Curved plaster stairway
in Middleburg, Virginia

Here's how we did it:

Old silo becomes a stair tower.

This old silo becomes a stair tower. Our stairs are inside.

running the bull nose with a water bottle

Bull noses are tooled into the brown coat by holding a straight edge in one hand and running the bull nose with a water bottle.

bullnoses, or round arrises, around the door opening.

The bullnoses, or round arrises, around the door opening. An arris is an outside corner in plastering.

Curved stairways with drywall usually look like a rippled potato chip.

A view from the top. These walls are straight and round. Curved stairways with drywall usually look like a rippled potato chip when the light hits.

Cast plaster moldings are cut through the fruit and leaves design in Virginia.

Cast moldings are cut through the fruit and leaves design.

Details are tooled in with molding plaster.

Details are tooled in with molding plaster to create a seamless appearance.

Jesus is talented in hand tooling plaster.

Jesus is talented in hand tooling plaster.

More of the same plaster.

More of the same.

Sculpted plaster

Sculpted plaster.

These moldings are at the entrances of our stairway.

These moldings are at the entrances of our stairway.

Fired ceramic hollow clay tile was made by Natco.

Fired ceramic hollow clay tile was made by Natco corporation in the early 1900's. The barn was torn down to build a house.

Cast iron plaque shows this is a Natco silo.

Cast iron plaque shows this is a Natco silo.