More Progress Upstairs

But first, after all of the recent snow, we've had a couple of "warm" days! It actually got up to 55° F today. Last night was the first night in memory that didn't drop below freezing. The constant drip, drip, drip of the snow melt was a little bit annoying.

That's why we were surprised to see a sudden surge in activity out on frozen Long Pond today. From what we've heard, the fact that people can ice fish means that there's water down below that's warmer than 32°. A large buildup of snow on the surface of the ice insulates and allows that warmer water to melt the ice. Today should have been a dangerous day to go out on the ice. This is what we saw:

Now, back to the progress upstairs. We're working on flooring.

We bought all of the materials for our stair treads and risers. After everything was cut to size, I stained and finished the treads while Kristen painted the risers. I was ready to install but we decided to get all of the flooring material delivered and moved upstairs (we didn't want to risk damaging the stairs in the process).

The flooring is all upstairs so, today, I was able to get the treads and risers installed. I still need to trim out the sides of the stairs but it's looking pretty good.

That piece at the top (bottom of the picture) is a special piece of the 3/4" flooring that will cover the entire room.

-JC-