Stare at My Staircase Party

I'm joining up to Stare at My Staircase Party over at The Stories of A to Z. Beth did a fabulous job revamping her staircase, and I thought I'd join in and share our little stairway's transformation!

We started with this yucky picture, with the stained stair treads but unfinished risers. Boring white walls just added to the dreariness.

Then I saw a picture where someone had glued wallpaper border to the risers of their stairs, and I thought, hey, I bet that would work for our stairs! So I found some for a few bucks, and after about an hour's worth of work, the stairs were definitely looking better.

The walls have a bluish cast to them in the picture, which is ironic because just a few months later we painted the stairway a lovely blue-gray. The color is perfect for the area, and I am so in love with it. And then, because our house is a castle, we added pictures of castles all along the wide stairs. They are all castles from Spain, and Lover and I have been to all but one of them.

So what do you think? A pretty decent transformation, no? I think it's pretty awesome. The other stairway transformations are just as fab, so head over to the party to check them out!

Stare at My Staircase Party

I'm joining up to Stare at My Staircase Party over at The Stories of A to Z. Beth did a fabulous job revamping her staircase, and I thought I'd join in and share our little stairway's transformation!

We started with this yucky picture, with the stained stair treads but unfinished risers. Boring white walls just added to the dreariness.

Then I saw a picture where someone had glued wallpaper border to the risers of their stairs, and I thought, hey, I bet that would work for our stairs! So I found some for a few bucks, and after about an hour's worth of work, the stairs were definitely looking better.

The walls have a bluish cast to them in the picture, which is ironic because just a few months later we painted the stairway a lovely blue-gray. The color is perfect for the area, and I am so in love with it. And then, because our house is a castle, we added pictures of castles all along the wide stairs. They are all castles from Spain, and Lover and I have been to all but one of them.

So what do you think? A pretty decent transformation, no? I think it's pretty awesome. The other stairway transformations are just as fab, so head over to the party to check them out!

SO nice to finish a project!

Problem: 

The old stairs leading to the deck and the back entrance left a little to be desired. A little too narrow, a little too high, a little too blech. Our dog had a lot of trouble climbing the stairs whenever her arthritis was acting up, and let's just say that climbing those stairs with your hands full of groceries wasn't the easiest task in the world. 

Solution:

Have handy dandy husband build lovely new stairs! See? 

Aren't they lovely? They only took about two hours to make! 

Here's a closeup...

And the best part is, they're all finished. We haven't been able to say that about a project for... oh about eight months now. :-)

SO nice to finish a project!

Problem:

The old stairs leading to the deck and the back entrance left a little to be desired. A little too narrow, a little too high, a little too blech. Our dog had a lot of trouble climbing the stairs whenever her arthritis was acting up, and let's just say that climbing those stairs with your hands full of groceries wasn't the easiest task in the world.

Solution:

Have handy dandy husband build lovely new stairs! See?

Aren't they lovely? They only took about two hours to make!

Here's a closeup...

 

And the best part is, they're all finished. We haven't been able to say that about a project for... oh about eight months now. :-)