My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Carpet to hardwood stairs diy.
Here was my situation.
Follow the instructions on dry time.
From carpet to hardwood stairs.
Use this diy stair hack idea to makeover your carpet stairway into beautiful hardwood stairways.
This is our stairs before.
Our guest today has a lovely hardwood stair remodel to share with us.
By doing this transition you ll give your home a more farmhouse home decor style.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
As a result after removing the carpet the bottom step had a 7 rise and the top step had a 8 5 rise.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
The previous owner had installed tile near the doorway entry bottom of the stairs and 3 4 thick hardwood in the passageway at the top of the stairs.
Well as promised i am going to break down the entire process for you and show you how we went from carpet to.
Installation and materials can range as low as 1 000 and as high as 30 000 price depends on several factors.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
I m so excited to share this post with you today.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Something about the beauty of a nicely stained and painted staircase or the satisfaction of ripping the carpet off the stairs.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
We loved our remodeled painted and stained wood staircase in our last house see the reveal here and check out all the steps here.
If you happened to see this post from last week then you have already had a sneak peak at my newly redone stairs.