Cheap easy way to make stairs look good

[Elsa TLC]

Cheap easy way to make stairs look good.

Dont want full carpet. Want something a bit different and creative

 

[davelx]

What's there at the moment? Photos please.

 

[Mottie]

'Cheap', 'easy' and 'looking good' are not normally words heard in the same sentence…..

 

[Elsa TLC]

Thank you Dave for taking your time.

Top stair has carpet but want to do something with that also.

 

[cdbe]

As a sort of experiment, I've clad our stairs in LVT. As to whether it's "looking good" or not, the jury's still out.

 

[Koolpc]

Stair runner be nice

 

[johnny2007]

Paint it.
That's cheapest and easiest.

 

[Charlie George]

Painting it would be cheaper as Johnny said, i took up my carpet last year, and used non slip stair treads from Amazon because the house Rabbit kept slipping on the painted tread, make sure you prep the stairs well before painting.

 

[Elsa TLC]

Stair runner be nice

Show me what you mean

 

[Elsa TLC]

Painting it would be cheaper as Johnny said, i took up my carpet last year, and used non slip stair treads from Amazon because the house Rabbit kept slipping on the painted tread, make sure you prep the stairs well before painting.
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Mrs Bod slipped on the stairs before Christmas and broke her Fibula. So I think it wise for me to do something like this.

 

[opps]

A stair runner is carpet which runs up the middle of the stairs (with a gap of about 3" either side).

They are however often more expensive than regular carpet because the edges need to be stitched.

Given that you have dogs, I would not recommend LVT. They are likely to slip when coming down the steps.

@Charlie George 's suggestion would make sense, but... with the caveat that prepping and painting the gaps on the treads and risers will be very time consuming.

As a decorator, I would probably quote 3 to 4 days to paint the strings, risers and partial treads. As I said, a lot of prep is required.

Personally, I like stair runners, but you asked about cheaper options.

 

[Elsa TLC]

A stair runner is carpet which runs up the middle of the stairs (with a gap of about 3" either side).

Yes of course I had a bit of a blank.

They are however often more expensive than regular carpet because the edges need to be stitched.

Its not what I want really

Given that you have dogs, I would not recommend LVT. They are likely to slip when coming down the steps.

@Charlie George 's suggestion would make sense, but... with the caveat that prepping and painting the gaps on the treads and risers will be very time consuming.

I like this idea. Would want something a bit different and nice looking.

As a decorator, I would probably quote 3 to 4 days to paint the strings, risers and partial treads. As I said, a lot of prep is required.

Im a rubbish painter but will do this myself, knowing how important prep is to the finish.

Personally, I like stair runners, but you asked about cheaper options.

I wont skimp but dont want to go stair runner money.

 

[Charlie George]

I used waterbased Bedec Aqua advanced on the stairs, reason being it dries quicker than normal gloss, so stairs can be back in use sooner, opps is better qualified than me to recommend products and methods

 

[Koolpc]

Show me what you mean