My husband and i recently tore the carpet from our stairs and painted the wood underneath creating a fresh clean and modern look.
Carpet to wood stairs.
Maybe we could refinish the stairs.
So we got to work and this is our process on how to remodel stairs from carpet to wood.
Cleaning carpeted stairs mean using a handheld vacuum and you will never be able to get them perfectly clean.
The result was a clean transition from wood to carpet.
By contrast wooden stairs can be cleaned with a whisk broom and dustpan.
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 stairs in our home were ancient and had a smell to them.
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.
Our main goal was to rip off the carpet see what wood was underneath and.
It was bad we decided to rip out the old carpet and see what we had to work with underneath.
Jenna shows you how she did it here.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
We did this project over a full weekend and two additional weeks nights following.
And then they had to work on removing the staples.
By stacy of the serene swede.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.
Cuz no one wants to step on those.
I am so happy to guest blogging again on one of my favorite blogosphere stops.
With carpeted stairs you will never be able to adequately clean that angle where tread and riser meet.
The carpet was old and dirty giving the entry a very dark and dated feel.