Finished stairs.

The Perfect Staircase

We decided that we wanted our main staircase to look elegant yet simple. We chose to use red oak treads and hand rails that match our hardwood floor.

We like the look of painted trim against the floor so we chose to continue this style up the stairs. We stained the stairs to match the floor. To protect the treads, we used a floor grade polyurethane.

After staining all the treads and hand rails, we had to touch up the painted surfaces to hide our stain mess. We hired someone to do this. The finished staircase was exactly how we pictured it to be.

See below for the steps we took to get our finished stairs.

After the treads were installed and trimmed out.

Railing put up with ballusters.

Stained railing without poly.

Garrett staining the hard to reach areas.

I was staining the treads.

Treads all stained. Little messy, but will look better after trim is painted.