From Carpet To Wood Stairs

My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.

From carpet to wood stairs.

The result was a clean transition from wood to carpet. Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal. Cuz no one wants to step on those. We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.

The stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them. Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this. Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting. So we got to work and this is our process on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood.

The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel. This is our stairs before. And then they had to work on removing the staples. Jenna shows you how she did it here.

Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth. By stacy of the serene swede. The transition to the carpeted stairs was easy but important. To avoid damage to the wood stairs they used a cat paw and hammer to gently remove the tack strips.

It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath. Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and. Maybe we could refinish the stairs.