Sorry for my blogging absence. You'll never guess what I've been up to.
If you are hankering after a house full of dust, both upstairs and down, to make your spring cleaning really worthwhile, I thoroughly recommend sanding your stairs.
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| Offending glue covered step |
If you're lucky your husband might come in when you're halfway through and start bitching about the state of the house.
I would just ignore him if I were you and plough on.
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| Flippin' gorgeous... |
Before you start hoovering up the mess, you might want to countersink 20 or so screws that the previous owners needlessly put into the staircase...
Great. You're one step closer to the staircase of your dreams. Just several hours of filling, caulking, sanding, priming and painting to go.
Still no news of Mrs Bolden our missing school teacher. We are all hoping she might return to work on Tuesday. She is constantly in our thoughts and prayers.
Well I would say what a thankless task but even though it might fell like that at the moment it's going to look incredible! Well done you x Jane
ReplyDeleteDIY Superstar, that's you! It will be worth it, of course, but eugh, what a process, sounds like very Hard Work.
ReplyDeleteHope there is news of Mrs Bolden soon. xxxx
You are a glutton for punishment but keep telling yourself it WILL be worth all the elbow grease! Hope teacher turns up soon.
ReplyDeleteIt will be worth it! Having said that, I finally got the ' new' stair carpet down on mine yesterday and absolutely love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to live out my painted stairs dream vicariously through you ;-)) x
ReplyDeleteThat is the best way! I don't even know how we're going to stop the cats walking on the wet stairs and leaving painty paw prints all over the new floors! x
DeleteWell done you for being so dedicated! I think I've mentioned before that our stairs are in a similar pre-sanded state (although we are lucky to have no glue/screws- only cracks); I just can't raise the energy to start sanding because I know it'll take forever and be so dusty. Perhaps the before/after pics of your gorgeous finished stairs will be the boot up the bum I need. xx
ReplyDeleteI really only had to tackle the gluey step as that was the easiest way of getting the glue off. The others I just did very lightly, mostly on the intreated wood where it was v. dirty. The dust was everywhere already so why not?
DeleteIf you don't want to sand, why not just use a super-primer like zinnser or blackfriars? xx
doh! Untreated!
DeleteI'm looking forward to seeing the end result Emma-sounds like a tough job but I'm sure it'll be worth it. Good luck with the cats, and keeping the wet paint cat fur free!
ReplyDeleteAnd there's another thing I hadn't thought of! Aaargh!
DeleteHow about everyone sleeps in a tent in the garden that night including the cats! I do admire all your hard work - hope your husband did the hoovering up?
ReplyDeleteWell done, amazing job. It's going to look so brilliant when you've finished. Backbreaking work, though - bet you were knackered afterwards! x
ReplyDeleteI love that messy stage, it's the creative part I leave to Jon as I'm so clumsy and slapdash! It's going to look amazing. xxx
ReplyDeleteIt is going to look fabulous when its finished and will be so worth all the hard work :-) Just to let you know that I have started a new blog be lovely to see you there, dee xx
ReplyDeleteThe title certainly grabbed me! My boyfriend found me sat at the bottom of the stairs the other day, peeling up the carpet and taking a peek but he told me we need to finish the half sanded hallway before starting the stairs, which I know makes sense but I'm itching to rip the carpet up! I'm looking forward to seeing pics of your finished stairs x
ReplyDeleteYou are a brave young lady to tackle stairs and I am sure they will be beautiful with your painting skills, can't wait to read how you get on xx
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