Our Staircase

I couldn't wait any longer to see what was underneath the carpet on our staircase. Right now I'm in the middle of lots of painting. I finished painting the ceiling and a wood beam that runs across the ceiling but we still have to paint the walls.

Before - Beam and ceiling unpainted.


After - Painted beam and ceiling.

So I started to peel back the carpet near the top of the stairs and I'm very excited about the condition of the stairs! We plan on painting the stairs and not refinishing. I found that the stair treads are painted and they used to have some kind of a glue on them probably to hold some kind of an old stair runner.

The glue comes off really easily because it's old and flaky. So I scraped it off with a scraper and here's how it looked....

Then I sanded it just a little and wiped off the debris and this is how it looked.....

Here's a look at the small landing after the first step.

I was thinking of painting the stair treads, railing, and posts a glossy black and the stair risers and the spindles a glossy white. I love the way Anna at Door Sixteen's staircase looks and I think I might use that as inspiration.
I know this will take some effort to get them in shape to be painted but I can really see the potential and I'm very anxious to start the project!!