Adding A New Runner & Molding To Stairs

When Rhoda sent her remarkable Hands-on staircase makeover we had to share the goods. Here is her letter:

I hoped to pass along photos of my latest project, since you all are such Hands-on loving people. I hated the carpet on our downstairs set of steps, so I ripped all the carpet up. Oooops, you can see from the pics what I had to work with… and these stairs were never meant to be shown to the public. But, I slowly transformed them by adding TONS of molding (I simply used my hand miter box and plenty of paint- including porch and floor paint for the stair treads). Then I brought in a natural jute runner down the middle (from Overstock). After stapling it on our stairs look absolutely fabulous, if I do say so myself. This is by far my most go-to Hands-on project that I have completed to date! Oh and you can find more info on my journal. I hope you enjoy! -Rhoda

Here are the terrifying before photos to show you what Rhoda was truly working with:

And here are the amazingly polished and pristine after photos after Rhoda worked her magic:

Is your mouth totally hanging open like ours is? We are amazed and inspired by Rhoda’s hard work and unyielding Hands-on confidence. And we can totally see why it is her go-to home makeover project to date! Everything from the chic black and white paint to the affordable and ideal-for-stairs striped runner has us drooling over here. What do you folks think? Did Rhoda show those stairs who is boss or what? Anyone else inspired to attack their less than stellar stairs now that they’ve seen her work her magic? If only ranch houses had stairs…