The Basement Stairway

Here’s some of my progress on the basement stairway.  I painted the walls and ceilings, removed the hand rail and sanded and painted it, sanded the steps, used caulk and wood filler to fill in the gaps and little holes, and painted the steps.  I’ve got a couple more coats of paint to go, and we still need to get the molding up along the sides of the stairs. 

Before:

Before and After painting the walls and ceilings:

Caulking:

Every other step:

Almost there:

I also found these three black frames with white mattes to hang up on the wall, and picked these cute pictures of the boys for the frames: