Stairway Renovation Reveal

Since I didn't share a renovation reveal last week, I figured I definitely needed to post something dramatic this week.  In my opinion, it doesn't get anymore dramatic than this. :)

Here is a shot of the stairs before our renovation (Warning: I wasn't as a devoted picture-taker as I am now, so some of these before pics aren't so hot).


This picture was taken from the second floor hallway.  The hardwood floors were painted brown.  The trim was painted a sickly yellow.



Looking down from the top of the steps.

Side view from the living room on the first floor (during renovation process). 

The previous owners LOVED color.  Every room in the entire house was painted something bold and loud.  Steve and I debated on tearing out the entire staircase and putting the stairs somewhere else.  At the end of the day, we figured it would just be too expensive and too frustrating to change the stairway layout.  The current stairs were in great shape.  They just needed some paint!

Here is the after.


Hallway from second floor, same shot as the first picture above.



Close up of spindles and railing.

Looking down from the top of the steps.



Looking up the steps from the bottom.



Side view from the living room downstairs (opposite angle from the "before" shot).

I would have liked to have gotten a wider shot of this, but Steve is currently putting tile floor in our laundry room (THANK GOD!).  So, it is a MESS everywhere else downstairs.  I'll have to post that another time.



Here's a close up of my sewing machine/table.  I got it at an antique store in Peters Twp for $20!  Love it!

 

My little watering can piglet from Ross Dress For Less

Cool antique I picked up not too long ago at an antique store in Heidelberg



My other little piglet sleeping away while I snapped pics of my stairs :)

Anywho, I am really happy with how the stairs turned out.  Steve and I need to get a stairway runner to go over the steps for our older dog, Camper.  He has a tough time going up and down hard steps.  Poor guy!  I'm still shopping around, but the best place I've found so far is Natural Area Rugs.  I've ordered seagrass area rugs from them, and I'm REALLY happy with them.  They take a beating, which was really necessary for our house.  Between the dogs and Steve, a nice dainty rug in our house would never stand a chance.  The best thing about these durable rugs is that they are natural and completely affordable.  The custom stair runner rug I'm looking at is around $190.  

It would look like this:

Luuuuuuurve it! 

Gotta get back to work!  Thanks for reading!

Nikki