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| Don't ask me why. Because I would never understand why and how could someone put such a ugly linoleum on solid wood stairs. It was covered with white carpet that we took off without much a problem. But this is something totally different that takes lot of effort to remove. I was even wondering why would anyone buy such a thing with that pattern and color. |
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| The white paint was also stripped off by using heatgun. The railing was taken off to be refinished with natural oil stain and polyurethane. The treads of the stair were sanded to bare wood with a belt sander. |
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| The ugly linoleum was removed and the glue and backing was taken off by using heatgun. |
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| I reached my 12' folding ladder's limit when put the crown molding up in the ceiling where the stair turns. But it's definitely worth the trouble. Otherwise the wall and ceiling in that part are just so plain without the molding. |
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| This is the view from stairs towards bathroom. The white door on the left is the linen closet next to the master bedroom. The post for stair rails was still empty while the parts were being refinished. I added new crown molding in the ceiling that matched the color of wood trims. It makes the hall look better than before without anything there. |
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| Remember that track light in the dinning room. I took it off and put it here. It seems a more appropiate place for it and it works fine for the whole stair case. The vent in the ceiling is for air conditioning. |
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| We decided to add a tone to the all white wall by paint the lower section of the stair case. It's one of the Ralph Lauren color from Home Depot. |
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| Yeah, another molding was left to be stripped. |
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| What a day and night difference it makes after sanding. |
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| New Brazilian cherry floor with 4" dark walnut border. The finish is two coats of water-based BonaTech Mega over solvent-based sealer. |
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| The stairs were stained with MinWax colonial maple and finished with two coats of polyurethane. |