Trim a rug pad to size for each tread using fabric scissors. Thebest rug padsfor installing a carpet runner on your stairs are thin but dense. There are two types of installation: Flat-top (when the carpet falls straight from the edge of the stair to the tread of the next step), and...
In this DIY article, I show you how to replace carpet stairs with wood. This easy DIY project is the cheapest way to give your staircase a makeover. Most people with carpet stairs want them replaced.Carpeted stairs are difficult to clean and an eye sore.Even worse, carpet traps dust mit...
If you haven’t provided your cat with ascratching postit’s certainly long overdue.If the current one is gathering dust, it’s time to investigate why it might be failing.Most cats prefer sisal-covered posts and are not too keen on carpeted ones. Your cat also needs the post to be t...
– standard modern stairs are 36″ wide. This meant we knew we had room to add the slide and still have room to walk up and down the stairs. The DIY stair slide is 18″ wide to fit kids and adults, and there is still 27″ of walking space next to the slide on the handrail ...
However, if you have carpet or carpet tiles installed, you should not try to install carpet tile over the top. The carpet is soft enough that it will cause the carpet tiles to move when walked on. This will not provide you with a very solid floor to walk on, and the carpet tiles wi...
That means access to all boxes can be blocked if something is happening near the stairs or in the hallway. This is particularly common in multi-cat households where there can be tension between cats. It can also come up if a cat is nervous around a dog or there are kids or people in...
want a new bed but the only frame we can get up the stairs is a single. for a double you have to cut the box springs so you can bend them around the corner of two sets of stairs. Not a fun project so fitted sheets it will be until we move to a more large furniture friendly ...
To be able to work in a tall stairwell like this, it helps to have a multi-position ladder (I bought this one*). Then you can adjust the length of the legs to fit on the stairs. 2 | Paint the walls I painted the moldings and all of the wall in between with Benjamin Moore Ivory...
One time your cousin stumbled down the stairs carrying a bottle of ketchup. The resulting mess resembled a gory crime scene ... and required the expertise of professional carpet cleaners. You even had to repaint part of the ceiling to obscure the tasty reddish disaster. But those kinds of ...
The easiest way I found to do this was to put a strip of carpet tape down the center of each step first. Remember in Step 2 we found and marked the center of each step? Just cut a piece of carpet tape to fit the step and stick it down on this center point. ...