Yeah you can't really see it. It's fixable though

My rule on fixing rotted wood is if 40% is there, we're going to use the wood

If you want to stain, you can take wood glue and mix the sawdust in the glue, and use that as your putty

The damage to the door is because it got pushed in and doesn't have a handle on it and is a pretty tight fit. So I pried it open with a flat head screwdriver lol. I used an extra board we had lying around for the top of it, so I've got plenty more. I haven't tried that before with sawdust. That's interesting. I'm thinking I will just sand the door down so it fits better and it shouldn't be an issue once I paint it like you said. Not sure what I will do with the top piece yet. I might just cut another piece of that board to size 😂

I built some steps for my mom's house. We still have to paint them, but I thought I'd show off my handy work. Getting the supports for the stairs right was a pain, but in the end I think I got them level enough.

@Der Seeteufel - SD You're not done with the hand rails are you? No spindles, balusters, newel post?
Let me ask you a question, why did you reuse that old timber?
Sorry if I come off as a dick, but I take great pride in my work, and as a finish carpenter I follow behind skippy the butcher almost everyday.

@Der Seeteufel - SD I'm not calling you a hack haha. I would like to help you "church" that stair set up.

Yeah it's all old wood

or I guess not old but stuff that we had in a barn. It's probably stuff left over from a deck that was built 3 or 4 years ago

Oh ok. I thought you went and bought new wood and reused this couple pieces that are stained.
Lets talk about that handrail though. At least add a newel post on the end.

I could probably do that pretty easily. I don't have many tools though. The only powertools I had for this was a circular saw and a drill.

I would have to buy pre-made newel posts

It's worth it

I don't use a lot of power tools

That's my bread and butter

The guy I work for started doing carpentry before power tools were accessible to everyone. I do tons of work without power tools

That stuff and a chisel are all I use everyday

Would you guys say carpet or floor tile is better? I have dogs no kids

@whitelash1488#3099 Depends on where it's going in the house, and whatever look you're going for.

Mhmm

What room is it going in?

Living room

man how about laminate flooring?

you can achive a lot of different looks with laminate. It's durable and really easy to install.

Good thanks!

I have no experience in carpentry and I just moved into my own house

laminate is going to be cheaper than tile, and you can probably get it the exact same look.

Ignore that cat, but this is a bamboo laminate.

You say ignore that cat as if it's not wearing a tie...

haha it was Sunday, he was getting ready for church.

@whitelash1488#3099 if you're looking to change the look of a room relatively inexpensively, you can add chair rails, picture rails, crown molding, or wainscoting to the walls. Adding 5 1/4in baseboard, if you don't already have it, can make a big difference to a room. And I can teach you scarf joints and mitered coping joints!
Here's a house I added crown, a chair rail and we added I think the baseboard was something like 8inches.

Oh this is vinyl, it looks great too. There are a ton of options for flooring.

You could literally have the hardwood floor look in every room, using laminate, vinyl and tile.
The only place I like carpet is in the bedrooms.

@RevStench#3208 Wow thanks! I'll have to save up and get ahold of you! I love IE everyone's so helpful and kind

I'm 23 and a newer home owner so I'm excited to make the place look nice

This is tile in a bathroom.

@Whitelash bro we can help you

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