Enclose the railing on a 70s pine staircase in plaster.

[tharnstrom77]

Well, it turned out great!

We have a similar staircase in black/brown stain that I'm considering doing similar work on, and now that I see how it turned out, I'm even more convinced that I should do it this way.

At first, we thought about painting the entire staircase, but then we would have to disassemble all the spindles, sand, paint and paint again, and try to screw everything back in place. This way, we skip several steps.

And we will also do a staircase renovation of the actual steps. It's going to be awesome!!

 

[Carl_Elvis]

Just a thought: The old master escape artist Ioan Ursut checked out of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service at one point by squeezing through a ventilation opening that was seventeen cm on the narrow side. So surely a curious three-year-old who "just" wants to go under the stairs a more exciting way can manage to squeeze their body through the 13-cm opening and end up hanging by the head. If you ask on a forum, you'll get answers. Not always the ones you want though.

 

[Holpers]

Just a thought: The old escape artist Ioan Ursut once checked out from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service by squeezing through a ventilation opening that was seventeen cm on the narrow side. So surely a curious three-year-old who "just" wants to go under the stairs a more fun way can manage to squeeze through the 13-cm opening and end up hanging by their head. If you ask a forum, you'll get answers. Just not always the ones you want.

I guess my kids are fatter and less motivated than a self-starved, naked, oiled prisoner.

 

[Enk Projektet]

Keep in mind that lacquered steps can become slippery....

 

[Holpers]

Keep in mind that lacquered steps can become slippery....

I'll have that kind of anti-slip sand in the paint, of course.
But I must say that the needlefelt is very comfortable. It's just a shame that it looks dreadful with carpet in the stairs.

 

[Enk Projektet]

Well, it's not pretty... 70s brown too, of course.....

 

[Korvgubbe]

Someone on the forum painted their stairs white and added a new, dark gray needlepunch carpet. It looked nice and modern in the picture, maybe it could be an option?

 

[lorens]

A friend did the same, tore out the ugly brown carpet, painted everything white, and put in a gray, really nice carpet. Too bad a few weeks later they had puppies that went to town on the carpet in the stairs! :/ But it turned out great!

 

[Carl_Elvis]

My kids are probably fatter and less motivated than a self-starved, naked, oiled-up inmate, I guess.

Haha! You're funny at least.
Hmm... a new way to justify video game purchases to the Missus: "-Honey, it's so the kids can get fat and not hurt themselves on the stairs..."