For about $95 you can tear out your old carpet, refinish the treads (where your feet land on the stairs), and paint the risers (the perpendicular “face” of stairs) white. 1 gallon of white paint, sandpaper, wood putty to fill tack holes, 1 quart of stain, and 1 gallon of clear polyurethane is all that you will need. If this seems a bit expensive, or you want to take it a notch further on the trendy scale, find a unique wall paper design. Measure the risers and scour wall paper sections at your home improvement or interior design stores. Put the wall paper up instead of buying the 1 gallon of white paint, or don’t buy the stain, and paint white. The sky is the limit when it comes to creativity. To clean the stairs, you can sweep or Swifter.
In many homes carpeting is placed onto stairs. For anyone who lives in a house with carpeting on stairs, you know how tough it can be to keep those vacumed and cleaned. Do yourself a favor and rip out the carpeting! In many home decorating, design, and remodel magazines, carpeting is coming off of stairs, and paints, wall paper, and stains are going down instead.
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Kelly is an Associate Broker with Red Rock Realty. She has over 12 years experience in Real Estate in the Colorado Springs and Front Range region of Colorado. She represents buyers and sellers of real estate buying homes, land for sale, mountain getaways. Specific areas include: Black Forest, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Divide, Falcon, Downtown, Manitou Springs, Monument, Old Colorado City, Westside, Woodmen Hills and Woodland Park. You can reach her at 719-226-0126 or by clicking "email the author" above.
