Susanna and I have been working diligently to touch up on paint and do the final few repairs on the house prior to listing it.

Today I finished the back stairs. The old stairs were in pretty bad shape and looked terrible. I replaced the front stairs last year and decided to match (or somewhat match) the back stairs. The front stair treads are pressure treated lumber with green porch paint. The porch paint looks nice, but it gets worn through on areas that are used frequently (such as the back stairs/porch). I couldn’t find green composite lumber, but did find brown. The brown matches the trim style on the house (green trim with brown highlights), so I used those instead. The brown isn’t a perfect match, but it is reasonably close.

I’ve been working on painting the workshop trim. My long term plan had been to replace the siding, but I don’t think that makes sense with us putting the house on the market in the next few weeks.