Some stairs have carpeting that runs up the center with edges that are bare hardwood.
Hardwood stairs carpet upstairs.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
If you happened to see this post from last week then you have already had a sneak peak at my newly redone stairs.
Well as promised i am going to break down the entire process for you and show you how we went from carpet to hardwood stairs for under 100.
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The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.
I m so excited to share this post with you today.
But for the labor that that costs you might as well put the hardwood all the way across and put your carpet runner down.
Once it dries apply two coats of clear coat.
What you should do after carpet removal.
Some people think that it might be cheaper if they re doing an install themselves just to add a little bit of hardwood on the side of the stairs to make it look like they re hardwood and then have carpet inlaid.
Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
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.
This is our stairs before.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
It s easy you can do it your.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
Follow the instructions on dry time.
My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.