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