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My Painted Stair Makeover

By Manuela Williams

It was over a year ago that I started talking about how my poor front stairs need repainting and how I  was looking around for ideas. Here’s the post with some of the ideas I was considering for making over my stairs – Painted Stair Ideas.

painted stair ideas

I didn’t do what I thought I was going to do…as usual.  But I did finally do something! It took me a long time to finish these stairs  (are you surprised?).

black painted stairs

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I started them last year and for  the longest time they just had primer on the risers and one coat of paint on the steps. Which of course wore away in  a few months and was embarassing since these are the first things you see when I open the door.

This is a easy way to add some drama to your stairs without going overboard!

house numbers from home dept

I used these house numbers from Home Depot and spray painted them aqua and sealed them. They were the flatest cheapest numbers that HD carries. They come with really long nails which I used on one number and then I realized I could use shorter finshing nails instead and save me some hammer’n. I used porch and floor paint from Lowe’s for the steps and semi-gloss  for the risers. I figured semi-gloss is easy to wipe down.

painted riser on stairs

This is how they originally looked (except much more worn). This is from my old camera so please excuse the quality of the photo. I had painted the steps a cream color and then painted a runner in a terra cotta color down the middle. I  used a wall decal which I separated and added to my risers. I did this when we first moved in and took the nasty carpeting off the steps. They were in bad shape and we didn’t have money or time to totally redo them so I painted them and they lasted over 7 years! And that’s with us constantly using them plus a dog!

black and white steps with turquoise numbers on risers

I thought black and white would be classic and blue numbers would be fun!

katie daisy magic farmhouse print

My color inspiration was one of my Katie Daisy prints I have hanging in the foyer. It’s called Magic Farmhouse.
painted steps with numbers on the risers

I’m so happy to mark that project off my to do list!

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Filed Under: DIY Projects, DIY Projects, Fluffing my nest Tagged With: DIY projects, Katie Daisy, painted stairs, stair ideas

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Comments

  1. Linda says

    May 17, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    Your taste is impeccable, as usual. It looks clean and light.

  2. Diana says

    May 17, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    That turned out great! Wouldn’t those numbers on the stairs have come in handy back when homeschooling young ones! We used to do a mother-may-I kind of game on the stairs with skip counting when learning the multiplication tables.

  3. Deanna says

    May 17, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    It looks really good, Manuela! I love these personalized projects that add such personality to a house!

  4. Judy Clark says

    May 17, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    Manuela – How darling! They look so fresh! Great job!

    Judy

  5. Shelia says

    May 17, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    Hi Manuela! Oh, your stairs looks great! Sometimes it just takes a while to know exactly what to do and you nailed it! Oh, I made a pun! 🙂
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia 🙂

  6. Glenda says

    May 17, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    Looks great! Has a clean/fresh look to them.
    Enjoy your weekend.

  7. Lisa Lynn says

    May 17, 2013 at 5:44 pm

    Great idea! Could you come and decorate my house, please?!

  8. Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions says

    May 17, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    Very cute project, Manuela! I love stairs painted like this, too. This was something else had I wanted to try talking my husband into at our old house {and was met with a shaking head}. No stairs here now, so I am back to enjoying pictures of them, like yours! : ) Have a great weekend!

  9. Cynthia says

    May 17, 2013 at 7:11 pm

    Adorable project and I really like the numbers painted that color. It gives the stairs some pop!! I forgot to mentioned that I pinned your paper dollie wreath yesterday.

    Cynthia

    • Manuela says

      May 17, 2013 at 9:47 pm

      Hi Cynthia!

      Thank you – I’m just glad it done and I can move on! Thanks so much for pinning my wreath!

  10. Kathleen Grace says

    May 17, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    It looks wonderful! I really love the idea of using the house numbers instead of stenciling. Easy!

  11. Stacey says

    May 17, 2013 at 11:25 pm

    That looks fantastic! I’m sure it took hours of back breaking work but the look is great.

  12. Tanya says

    May 18, 2013 at 2:20 am

    I would love to do this with my stairs someday! Now I just need to rip out a bunch of beige carpet 🙂 You did a gorgeous job Manuela 🙂

    xo, Tanya

  13. Anonymous says

    May 18, 2013 at 3:54 am

    Looks very nice Manuela:)

  14. cindy says

    May 18, 2013 at 10:06 am

    I love it, Manuela! Your stairs look fabulous now!

  15. Penny @ The Comforts of Home & From Harvest To Table says

    May 18, 2013 at 1:18 pm

    Your stairs look great! Love the numbers.

  16. Adrienne says

    May 19, 2013 at 1:29 am

    I LOVE your ‘new’ stairs. You always have such good ideas and you inspire me!
    ~Adrienne~

  17. denise johnson says

    June 6, 2013 at 5:58 am

    You really did a good job with your stairs. It looks great. And I really love it. How I wish our stairs look like that too.

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