How to finish stairs basements

I have always loved the look of classic painted stairs. I just feel like they have such a clean, crisp look and add so much character to the home. The first thing you see when you walk in a home is usually the stairs on a two story house. I wanted our open concept home […]

The stairs aren't completely finished yet but they sure did look better for company. The problem with needing to paint stairs is trying to...

Re-Finishing your stairs is definitely a daunting task, no doubt. I’ve been putting it off for a year since I didn’t want to create a bunch of dust in my house for something cosmetic. N…

Hi, how are you doing? I have been out of the computer world for the past couple of weeks. I have had a lot going on. One of the things I have been working on is our basement stairs. We had carpet on them that did not match the carpet in the basement and it was really bad. So when my husband took the carpet off this is what it looked like. We did not want to replace the carpet at this time so painting them was a quick, free fix, because I already had the paint. 1. This is the view from the…

Things to know before you consider finishing your basement.

When we last left off, we had removed the basement stair carpet, sawed off the sides that stuck out, and reinforced the top to the joist. Last weekend (and one weekday this week) we tackled sawing...

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Before tearing out your dark and dirty basement stairs, grab your paint brush. Sometimes all that is needed are some new posts and a healthy coat of paint.

How to redo stairs for cheap - Give your outdated staircase a gorgeous new look! This is a cheater version (little scraping / little painting) that uses wood caps on top of your existing stairs.

Yesterday was another busy day with the basement renovation. I managed to get a final coat of paint on the wall in the unfinished area and got the shelves fully primed in the smaller storage area. I need to buy paint for those and will do that today or tomorrow. The electrician was here for most of the day doing all kinds of good stuff! At my request, he installed dimmer switches for all the recessed lighting in the semi-finished side of the basement. Here's how those switches look now. I…