stairway - cutaway

Shot from the foyer looking at the stairway. Notice how a section of the wall has been cut away; it may look like it was designed that way, but it wasn't. It was an almost immediate change to the house upon moving in, necessary to allow furniture to be brought upstairs. In the end, it wasn't a drastic enough change; it became necessary to set up scaffolding outside and take apart a window to get my parents' entire bedroom set up to their room. (Their bedroom set is made of wood, very heavy; substantial enough to keep a fireplace going for an entire brutal winter). The cut in the wall later served as a good spot to peek around on x-mas morning, as we kids would crowd the stairs trying to ascertain the extent of our holiday loot while waiting for mom and dad to wake up.