Painting Carpet Grade Stairs
By tightly installing a top quality carpet in a long wearing durable fiber such as 80 percent.
Painting carpet grade stairs. The staircase is the first thing you see when you enter our house. Obviously this was not a well thought out plan because i just picked the random 3rd stair and went for it. Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them. This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time.
Was it going to be builder grade plywood stairs pine treads and risers or beautiful stain grade red oak. Painted stairs don t have to be bold. I used a screwdriver and a pair of pliers to remove a little bit of carpet to see what the stairs were made of. And carpet on stairs gets so many stains and wears out so quickly.
Low grade carpet material installed over high traffic stairs can show its age in just a year or two. We were in desperate need of a staircase makeover. A depressing sight for sure carpeted in what at one time had been beige builder grade carpet. Sure new carpet would be great but wow it s not cheap.
Under 100 carpeted stair to wooden tread makeover diy. Oh and before we get into the pros and cons of painted stair treads if painting your stairs is a project you re seriously considering then you should grab a free copy of the printable stair. Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house. Prepping the first staircase was a doddle compared to the nightmare of this one.
A previous owner had kindly bent and randomly hammered old carpet tacks into the treads instead of removing. We re talking about how to paint stairs today specifically how painting stairs can transform your staircase and how you can do it. Most builder grade stairs will have a tread that is in decent enough shape to paint and a riser that looks pretty rough. Blogger diane ripped out old carpet and refreshed her hardwood stairs with a little paint and wood stain for less than 25.
These two toned white and brown stairs from in my own style are proof that painted stairs work in any home. This picture is a little deceiving and doesn t show just how rough the risers looked. When you peek at your stairs you ll be able to see that the risers are rough and the treads are better quality wood. A fresh coat of paint can transform your staircase without a lot of money.
Sort of like this. We ll share our experience with the durability of painted stairs treads and discuss the best type of paint to use for stair treads and stair risers.