How to hide pull down stairs
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Dfm on Feb 08, 2016i'll be happy to wait for replies as well.....I have the same issue. my stairs tho are brown stained and are a big dark hole in the ceiling. caulking and weatherizing them was not fun...previous owner oiled all, and i do mean all, the wood in this house.Helpful Reply
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Julie Cassidy on Feb 08, 2016Add a light that will hang from the attic stair panel. Convert the existing light to a hanging light drum shade, screw in a cup hook to stair panel posed, swing it to the middle of the stair panel board, and hang. If you can, find an oblong or rectangular drum shade cover.Helpful Reply
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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Feb 08, 2016I would get rid of the rope and put in a nice handle (you can paint the same color as the ceiling) -so you could grab with some sort of handled hook to get up to the attic. I would make sure the door and woodwork are painted the same color as the ceiling to help blend. I would work on hiding and blending the door because you do not want it to the focal point. As for the light at the end of the hallway I think it looks nice and if that rope wasn't there you would see it more. Make sure to have artwork and photos on the wall so the eye is not drawn up. the only other way would have been to eliminate the attic access or make the hole smaller and forego the pull down stairsHelpful Reply
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Pete Sakes on Feb 08, 2016"we noticed the attic drop down stairs. Mike and his Innkeeper wife, Laura, had a muralist creatively paint the drop down piece in the ceiling, so it became art." http://acottageindustry.typepad.com/a_cottage_industry/2009/10/Helpful Reply
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Pete Sakes on Feb 08, 2016"Get rid of that ugly cord hanging from your attic stairs" http://www.houseofhepworths.com/2015/05/12/get-rid-of-that-ugly-cord-hanging-from-your-attic-stairs/Helpful Reply
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Catalina Martinez on Feb 08, 2016maybe a nice chain to hang up against the wall. and you could also stencil a nice design on the door. making it popHelpful Reply
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Johnchip on Feb 08, 2016You might try using some more trim to create the full ceiling to have equal frames of trims that make the one disappear into a latice of ceiling frames..Helpful Reply
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George Wilhite on Feb 08, 2016We had such a door one one side toward the rear in the garage we converted to a library/pool room. It needed more light anyway, so we made 2 crown molding boxes the size of the door. Ran the wiring from the old garage light to 2 utility shop lights. Mounted one on bottom of attic door and one in same spot on other side of room. placed the crown molding boxes around them and put a patterned panel in the bottom (facing the floor) of the crown molding box. Just made sure to place wiring in appropriate flexible protection in a channel on the door and securely fasten both the wiring and the fixture. Now looks like two suspended decorative box lights that match the crown molding in the room. Worked for us because we usually don't go up there very much, so the door is almost never opened (twice a year to get Christmas decorations out and put back?).Helpful Reply
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Sea3328407 on Feb 08, 2016Put an eye hook in the ceiling. Use a pol with a hook on the end to open when needed.Helpful Reply
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Johnna E. Nonboe on Feb 08, 2016I made the eye and hook-pol system (like seaspray's answer) on ours it's absolutely perfect. I have plans ... want to paint a picture of the sky (or something different - I haven't decided, yet) on the flat part and maybe gild the frame or just paint it in a contrasting color. Noone will think of pull down stairs but maybe wonder why we don't hang the painting on a wall ... that'll be fun ;-)Helpful Reply
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Irene on Feb 08, 2016Two suggestions come to mind immediately. I might put a mural of a skylight over the ceiling door showing clouds and sky above. Until I came up with a better idea (if ever), I would probably add a cup hook (or a magnet) in the inside corner of the wall, change the pull cord to a brass chain, and drape it over to the cup hook/magnet (like you would do with a roman shade) to be out of the way until I needed to use the stairs.Helpful Reply
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Shansmow on Feb 08, 2016Based on wonderful suggestions I'm going to paint some sort of interesting design/mural on it. But first I'm taking down that stinking rope and replacing it with a handle.Helpful Reply
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Dfm on Feb 08, 2016make the handle big enough to catch w/ a Christmas tree lighting pole....the type with a hook on the end. mine just has a knob, and i have to stand on a chair to reach it.Helpful Reply
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Maria Chacon on Feb 09, 2016I like the colorHelpful Reply
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CK on Feb 09, 2016If this was mine, I'd just say "It is what it is." Keep it the same color as the ceiling to avoid bringing undue attention to it. This is a case where 'less is more'. :-)Helpful Reply
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