I'd go horizontal too. Having said that my kid was a whale of a baby, 26lbs at 6 months. God knows how much he weighed when he got into that jumper. Money never better spent. He'd spend HOURS bouncing on that thing.... NAP....and then wake up drowsy with a few tiny bounces. Throw him a snack and hes good to go for more bouncing! Then he masters regular bouncing and advances to directional bouncing to hit the dog. Great days for you, dont miss a second unless you're napping. Long story long, we were dumb and young and we never reinforced any threshold

Hats off. I do hear that

I'm on team caulk or team put a teeensy bit of wood in there and then caulk. But mostly team caulk. Houses now have much crisper lines, cleaner looks. That's just my observation. I take care of rich people, so I do stuff like this.

Disagree. Looks dated and like you're hiding a mistake. And one more crevasse that'll collect dirt over time

What about creating a portal to access this spot in the future. I did this for a friend of mine who had rats above his ceiling. He didnt have an actual attic bc it was an apartment. But we made a latchable hatch so he could get the dead rats out but not to have an open hole so the rats jump into his bedroom. Long story long, you might need to get back in there one day