DIY Stairs Makeover for Under $200 with Full Cost Breakdown!!

I am a 55 year old female diy’er and over the years and sales at store have bought and have all these tools and am not rich. What I have saved using these tools my own self allows me to get more! I actually just did my own stairs after watching this, so thanks and well done!

This is much better than videos of people tearing up their carpet and staining pine treads thinking they won’t dent like crazy. Thank you for showing us how to do it the right way. They look beautiful.

Such a gorgeous book - each shed is unique and inspiring, and I love all the tiny details Kotite features to help readers imagine how to create their own She Sheds youtube.com/post/Ugkxe9yi0sulKgsp0VJJCIrLWWkvVqcU7… . The feature on Dinah's Rustic Retreat is like something from a fairy tale. It's really inspiring to see how creative all these ordinary people are in making beautiful and useful spaces on a modest scale.

Excellent video and a very good job - you make it look really easy. I'm prepping to do our basement stairs myself, hence watching these videos for tips and tricks. One small tid-bit to point out (so as to not confuse other DIYers): what you call stringers are actually side skirts. In the case of your stairs, you can't see the stringers as they are beneath the treads and risers and are the 2" X 10" (in most cases ??) zig-zag/tooth shaped parts that hold up the entire weight of a set of stairs. You did an excellent job mixing the stain colours in order to match your existing flooring. I've actually used a bit of basic cheap acrylic paint to tint wood stain in order to achieve the desired colour I needed for wood working projects providing you mix the acrylic paint into water based wood stain. It works really well. Your stairs turned out very well and for a fraction of what it would cost to buy solid hard wood planks. Hopefully mine turn out as nicely as yours did. Great work.

Awesome I was just talking to my wife about utilizing this exact technique for our basement stairs a few months ago. Thanks for the proof of concept. Just proves great minds think alike.

Them stairs look amazing OMG❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I used spackle to fill some gaps on my stairs when I laid down hardwood and with time because of natural expansion and contraction and people stepping on the steps, the spackle began to form cracks. I recommend using paintable caulk or wood filler/putty instead. It’s able to flex more easily with the wood and wall.

Came to a point in my renovations where I needed to come up with an idea for my stairs. Stumbled on your video and fell in love with the idea! Thank you very much!

Furloughed airline Captain here - might be a while before I fly again. BUT, this inspired me among my many other projects I want to do at home. THANKS. VERY HELPFUL.

Dude! This is exactly the tutorial I need right now! Impeccable timing. Thanks for posting.

Nice! They came out great! I so admire creative and talented people like you who can do all kinds of work at home and not have to pay someone else to do it!

The stairs look great. I did mine too by making a jig and heating up vinyl plank flooring to form the bullnose and placed it over the existing bullnose. It was glued down with PL glue and then I used hardboard on the risers just like you did. They turned out awesome and matched exactly with the flooring that was installed in the basement. Love vinyl.

I will need to spend my whole 3 weeks of vacation to do this.

Thank you for posting this! We pulled carpet off our basement stairs and want to finish them out, but are on a tight budget. Great ideas here.

I just bought my house and removed the carpet and underneath was the raw stairs . I knew i was going to need to do something so i really appreciate this video!

Great job! While we did our stairs with oak treads, we ended up doing our stair landings like this with 3/4 oak ply. Just ripped it into 6 inch strips and alternated the board grain so it wasn't obvious it was plywood on such a big space. That's been 4 years ago and nothing has worn through yet! 🤞 Keep up the good work!

Ah Komar my favorite DIY youtuber again :) Been looking at doing this myself instead of vinyl treads on my stairs so think I may do this now :) Can't wait for the next video!

Gorgeous! I can only dream of having these stairs. I can’t imagine getting through this DIY  job

Thanks so much! , my dad and I just finished this project on my home thanks to your video.The stairs look great and had a good time building them with the old man.

One of the nicest things about this job is how few tools you need. A track saw orbital sander and a brad nailer is all you need. And any home oner should have that stuff anyways. Love this.