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My projects are mostly associated with the rehabbing of a 30-year old contemporary home on the side of a mountain in Western North Carolina. When we purchased it almost two years ago, it had had nothing done to it in those thirty years. It has been an ongoing labor of love ever since.
The links below show a stair case I have about completed . . . just a little more trim work and its on the next project.
The post and rails are Black Locust collected and cut from our mountain, and the infill is Mountain Laurel from a construction site clearing nearby. The room is 28 feet from floor to ceiling and the stairway connects the floor level with an enclosed mid-level bridge connecting the two halves of the structure.
Enjoy!
Stephen
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dennis mitchell
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posted 684 days ago
I just Love it! Goes great with the stone and tile. Wonderful job.
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bigpops0259
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posted 684 days ago
Great idea, very orginal As Dennis said great with stone work.
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rookster
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posted 684 days ago
Wow!
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 684 days ago
Beautiful, it’s like bringing the outdoors in. Beautiful job with the photos also.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 684 days ago
this is WONDERFUL. . What a great idea and you have executed it so well.
Well done
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Don
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posted 684 days ago
Very nice, Stephen. I guess you don’t have young children at your place. I think they would make short work of the lighter branches. Building regulations wouldn’t let us build a stair rail like yours, pity.
I’m interested in the plant on the pole in the upper level. We call those stag ferns, but I understand Americans call them Elk Ferns. Here they grow outdoors.
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Mark A. DeCou
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posted 683 days ago
You sent me photos of this project many months ago, and I am pleased to see it posted on lumberjocks now. Congrats on accomplishing this task, it looks complicated and like a lot of work. Finding, fitting, Sanding and joining all of those sticks had to been a lot of effort, and it sure looks cool now.
good to hear from you,
Mark
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scottb
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posted 683 days ago
I can see something similar in my house. Very nice!
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Napaman
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posted 57 days ago
stephen…this was not your first project post…but in the PULSE PAge…its one of THE oldest projects…I am bored…so thought i would go backwards and see the old stuff—-the oldies but goodies…very cool stuff…
have you seen LJ’s lately——10,000 projects now!!!
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