Well, who would have thought that banisters could be exciting! Since Christmas Mike has been working away with the intricacies of installing the banisters. Of course as the room is based on an old squint house, nothing is quite straight which makes fitting banisters VERY DIFFICULT But apart from the ones up the stair which we still hope Howard will turn for us, all are now in place with fancy tops to the posts and it's all looking excellent.
With a dry spell at last, the morning sun pours in the big doors and the room looks spectacular. Hopefully we can soon get decorating , but there always seems to be some last minute fiddley thing to be done. Perhaps Mike doesn't actually want to finish it! We'll see.