As I undertake renovating this old house, I am blown away by the BAD work done on it in the 70's. The previous owners had a Chinese food restaurant, and used the carpet from the restaurant to carpet every possible surface in the house, including the stairs. The bathroom had three layers of tile , no baseboards anywhere in any room actually match, even along the same wall. One by one, things are being torn out and simply replaced to try and bring her back to her period. First the bathroom..... and the after The plumbing was a nightmare, but lordy, I think I could retrofit anything just with the parts I had leftover. Next, the stairs.