"When it comes to the checklist of projects to tackle in your house, the stairs might not be the most glamorous or exciting option, but they might be one of the most effective - and that makes them worthy of bumping to the top of the list. After all, they're often one of the first things a visitor sees upon entering a house."
"Take it from Erin Vitale (@oliveandmax), whose central staircase was an eyesore before. "The carpet had old stains that were unable to be removed, and it was defeating to have something constantly look dirty in the center of your home," she says. Erin's been gradually re-doing her 1970s A-frame house, and this carpeted staircase was a necessary, ahem, step in her whole-home redo - a two-and-a-half-week project that made a major difference."
"The first thing to go was the old stained carpeting. 'I ripped up the carpet, and there was red oak and pine flooring hiding underneath!' Erin recalls. Because there wasn't any red oak surrounding the stairs, she wanted to refinish the staircase to look like the white oak LVP she was getting for the adjacent areas. Erin started with sanding down the wood stairs to get a smooth finish."
Staircase updates can have outsized impact on a home's entry and overall appearance. Removing old stained carpet revealed underlying red oak and pine subfloors. The homeowner chose to refinish the stairs to match adjacent white oak luxury vinyl plank (LVP). The process began with sanding to smooth the treads, followed by treatment with bleach and Bar Keepers Friend to reduce stains and remove red tones. Multiple rounds of sanding improved the surface. The homeowner took a piece of the new LVP to a paint store for color-matching and diluted the color-matched paint with water to create a custom finish.
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