Would you paint your stairs? Well I painted my foyer steps about 8 years ago and at the time it was a good solution to stairs that weren’t in great shape. After we tore off the nasty old carpet we were left with steps that were less than ideal.
As you can see, they are finally starting to look a wee bit tired and I’m going to re-do them soon. Like in the next two weeks! My husband and I have decided on what were going to do and I’ll show the inspiration photo for my re-do at the end of the post.
Here are some painted stair ideas ideas I considered:
I love these yellow stairs from Lover Mother! Every time I look at that photo I want to change my mind about what we decided to do. I wouldn’t do the numbers – just the yellow. I think it would be so fun to open the door and be greeted by cheerful yellow stairs!
source: tiffanyruda.com
I love everything about these stairs. I’m trying to tone down all the color in my house but I just love the use of those three vibrant colors!
source: Live Like You
How about a bit of a geometric design on the risers. I thought about keeping the treads a neutral color and doing something fun like a stencil or wallpaper on the risers.
source: Natural History
These may be decals or stenciled. Either way, I think they’re cool!
This is what we’ve decided to do.
Pretty and very classic cottage looking don’t you think? The risers are beadboard. She rebuilt her stairs which I’m not going to do but I was thinking I could just reface the riser with thin beadboard paneling or I have beadboard wallpaper that I could use. Then I’d paint the treads a black or deep chocolate.
This one is just for fun. Doesn’t it make you smile!
source: Allen Designs
I’ve been very happy with my painted stairs. I think it’s a whole lot easier to sweep them than to have to vacuum them!
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Love what you chose:) Mine are carpeted and I have the vacuum sitting there to get them vacuumed today! Sweeping would be nice! Enjoy your day my friend, HUGS!
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They are all great, but I love the classic style you chose….Looking forward to seeing them!
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Love the beadboard. The yellow stairs are cute too!
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We painted our steps in the cottage in Charlotte. It was a something “mudd” color…can’t remember the entire name of the brown shade. We then put down a sisal “looking” runner from Lowe’s… It was the best wearing solution EVER. The risers and side boards going up were glossy white. I was pleased. We are going to tear the cheap carpet off of the stairs going to the basement downstairs and paint the stairs here also! **agreed!…it absolutely makes keeping them cleaner SO much easier…specially with dawgs…. I am going to stick with the same classic color scheme of the white riser with a dark color for the step. I liked the beadboard look a LOT! Have a great Friday Manuela!!!
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Your stairs are spectacular, my friend. Classic. Clean. Love the results! Great idea, girl!
I love the one you are going with, Manuela! I would have liked to do that at our old house; I think it is a classic look, too. Can’t wait to see it!
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What I love about your current look is the runner look. What you picked out is very cute and summery looking. I can’t wait to see it when you finish. It looks kind of complicated to me. Are you doing the same color or something different?
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I’m planing on doing the white and black. I have a white and black bannister. Although I’m really drawn to the yellow. I love yellow but all my walls are already yellow!
Manuela
I don’t think it’s complicated. I’m not ripping out my stairs and rebuilding them like she did. I’m just going to reface the the risers – which granted will involve cutting beadboard but like I said, I also have beadboard wallpaper I can use. Which is what I might do since that I can do myself. I’d have to wait on my husband to be free to cut the beadboard paneling. So we’ll see.
All stairs in this home are painted, including outside stairs and basement stairs. None are as fantastic as any of these choices. Love the sentiment on that last set. You have chosen a very classic design, which should hold up to anything you decide to do in the house. Love the yellow; Now I could do try a color like that.
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thank you for the link! i love all these stairs you posted and the ones you decided on are gorgeous! i actually really like the ones you already have too.
have a great weekend. xoxo-m
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Ooooh love all those stairs! I wonder if I can talk my husband into letting me paint the basement stairs.
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I really love the multi pattern yellow stairs! The beadboard and dark treads are a wonderful look though, simple and classic. I would be concerned that the wallpaper might not hold up to being scuffed anad kicked though.
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Yes, my thought too. But I thought that if I put a coat of poly over it, maybe that would help it hold up?
The painted stairs idea is really interesting. Yep, I’d definitely try that!!! Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather
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I don’t think my husband would ever go for stenciled stair risers (if we had stairs!), but I, personally, LOVE the beadboard ones!!!! I can’t wait to see yours all done!
Love the stairs in the post I have painted and stenciled stairs coming up from my basement.
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There are just a few things I really hate to have in my home. But carpeted stairs? That’s the top of the list. When my boys were very small, I put up with having carpeting on the stairs, because I figured the danger if they fell on uncarpeted stairs was high. We moved out of that house in 1998. Haven’t had one speck of carpeting on stairs since then! I love to be able to sweep and mop the stairs.
I went through a stage of wanting to paint my stair risers in our last house; I never did find a way to paint them that made me happy. That was back before blogs and Pinterest, though! I’ll be interested to see what you do!
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I think that is a great choice for a classic cottage look with a more contemporary twist. As always you found just the right solution!
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I love what you’re going to do. I’m so glad that I saw this post because painting my stairs was one of my 2012 projects. I’m hoping to get this done this year because I really hate the carpet on the stairs. It’s such a pain to vacuum.