Since we moved into our house we have wanted to remove the carpet from our stairs and paint them.
Removing carpet from stairs and painting them.
A new coat of paint on the stairs will immediately spruce up the stairwell and add pleasure and.
Removing carpet from stairs and painting them.
Earlier last week i decided to rip the carpet off of my stairs and paint them.
I started at the bottom corner of the stairs by using a crowbar to pry the carpet away from the tack strip.
Today i want to address my progress with our stairs.
The carpet may be frayed or shifting out of place no longer secured by strong staples or adhesive.
Otherwise you ll be painting gunk into your final product.
Each piece of carpet was also wrapped around the edges of the stairs and around the balusters so i had to remove the staples holding it in place from underneath green arrow below.
It took a few weeks to decide whether to re stain them or just paint the stairs.
It s critical to remove all detritus and sawdust kicked up by your sanding efforts.
Find a good place to start removing carpet from stairs.
First step remove the nasty carpet.
Stairs are often located at the entryway to your home so removing old carpet and adding a fresh style can make a lasting impact and serve as a welcome greeting to all.
Removing carpet from stairs can be easily tackled in a day or over the weekend without hiring a professional.
Well to be perfectly honest remove the carpet from our entire house.
I knew that the bulk of this project had to be done in one day because we have to be able to use the stairs.
A shop vac is highly recommended but you can get by with a regular vacuum.
I procrastinated because i didn t know what i wanted and also because i was waiting for a good time to move on to the next step which included being able to open the windows for.
Here are some before shots.
A long time ago i shared how we ripped the carpet off of our stairs click here to see and then they sat there in a raw wooden state with only primed risers.
Will keep you posted.
This mama got bored last weekend and decided it was time to tackle a project that has been on my wish list to do list for a long long time.
I had the carpet off the top 3 stairs when he got home from a birthday party with my son.
It appears they left a two inch overhang of carpet on the top.
Unseasonably warm weather convinced me to try re staining them and i m super happy with how they re looking.
When i last wrote i shared how we removed the carpet from the stairs and prepped for staining the stairs.
Decide which areas you want wood colored vs.
Still have a lot of the finish work to do i e install moulding board and batten and paint.
So i figured if i started it hubby would help me finish when he got home.
Here is my progress so far.
