Loving our front entry 8 months AFTER we moved in. Let’s go back to where we started and I’ll share how we got to a place I finally love…. I disliked this home when we were house hunting last spring. It felt dark, cramped and lacked interest. It was really neither here nor there. The […]
Peel and Stick Papered Risers
The easiest update for your stairs with the most bang for the buck is peel and stick wallpaper on the risers. It is wipeable and can bring as much pattern and/or color as you desire. It’s not very expensive and no permanent so if you want to change it up you can just pull it […]
Refinishing Your Stairs
This is after I’ve given our Pennsylvania house staircase some TLC. It’s the 3rd house in a row that we moved into with carpeted stairs. I truly HATE carpet on stairs and it must go . The carpeting collects dust, dirt, dog hair and other unthinkables year after year despite vacuuming. So I knew it […]
DIY Carpet Removal and Refinishing Wood Stairs
Since the day we moved in I’ve been wanting to rip the carpet off the stairs. Almost 2 years later that was finally a reality! It was high time to get these stairs NAKED. Here are the stairs in their carpeted glory before I got crazy with the box cutter! I must share that I’ve […]
DIY Painted Stairs
We had carpeted stairs in our Florida house for 7 long years. 4 kids, 2 dogs and many friends ran up and down those stairs. I never ever felt like I could get them clean as over time they got stained and gross. I always hated that when you opened our front door you looked […]