Use a foam brush to apply the stain and wipe with a lint free cloth.
Carpeted stairs with hardwood landing.
Hall stairs landing carpets re style your home s interior with our carpet ranges and collections.
Carpet that is too thick can be a tripping hazard so be sure to choose a low pile carpet if safety is one of.
Measure the length and width of the landing.
A client who recently moved to the area asked me to help her update her home with a stair runner.
Besides most homeowners with nice wooden stairs wouldn t be considering carpeting in the first place would they.
Buy enough tongue and groove hardwood to cover the space.
If there were existing hardwoods underneath the carpet sand them before re staining.
Choose from exciting designs rich colours and adaptive styles.
If you decide to carpet your stairs be sure to consider the thickness of the carpet.
To hardwood on the stairs safe could stop anyone have carpeted.
In addition should a fall ever occur carpet offers a much softer landing spot than wood flooring which could help reduce the likelihood of injury.
It is nearer than i thought it would be.
Here is the finished nosing.
Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down creating holes in the wood.
Here s how the old stairs looked.
A word of caution for fellow diyers read up on the code for stairs.
Buy a piece of stair nosing long enough to cover the edge of the landing.
Designed to stairs existing pine stair has contracted the hardwood on landing tread you want a level on landing tread at least other person place.
Image of carpet on stairs and hardwood on landing possible on the edge of recent projects.
Her home is a newly built spanish style home with modern touches throughout.
This is one project where not following the code can lead to potential serious slips and falls trust me i am an architect.
Carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
Stain and clear coat your stairs to give them long lasting appeal.