The house had what we called the "dungeon". It was a place that no one ever wanted to go down in. There was one light down there but it never worked for us. There was also another light above the stairs but it didn't do any good while down in the hole. It barely let us see on top. The stairs was not your typical stairs either. It was a wooden ladder nailed into the opening that went straight down with no slope like normal stairs or even a regular ladder. The roof was made with 10x6 boards that had been eaten by termites. We kept our food storage down there with toilet paper, paper towels and paper goods. One of us (generally me) would crawl down with a flash light and then someone on top would lower the goods to me to put away. We hated it!
In the end we decided to keep the dungeon through our construction. We framed in a wall so that we could attach cabinet shelfs to it for storage.
After we had the wall in we began working on the stairs..... real stairs!
This is our last project we need the saw in the house for. So excited to get it out.
Absolutely amazing to see real stairs!
When the stairs were done we sheet rocked the wall.
And then sheet rocked the opposite side too.
One day we will have shelfs on this wall. So awesome to see our dungeon turning into what we will call a fruit room or downstairs pantry. Hoping we can loose the dungeon name. Next step is to lay tile, paint and then install our light fixtures down there.
