We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Carpet or 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.
Jenna shows you how she did it here.
Wood is louder than carpet.
Carpeting on stairs is automatically going to accumulate more dust and dirt than hardwood.
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Wood stairs can be slippery and there s not much cushion if a fall were to happen.
Hardwood stairs are easy to clean and maintain with a broom and a mop.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
Cleaning wood vs cleaning carpet.
If you decide that wood stairs are a must have for your home but you re concerned about safety there is a way to compromise.
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.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
The transition to the carpeted stairs was easy but important.
Cuz no one wants to step on those.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
To avoid damage to the wood stairs they used a cat paw and hammer to gently remove the tack strips.
This is our stairs before.
The result was a clean transition from wood to carpet.