The new stairs...

Step 1:

We currently have a spiral staircase in our house. (See below) We are replacing the spiral stairs with a set of real stairs, but there are several steps to this process.

The first step to this process was removing the picture window from the kitchen/dining area. The new stairs are going to be put along this wall.

This is a view of the window from the outside of the house.

On Sunday, Adam and my uncle took the window out.

I suggested that we make a drive-thru window with the new opening...

But they decided to frame the window and close it in.

The window has been all closed in and if you look at the ceiling you can see the beginning of step 2.

Step 2 includes cutting a hole in the ceiling so that the stairs can be built. Before we cut the hole though we need to pack up both the kitchen and the room upstairs, which is my task for the week. We will probably be cutting the hole in the ceiling on Friday.