Ombré Staircase – Work In Progress

Click on the picture to read about how I created my colour gradient stairs.

Work in progress report for my ombré stairs –

Ever spent any time on Pinterest?

I hadn’t, until a few months ago.  I didn’t get it at first, but when I realised I’d be getting my hands on my own house, I started compiling ideas for decorating and gardening, as many do. It’s been extremely useful, but it’s also been a major pain as well, in that it’s actually infected me with presentation anxiety.

No kidding – I found myself riddled with anxiety whilst wading through strips of wallpaper and dust from sanded floorboards, dreading any unannounced arrival of curious friends, because my building site of a house wasn’t Pinterest-perfect.

Silly, eh?

Lord Balders would think nothing of inviting people over for a nose, whereas I would immediately freak out at the prospect of anyone seeing the place. And honestly, I haven’t wanted to update this blog with pictures because, well, they’d be nowhere near the “after” stage.

Presentation anxiety

Well, I still feel overwhelmed, but since I’ve identified it I’ve been working on it. I don’t want to be one of those people whose entire identity is wrapped up in their home décor (and what other people think of it) – I’ve got too many things going on to fall into that trap. Still, I’m working hard on tarting the place up, without spending a fortune.

Here’s one project that’s almost finished, and was unashamedly stolen from Pinterest – our ombré staircase. Lord Balders picked the green colour, which we had mixed in a satin finish. We bought a pack of 12 food containers to hold the graded colours, which I made with fairly precise measurements of green to white paint.

 

 
 
Mixing the paint for the stair risers.
 
 

Lids and containers numbered to avoid mix-ups.

 

Mixed colours on their corrsponding treads. The balustrade sides are painted with the same gradient as the treads.

 
 
 
Risers and treads finished! I thought we should leave the stairs painted white, but Lord Balders asked me to trust him with the grey treads. I let him have this one. This room will stay white, unlike the rest of the ground floor, which is quite dark.
 
 
 

Another shot of the finished risers and treads – lots more to do with the woodwork, though. This is one of the first projects we did in our new house, and it’s taken a while to be fully finished. Have a look at this post for the before pictures, and check out this post to see pictures of the fully finished staircase!

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2 Comments

    1. My mum was inspired to do her stairs as well, but she used three different alternating wallpaper patterns for the risers instead of painting them. It came out really well!

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