Remodel surprise #1

I totally dislike this 'iron work' that is the hand railing for the stairs and this 'thing'. I have never liked it. It is also a flower box. When we moved in it was full of dirt and fake flowers. I took the flowers out, but never took the dirt out. I put cardboard over it and a table runner. Today, it came out. They cut out the carpet and one layer of wood flooring, so it looks like we are at sub
floor, but it's hard to tell. But it feels so much more open with that horrid thing gone.