Clever and beautiful - as always!

That's beautiful, and very Martha!

Outstanding!

Love these! Love the color! Actually, when I could not find a pattern in stair runners that I liked, I found a small runner I liked at Kohl's and bought 2. Brought them home and told hubby what I wanted. With a staple gun and ending the first one beneath a step ledge and starting the second one, (he figured it out) I have a perfect runner. The final end was put behind the quarter round on the last stair! I love it! By the way, we save some of the old carpet padding and padded beneath the ...»

What a great idea! I love how this looks!

Fabulous!! What a great look!

Great job:)

Love the color and that it's a little bit rustic, too!

I like this very much. Thanks!

Beautiful work, but alas.....my cats would have a field day on that.

Love this idea!

Perfect timing! I am getting ready to add a runner to my stairs. Thanks for the tip

Cool idea! I have a totally unrelated question -- is that a door to close off the stairs going up a few steps? If so, genius! I have wanted to have a 2 story house, with 2 masters on the main level (one for us, one for my Dad), with 2 bedrooms upstairs for guests and grandkids, but didn't want to heat/cool all the time the upper floor. Would you mind posting a picture of how that looks from the bottom of the stairs? I want to see the full effect with the door closed!

Love this look and I have a set of stairs in desperate need of something - this is pefect for them!

Where did you find the runner? I am in desperate need of something. Painting them made it worse then they already were!