Curved Staircase Remodel: Before & Afte

by Sabrina

When we moved into our current home, I knew we needed to do something with our dated staircase. The carpet covered stair treads were on the way to its death bed-stained, matted and full of dangling threads, there was no easy fix.
Cruising the Internet and looking at staircase inspiration, the hubby and I had the brilliant idea to remodel our own curved staircase. "How hard could it be", we thought. After all, it's not uncommon for us to take on pretty adventurous renos we have never done before!

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So we set forth in October 2014 and ripped out our entire staircase. Little did we know that this project would drag on for the next year causing us to live with plywood steps and no railings.

Finally our happy ending came just before Christmas (2015). The once hazardous staircase is now fully functional, upgraded and safe!

Looking back, I do see all the areas where we went wrong. We would have never been able to foresee half of those issues due to lack of experience. Would I try to accomplish a project to this magnitude again? Maybe. If it's years from now and this project becomes just a distant memory. As of right now, as discouraging as this may sound, this is probably one of the very few remodeling projects that I would say, "just leave it to the pros".