It Ain't Pretty, But It Will Work for Now

As with most of our home improvement projects, there was significant discussion as to how the basement stairs 'barrier' should look. Should we screw up some drywall and call it solid? Neither of us wanted a solid wall, which was why we had removed the paper-thin paneling (shown behind Den in this picture) when we first moved in 8 years ago. So we decided to create a criss-cross of wood that someone as little as Jo couldn't fit through.

Den initially said I could not post pictures of the completed project, as I had fought for wider boards and he said it was not up to his standards, aestheetic or otherwise. Understandable given this was coming from a man who had his level out for the job.

I did screw in a couple pieces of wood and helped hold the rest in place, but left Den to his table saw in cutting the wood.

Next is to sand the wood and paint it so little fingers don't get splinters.

At least they shouldn't fall through again--they'd basically have to crawl through...maybe the drywall isn't such a bad idea after all.