Brits-n-Pieces.

 Good Afternoon !

 I decided to blog about my stair project today. it has been a long painful process and will finally be finished on Thursday, when the small top and bottom landing will be finished and the trim work done. I will post pictures next week of the  finished result.
Ok part of my lake house was built in the 1800's  the stairs were a mess, dark brown ugly carpet that went half way across  up the wall... YUCK.  YUCK and  did i say YUCK?

 First step was to rip off the carpet. What a mess.... it had lead paint and was full of holes.  But i did find some rickety holey hardwood underneath...... a weak 'YAY". fist pump.
I applied a lead paint stripper, let it sit overnight, then the next morning i painfully scraped away all the lead paint. I filled in every hole on the risers, the treads, the sides, every hole i could find i filled.

I have a confession, I hate Boring stairs.... I want something that stands out.  I taped up my own little plastic sheet  tent and sanding everything i could.... took hours and lots of mess... but it had to be done !I then primed everything.

 I used Benjamin Moore's Super white in semi-gloss over the side trim, and the risers.  For any other trim i swear by, Glidden's High Gloss trim and door paint in a gel form in Super white. BEST trim paint ever!!!

 Then i decided to paint the wood treads, they were too damaged and had holes from old banisters years ago. I chose BM in  Nantucket gray.

it was looking pretty good but I had to make this stairs pop, so i bought some silver metallic paint and stenciled some shooting stars and  Oh do i love how they turned out.

Thanks for taking the time to look and i promise i will post the finished photos next week
 Dont be boring be brave, put your own stamp on your home, dare to be brave, get creative and  see what happens  !