Thursday, May 13, 2010

Stairway to Creative Bliss

Do you have a staircase in your home? Would you have the guts to tear up the carpet and paint / stencil / wallpaper your steps into something totally original and outside the box?! I rent an apartment so hypothetically speaking, I would be totally open to the idea...I think just about anything is better than carpet on the stairs. It gets matted down and shows dirt, spots, etc. all too well. Here are some fun and fresh ideas...what do you think? Would you do it or have you already done something similar in your own home?

Painted stairs with stenciled letters from the Stencil Library

Stenciled leaf design idea via Martha Stewart

Numbered Stairs via The Haystack Needle blog

Stairs wallpapered in a fabulous modern print by Orla Kiley (my favorite idea!)

Wallpapered stairs via Apartment Therapy

Painted & stenciled stairs via Shelter Pop

High gloss black & white painted stairs with stenciled numbers via Restyled Home blog

18 comments:

  1. I would love nothing more than to have a house that has a staircase. I adore the 1st photo and the 1st numbered staircase!

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  2. I agree with cherry blossom! those are awesome!

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  3. They look brilliant! I don't have any stairs unfortunately but I just love the idea :)
    Have a great weekend!

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  4. ooh wow the orla kiely one is stunning!!

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  5. Fun! You would love www.WhatIsBlik.com because they have cool graphics you can apply to almost any surface. They'd work great on stairs.

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  6. Great selection. I quite like the turquoise flowers.

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  7. i love the idea of wallpapering the stairs. i'm not sure if my husband would go along with it though-such a stick in the mud!

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  8. Loving this blog. Beautiful pics.
    http://caribbeaneco-living.blogspot.com/

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  9. I was recently at a charity event at someone's home in New Haven and their stair risers were stenciled with the names of different train stops from the MetroNorth NY-New Haven line. Was very cool (but taking a photo would not have been cool so I had to restrain myself!)

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  10. Great selection. I love the turquoise flowers!

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  11. i lOVE the turquoise wallpaper-looking one. the other ones, ehh. can' you imagine how physically uncomfortable it must be to do that?? hah.

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  12. Hi, I love stairs...especially the spirally ones! And you always want to climb them to see what's up there... Have a great weekend, Michallee (from Treasures from Moira's Armoire) xx

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  13. Oh, I love all of these photos! Just wonderful ideas for sprucing up the stairs!

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  14. I think the Martha Stewart Leaf design is my favorite. It's so true that carpet on the stairs gets matted down. Mine drives me bonkers!
    Lila Ferraro
    Queen Bedroom Sets

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  15. I like the yellow and white stairs with numbers going up, they look cute

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  16. I love that! So pretty and creative!

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  17. Great post! I linked this to my stairs project post too, it's lovely inspiration!

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  18. contemplating pulling up carpet & painting stairs.. just love it!

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