Made a staircase.

[Jessica de Boer]

Installed it this week at a dentists office. She wanted an open design with clean lines to keep it spacious. I'm happy with how it turned out. The railing is made with stainless steel bars.

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[David Harris]

Wow. Thats beautiful. Awesome job! Almost doest look real.

Dave

[Joe Hendershott]

Fantastic! Building and installing a staircase like that involves a huge amount of skill, patience, talent, experience, and thought. Very well done and an inspiration.

[Jim Becker]

Truly a beautiful project outcome!

[Patrick Walsh]

Yeah,

What joe said..

Very very nice..

[John TenEyck]

You are unbelievably productive.

John

[Prashun Patel]

Here here.

[Adam Carl]

Wow! What type of wood is that?

[Frederick Skelly]

A beautiful, clean design. I too would like to know what wood you used.

[Ron Citerone]

Way nice! So crisp looking, nice job!

[Patrick McCarthy]

Jessica, very nicely done. Putting that new saw to work?

[phil harold]

Nice !
but does it pass an inspection?

[Jessica de Boer]

Fantastic! Building and installing a staircase like that involves a huge amount of skill, patience, talent, experience, and thought. Very well done and an inspiration.

That's why I enlisted my dad to help me. He's made hundreds of staircases and is an expert at it.

[Jessica de Boer]

You are unbelievably productive.

John

I try to be. I don't want to have to shut down my company for lack of work ;)

[Jessica de Boer]

Wow! What type of wood is that?

According to my supplier it's American Elm. I've never worked with it before but I really like it. It's lightly stained to make the make the wood grain pop.

[Jessica de Boer]

Jessica, very nicely done. Putting that new saw to work?

I sure am. I love that thing. One of the best investments I ever made.

[Jessica de Boer]

Nice !
but does it pass an inspection?

I should hope so because my dad helped with it and he's an expert at this.

[phil harold]

I should hope so because my dad helped with it and he's an expert at this.

I only ask because where I live the stairs cannot be less than six inches wide and your open risers you cannot have a 4" sphere pass thru them

A beautiful set of stairs you have built there

[Al Launier]

Are you kidding me? I never thought stairs could be so beautiful!!!

[Yonak Hawkins]

... it's American Elm.

I'm not familiar with American elm but I have used grey elm and it has a fantastic grain .. very chatoyant and takes stain well.

That staircase is so graceful. ..Just as you say, clean lines and open. The ogee in the hand rail and the string wall exemplify its grace. Congratulations on a laborious job well done. I love it.

[andy bessette]

Very nice work.

[Carl Beckett]

It is beautiful!

[Dan Baginski]

That's really incredible.

[Mark Rainey]

Well done Jessica. Those are some stairs I want to climb!

[David Utterback]

Excellent design and completion. Is the project near you so you admire it closely from time to time?

[Mick Simon]

Wow! That's stunning! Beautiful lines, wood and execution.

[Joyce Knights]

You surely did a wonderful job with these stairs.

[bruce buren]

Wow that is gorgeous work! Very nice!

[michael langman]

Those stairs are so beautiful and mesmerizing. Hopefully noone gets too mesmerized climbing them and falls down them. :)

[Jessica de Boer]

It's about 150km away so I'm not swinging by regularly to admire it.

[Steve Siwek]

That is gorgeous! nicely done.

[Jessica de Boer]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. A lot of credit goes to my dad, without him helping me on my first staircase I doubt the outcome would've been this nice.

[Bill Carey]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. A lot of credit goes to my dad, without him helping me on my first staircase I doubt the outcome would've been this nice.

Like your Dad I have built hundreds of stairs, and I can say with authority that you have created one outstanding stair. Really beautiful - it's one thing, not a bunch of parts - it has balance and harmony. One question: you have 4 winders in the lower turn and 5 winders in the upper. Space considerations? Aesthetics? Or....

[Jessica de Boer]

One question: you have 4 winders in the lower turn and 5 winders in the upper. Space considerations? Aesthetics? Or....

My dad actually did the layout to keep the same height for all the steps.

[Yonak Hawkins]

My dad . . .

You're lucky to have such a mentor. I never had one and realize I have missed a few lessons here and there along the way which could have forestalled some issues. I'm glad there is this site to fill in the gaps, as a sounding board and a wealth of knowledge and experience. You teach me a lot about design and ambition.

[Chris Parks]

Perfection! Now put a sign up that stops anyone using it so it stays that way.:)

[Tom Bain]

Fantastic work. I'm a little surprised that its Elm. Elm is pretty difficult to find in the US as Dutch Elm disease has pretty much decimated the native species here.

[Jessica de Boer]

I bought it from a company that was closing down. They told me they bought it years ago.

[Kevin Beitz]

Just WOW....

[Richard Jones]

Pretty work, for sure. Is this in the US? Is it the 'main' stair in the space?

[Tom Alison]

That is a fantastic job! You and your father do very high level work, hope you were paid well for it!!

[Jessica de Boer]

No, it's not in the US. And yes, it's the main stair in the room. It leads up to the office.