A Creative Staircase Makeover
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Beautiful, I hope mine looks that good when I get around to it this winter.
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Did it make your staircase noisier? Our bedroom is right underneath the stairs, and we already hear the kids coming down, so I am concerned about the extra noise if I remove carpet and padding.
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@Christy Rouse Hi Christy. We usually don't have shoes on so I never really hear much. I can hear my husband coming up the stairs when he has shoes on but my room is on the second floor. It's not a problem.
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How did you do the transition at the top of the stairs?
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@Cindy Griffin Malone Hi Cindy. For awhile I still had carpeting from the upstairs hallway on the last riser. Once we removed that and did our hallway in laminate I used two think pieces of lattice molding to cover the floor to riser transition. You could also try corner molding. I didn't want to use something too thick so nobody would trip at the top of the stairs.
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very nice , I love it.
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Absolutely gorgeous!!! I think I am going to try it! It will never look as good as yours, but I have got to try it. Thank you so much for sharing :)
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Hi Sue. It was a lot of work removing the carpeting but I love how my staircase turned out. Good Luck on your project! I would love to see how it turns out!
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Gorgeous! Gives me the courage to get at mine. It's an older house and my stairs down to my "granny suite" have some ugly parquet tiles on risers an treads. I can't afford to change that but I plan to sand them down then paint, dark on the treads and light on the risers. I already have the words, wood pieces I found at Michael's that I will paint the same as the treads, or maybe an accent color (red) and glue on. It will take a bit of planning since I have a small dog and we we need several trips outside each day.
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I really want to do this in my house! How did you deal with the banisters? Did you have to take them off and all of the spindles?
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Hi Dyan, I didn't have to remove the spindles at all. I worked around them. I taped the bottom of each one to keep from getting any stain on them.
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LOVE IT.......!
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Hi I have to tell you how BEAUTIFUL the stairs are! I absolutely LOVE LOVE them!! I really wish I could do them, I have a bad back and other joint issues! But I do soooo LOVE them! My husband does good work but this just isn't his cup of tea, so I'll to find a way to work it out.
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That might work, and I too have Fibromyalgia, amoung other issues. That's a great idea I'll see what I can do for help. Thanks for the idea.
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Beautiful and so creative, who would have ever thought of decorating the riser? Well done!
I had custom stencils made for the project but they could be painted by hand as well.