Renovating the Staircase for a Stylish House Layout

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“Watch your steps!”, words that sound like a lullaby every time you reminisce your childhood past when you were walking down the stairs, and your parents are telling you to be careful. Stairs have been a part of the family, ever since you started living in that two-story house. But during those years that you've held your hands on those handrails with dashing design of balusters, and pressed your feet on those steps, the whole stairs tend to tear and wear. Looking at it today, it no longer has the dashing beauty it has before.

As a part of your maintenance, it's time to renovate the stairs! There's no other way to live better than in a house with a stylish layout. Let's go down to business of bringing back the stairs long lost appeal. Whether you decide to hire a stair expert, or DIY the stairs yourself, these are the most important things you should do.

4 Steps in Renovating the Staircase

#1 Refinish the Staircase

It always comes to a point that the stair carpets wear, giving birth to an unattractive look. To revive its beauty, simply remove them. It's time to create a more modern accent. First, pull up the carpet. Sand the wood to remove any residue of glue or and scratches and cover the holes with wood putty. Add it with a new coat of stain, and polyurethane to make the stair look freshly new. For very bad wood furnish scratches, you can paint them. This helps in hiding the ugly scratches. You can also use stencils to paint faux runners on your staircase to hide all signs of wear and tear. 

#2 Change the Treads and Risers

There are some instances that the paint can successfully hide the scratches of the staircase. The best to consider fitting treads and risers from local home interior shops and change the old existing ones. Some of the best available are real wood like oak and pine, for a warm, natural look of the wood. But before you attempt at changing the parts, ask show the stairs' condition on an expert first. This will help you to avoid future mistakes.

#3 Change the Handrails and Balusters

Both handrails and balusters provide safety to all homeowners with stairs at home. Apart from that, they also give a grandeur look to the overall layout of the house. If you aspire stepping out to a more tasteful home living, it time to change the handrails and balusters of your staircase. There are factors when choosing your handrail and a wide selection of wood and iron balusters, but your aim is to find those kinds that will fit to the distinct emotion of your house; that every time you see and touch them, you feel a new level of home living experience.

#4 Include Stylish Molding

As you reach a higher level of home living experience, mind adding a stylish molding. This adds drama by and visual interest to the whole area. There are a wide variety of choices you can choose from, including simple, basic room design, to to a more intricate embossed floral pattern.

Renovate your staircase and bring back the beauty it has before. Much more, if you desire for a higher level of home living experience. With a stylish staircase, build more happy memories with the family, as you live life better.