Sunday 10-31-04

I then started on the top large spindles.

I sanded the large spindle that we repaired last night.

I took the small rail piece and bored a 1 inch hole through it, then bored a 1 inch hole through the half spindle.  I screwed the rail piece to the half spindle with two sheetrock screws.

I then bored a 1/2 inch hole half way through the other large spindle and then a 1 inch hole in the other side about an inch deep.  I then finished boring the 1/2 inch hole through the rest.

Using a 10 inch lag bolt, I connected the whole thing together.  The lag bolt went into the brace I embedded into the wall when I was framing earlier this summer.  I had to cut out the sheetrock to get the half spindle in correctly as well

I then finished the small spindles at the top that needed to be put in after the larger ones were in.

I then cut a small piece of oak to put between the two large spindles (picture 18).

I vacuumed the living room and family room.

I also put a second coat on all the trim in the kitchen, and family room.  I still need to paint inside the window opening and inside the sliding door openings with a roller.

I also stained the oak speaker shelves I built yesterday and stained the plugs for the stair rails.

I put the door knob on the door in the closed under the stairs.

I helped Matt work on his window sills for his home theater.