It’s all coming together

The day started well. Brian has been practicing his toppings on our cappuccino’s and they are really starting to take shape now.

The main aim for the day was to get the staircase finished, and get the first coat of hard wax oil on.

Firstly, Brian needed to tidy up a couple of the ends to the steps, which he did by sanding, then he just needed to fit the last two steps at the top of the staircase before he handed it over to me to coat with the hard wax oil. I need to paint two coats on before the temperature drops below 10°c, as that affects the stability of the oil, the forecast is showing that to happen on Thursday. As soon as Brian had completed them, and we both had admired his achievement – which is simply amazing – I brushed the stairs down and pushed to get the first coat of oil on.

Tomorrow morning I will get the second coat on, so Thursday we can walk on them proper.