staircase in place!

Matt did a great job together with staircase-carpenter-man. We now have a very nice stair case which we'll paint petroleum (we think) asap. George loves it too, and it's great not to be terrified everytime he wants to go down it. The old one serves as a short fence until it will end up on the fire...

Same day (Monday), the marble worktop arrived! It took five men to carry it up the snowy slope, I had to go outside, was too nervous to look... Now it is in place, looking gorgeous. Already noticing its ability to stain by only standing next to it, so will have to be extra tidy and wipe it down all the time. I'm happy with that, means we'll have a clean kitchen...