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