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