Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Wondering how to transform your IKEA Signe rug into a stylish new stair runner? Then we have all that you need to know to succeed!
A small hallway project with big results, all for just £18!
A few years ago, at our old house, I had the idea to use a few runners I found at Home Goods to make a runner for our stairs. If you missed it you can see it here. I have to admit–that old post makes me cringe. The wall art, the stairs…man, my taste has […]
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Just when I think I've found all the IKEA hacks possible, I run into even more amazing customizations almost anyone can afford. How could I not be giddy when...
A small hallway project with big results, all for just £18!
I was quite sad to see the IKEA SIGNE rug go. But if you're like me you may have stockpiled on this super cheap rug, waiting to spring a project on it.
Want to install your own DIY stair runner? Check out how we did ours using IKEA rugs. Affordable, simple, and looks amazing! The stairs leading down to our basement had looked pretty terrible for a long time. The solution to make it look about a thousand times better, but on a budget? Click through for tutorial.
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Want to install your own DIY stair runner? Check out how we did ours using IKEA rugs. Affordable, simple, and looks amazing! The stairs leading down to our basement had looked pretty terrible for a long time. The solution to make it look about a thousand times better, but on a budget? Click through for tutorial.
Staircase runner ideas to bring texture, color, pattern, and warmth into your hallway
Finally, it's done! My Ikea rug and brass nailhead totally DIY stair runner. Installing a carpet runner on stairs turns out to be not terribly hard. That said, I did have some awesome help from my pro carpenter man with nail gun and better measuring skills than me, so that made things much nicer. And freed me up to take lots of pics for y'all. And yes, the pictures don't lie: he did most of the hard work. I sealed the seams, stapled where needed, spread some adhesive, and did the finishing touches, like the nailheads. So, on to the details! Total number of stairs 26 Time 3 hours, not including setup/cleanup & nailheads Materials and costs 8 Ikea Hessum rugs $199.92 carpet adhesive $12.97 trowel $2.97 carpet seam sealer $4.47 200 antique brass decorative nails $14.98 nail gun and pins, already owned staple gun and staples, already owned hammer, already owned tape, already owned utility knife and razor blades, already owned Total project cost: $235.31 And here's how to install your own stair runner. {1} Lay out your rug where you want it. {2} Start at the bottom. Measure and measure again. Make sure the rug is centered on the first stair and straight. The beginning is the most important part to get straight/even, since any crookedness will travel and can become more noticeable as you move up the stairs. You have some wiggle room to correct as you go, but not too much leeway so better to be perfect from the beginning. {3} We had a little jog in the wall and had to trim the carpet at the beginning to accomodate it. {4} Lay out a piece of tape at the base to mark your starting line, which is of course straight. Spread the adhesive with the trowel, and you can go right up to and over the tape line. {5} Lay the rug onto the adhesive, lining up with your at tape line, measuring and measuring again to make sure you're still going straight and centered. Then start nailing. We mainly nailed just under each riser, and let the adhesive do the work on the riser and treads. Sometimes the pins weren't enough to hold the carpet and we resorted to the staple gun. The staples were more noticeable, but only when you're on your knees looking up under the riser! You actually could do this whole project without the nail gun at all and just using a staple gun instead. {6} When you start to run out of rug, make a cut just at the top of a riser, under the lip of the next tread. {7} Here's what that edge will look like when you place the next rug down. Spread some more adhesive on the tread and riser above, lay the next rug out, place the seamed edge just over the edge you just cut, and staple/nail in place. {8} Now that you've got the hang of it, you can spread the adhesive on more steps at a time and really get moving. {9} Now it's starting to look really good. Almost at the top! {10} Cut the final rug just under the lip of the landing. Staple/nail in place and seal the edge with carpet sealer to prevent fraying. This stair looked fine to me, and this is my back-of-the-house staircase, but if you're a perfectionist and want every raw edge covered, you could cover this up with a piece of trim molding to create a nice finished look. {11} Use a rubber mallet to install the decorative nails along the rug's edges. I measured the middle of the tread, hammered in the my first nail, then eyeballed where I wanted the next ones. When I found some spacing that looked good, it was with the nails 3" apart, so I used that measurement going forward. The risers were short and got only two nails, but these were 3" apart was well. And another look at the finished stairs again! Here's how they look from the first step. And if you can't remember the before? Here it is again and go here and here to read more about the original plan. And another final shot of the after. My goodness, this whole stairway was a lot of work. Laying the runners was just part of it. Patching walls, sanding, cleaning, painting walls, painting stairs and base molding, installing the runner, hammering in the nailheads. I'm exhausted. Oh, and Michael too. I seriously could not have done, and would not have attempted, this without him. All in all, I'm so very pleased with the results and the savings of doing this ourselves!
Create a full-length stair runner on a budget with this clever DIY
Wondering how to transform your IKEA Signe rug into a stylish new stair runner? Then we have all that you need to know to succeed!
A few years ago, at our old house, I had the idea to use a few runners I found at Home Goods to make a runner for our stairs. If you missed it you can see it here. I have to admit–that old post makes me cringe. The wall art, the stairs…man, my taste has […]
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Everything you need to know about how to install a stair runner in your home! This is the full step-by-step tutorial!
