Would you paint your stairs? Paint can be a great quick fix for stairs that look worn down, or stairs that just look too plain. I painted my foyer steps about 8 years ago, and it was a good way to update and improve stairs that didn’t look too great. If you have a similar issue with your staircase, you’ll want to check out these great Painted Stair Ideas!
After we tore off the nasty old carpet we were left with steps that were less than ideal. So, I painted them and added a nice message to the risers.
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As you can see, the stairs are finally starting to look a wee bit tired, and I’m going to re-do them soon. So, I looked around for some painted stair inspiration!
Painted Stair Ideas
- Budget-Friendly Fixer Upper! Painting your stairs is a budget-friendly way to fix up your staircase. It can make those unwanted scuffs and stains disappear and make your area look brighter and cleaner in no time.
- Quick Solution! Painting your stairs may be the quickest solution to giving them new life. Waiting for carpet or flooring installation may take weeks or months.
- Bring Personality! As you can see, some of these stairs are really personality to the house! They are bright, cheerful, and make a big statement.
1. Rainbow Staircase
How fun are these rainbow stairs! via Planet Deco Pastels would also look pretty.
2. Stairway To Heaven
This stairway by Salvaged Bliss is so pretty and subtle!
3. Pastel Staircase
This incredible pastel staircase will have all eyes drawn to its lively beauty by Apartment Therapy.
4. Stamped Staircase
I love the classy look of this stamped staircase by Grateful Prayers Thankful Heart
5. Painted Wooden Crate Starir
Funky Junk Interiors created a painted staircase from being inspired by old crates and logos, and these stairs are unbelievably amazing!
6. How To Refinish And Modernize Your Oak Stairs
Are you on a budget and looking for a way to update your stairs? Seaside Sundays will show you how to transform your stairs into a modern masterpiece.
7. Bare Wood Runner
I like natural wood as well as painted so this would be perfect for my stairway. Hometalk provides a twist on this runner for the stairway!
8. DIY Stair Runner
Just Call Me Homegirl painted stairs and added a carpet runner. This allows you to have both the beauty of paint and the comfort of carpet. It is a win-win!
9. Beautiful Blue Stairway
It is amazing what a little paint and hard work can do to completely convert an area in your home. You will find this idea at Apartment Therapy.
10. Spanish Styled Staircase
Hometalk presents a truly stunning project with a Spanish decor style. To create this vibrant staircase you will need to choose brilliant colors and stencils, then begin painting the risers.
11. Staircase Makeover
Robb Restyle remakes a staircase into a bold and eye-catching by using black and white paint and geometric shapes.
12. DIY Staircase Makeover With Stain And Paint
Creations By Kara uses stain to display a deep tone in the wood while using white paint as a contrast in the upgrade of the banister.
13. Beadboard RisersReface
Pretty and very classic cottage looking don’t you think? The risers are beadboard. Prudent Projects rebuilt her stairs, which I wouldn’t need to do. 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 black or deep chocolate.
14. Painted Staircase
Isn’t it amazing what a statement a few different shades can make, and this one has a pianoforte on the bottom step. This project can be found at Hometalk.
15. Easy Staircase Update
Hometalk brings a simple and easy update with black paint to the risers, then adding white numbers to make a stunning statement.
I’ve been pleased with my painted stairs. I think it’s a whole lot easier to sweep them than to have carpet on them and have to vacuum them!
What do you think of these painted stair ideas? Do you have painted stairs?
For more stair ideas check out my Stair Ideas Pinterest Board.
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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!
They are all great, but I love the classic style you chose….Looking forward to seeing them!
Love the beadboard. The yellow stairs are cute too!
Mary Ellen
The Working Home Keeper
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!!!
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!
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?
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.
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
Ooooh love all those stairs! I wonder if I can talk my husband into letting me paint the basement stairs. 😉
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.
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 🙂
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.
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!
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!
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.