Oak stair railing makeover

Because a coat of paint is almost always the solution.

Want to learn how to refinish a wood banister! Staircase refinishing can be easy if you follow these step by step directions to transform your oak banister into beautiful brown and white.

Want to learn how to refinish a wood banister! Staircase refinishing can be easy if you follow these step by step directions to transform your oak banister into beautiful brown and white.

Oak stairs stained with Minmax English Chestnut with off-black wooden balusters and post.

Here's how to replace wood balusters with iron and update stair railing without replacing it completely!

DIY Your Staircase Railing If you all remember back in May, we said goodbye to our poopy carpet in our main level living room, our lower level, and on the stairs. At the same time,

Our stairwell is very 90's and in need of an update. Here's my plan to upgrade the wood to metal stair railings for a sleek look.

Update your home cheaply by painting a stair railing & oak banister for an easy staircase makeover idea. Our DIY guide will show you how!

Get to know the latest in stair railing and treads. Find ideas for modern black pickets to classic wood stairs. You can paint your stairs to replicate these looks!

So I have what feels like the never ending to do list for a couple of months now. It started when we decided to sell our last house - lots of little projects I wanted to complete before we put it on the market. Mostly painting...NOT my favorite! Then we started in on the new house literally the day after we completed the projects on the previous one. And I am still going over 2 months later..... Since I am doing all these projects I thought I should share some of them that may be helpful…

My stairs were old, tired, and a bit outdated. They truly were in need of a major overhaul, but that wasn’t in the budget. I decided to use some inexpensive rem…

Wow, what a transformation from an oak banister into a beautiful brown and white one and for cheap!

*This post was sponsored by Basic Coatings, however, all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.My home is a super dated split level that was originally bu…

This was my first time staining wood. I have done a ton of painting in the past, but I must admit, staining terrified me. It seemed super complicated and easy to mess up.Let me tell you - this was super easy!I googled a bit before I attempted to stain. I found a couple of great tutorials and those reassured me that this is a fairly easy project.Regardless, the stairs needed an update! Whether I liked it or not, I had to get this done, and I had to do it myself - as we didn't have a budget to…

Okay, so it's been about 13 months since we moved into our new Georgia home. Yeah yeah, I know, it's not technically "new" anymore, but it still feels new to me! Back in May 2020,

Remember all my complaining about sanding in my last post. I do! And here’s a little more complaining! :P haha I sanded for what felt like forever. I used sand paper as well as sanding tools …