Finished stairs and mullions

The mullions are all painted and installed, both sides of windows and doors. It too some trial and error to get to the best process to downsize each (paint caused them to swell a bit). Sanding each edge 8 back and forth strokes was the sweet spot. I was nipping off a tiny bit with exact knife but that wasn't consistent. 

The 2nd floor stairs are also completed, stain and paint, fretwork and carpet runner. I'm awaiting the stair rods this week for the final step. Lots of painstaking taping so I could paint the risers but it was worth it in the end. My hand isn't steady enough to do by hand. 

Happy to finally wrap this up. I do need to glue together the stairway bannisters to their cornerposts and place them into position.