. I made the newel posts. The railings...

I had a contractor that wanted a 7" x 7"carved frog for the top of a newel post. My first question was what kind of wood, hickory, and then how will it be attached? Ouch, hickory! I have never carved hickory but I had a pretty good idea that this was going to be a challenge. A challenge wasn't...

I saw other projects and posts regarding newel posts so I thought I would include mine. Between working other projects I am remodeling our carpeted stairway. Removed the carpeting on the first flight and replaced with a 5/8" thick replacement tread. Next I wanted to build a nicer newel post to...

Here is several projects from the our house that I remodeled. House was built in 1900. I reused some oak boards that I tore out to make a mantel and also a newel post and trim for the stairs. The rustic mantel is from 5 oak studs that I glued up and planed down to make one solid piece. The...

We live in a typical late 70's colonial style house. The house interior was largely featureless with plain ranch style painted moldings, carpeted pine stairs and awful metal handrails. When the opportunity came to remodel the house, we opted for a warmer Arts and Crafts Period look to match...