Stairway Refinishing in San Diego: Project Spotlight!

Last Updated: July 28, 2023

Dark wooden staircase with wrought iron railing, leading to an upper level, in a home.

When was the last time you real­ly con­sid­ered your staircase’s look and style? It’s easy to take these high-traf­fic sur­faces for grant­ed, but they’re actu­al­ly prime real estate in your home. That means that there is a  HUGE oppor­tu­ni­ty to ele­vate your inte­ri­or style sim­ply by show­ing your stairs some love. 

That can look dif­fer­ent for dif­fer­ent peo­ple, and we’ll dig into that below. But first, let’s take a clos­er look at a project we just fin­ished here in San Diego.

How Do you Strip and Refin­ish a Stairway?

We took it one step at a time… Literally.

Once we had a clear game plan mapped out with our client, we metic­u­lous­ly prepped and con­tained the space. Mask­ing, cov­er­ing the floor, tap­ing, etc. We then care­ful­ly applied the strip­per to remove the old stain before prep­ping the wood and apply­ing the new.

Click through to see the full trans­for­ma­tion, start­ing with this great shot of Grant, one of our esti­ma­tors, point­ing out the progress. From a dat­ed lighter brown fin­ish to an ele­gant dark, the improve­ment is massive.

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