Plasnewydd DIY blog: Stairs

Stairs Before

The lady before us started to renovate the stairs and get it back to the original wood. After trying to improve a little on the parts she had done this began a huge mission. The wood had been varnished and also stained a really dark colour. No amount of varnish stripper would take this out (I tried) and so I resorted to the sander. Dust everywhere and even this didn't shift it. It's certainly better than it was and a clear coat of satin varnish finished it off but what a mission. It is nowhere near perfect but much better than it was. I re-painted the white struts a light grey (twice) as this looks really nice and lightens up the place and as much as I wanted to sand down the stairs I gave it a light sanding, got out the paintbrush and gloss painted them. The colour is a bit of a bluish grey in the sun, next time round I will paint it a bit darker. Maybe one day I will tackle it again but I certainly won't be doing this in a hurry.