By stacy of the serene swede.
From carpet to wood stairs.
This is our stairs before.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
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.
It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Jenna shows you how she did it here.
So we got to work and this is our process on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood.
And then they had to work on removing the staples.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
The result was a clean transition from wood to carpet.
To avoid damage to the wood stairs they used a cat paw and hammer to gently remove the tack strips.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
Cuz no one wants to step on those.
Here s stacy to share her carpet to wood stair remodel you might remember her 20 board and batten kitchen island stacy knows how to stretch a dollar 60 carpet to hardwood stair remodel.
Maybe we could refinish the stairs.
The stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
I am so happy to guest blogging again on one of my favorite blogosphere stops.