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Staircase makeover with wood look stair riser decals

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Hi my friends, I finally came up with a way to incorporate wood into the staircase makeover to coordinate with our maple flooring. (If you missed the first two parts of the staircase makeover then you can click HERE and HERE to read.) Those of you who have been following me for a while know that I love using decals and they were the resolution again in this case. I made stair riser decals out of affordable self-adhesive wood look vinyl that I found online and it almost looks like a wood inlay.

DIY wood look stair riser decals

DIY wood look stair riser decals

Supplies I used:

I used my silhouette cameo to cut the stair riser decals out of the vinyl and you can download the DXF file (click HERE) and STUDIO file (click HERE) that I made for free from me. But you really don’t need to use a cutting machine. You could just use a crafting knife to cut out a traced pattern.

  • Silhouette Cameo (HERE)
  • wood look vinyl (HERE)
  • crafting knife (HERE)
  • transferring tape (HERE)
  • measuring tape
  • cutting mat (HERE)

I was super excited when I finally found a self-adhesive vinyl that matched our flooring exactly. It looks so real and is a great quality. And like you can see in the below photo it is made in Germany but available on Amazon HERE.

self-adhesive wood look vinyl in maple

Just look at the wood grain and how real it looks! It gets really good reviews too and other people said similar things as I do about it.

In my last stair post I mentioned that I was sad about having to cover up the wood grain of the stair treads because they were in bad shape and that I really wanted to incorporate wood grain again somehow.

self-adhesive maple wood look vinyl

Once again if you are new to my blog then you can find part 1 and 2 as shown in the below photo HERE and HERE.

removing carpet from stairs and staining and painting staircase

Instructions

It really is as easy as just making a pattern on a piece of paper, tracing it on the back of the vinyl, which has a paper backed side that gets peeled off and then cutting it out with a crafting knife on the cutting mat. You’ll just have to keep repeating that for the amount of your risers.

If you don’t want to have a more intricate pattern then you could just use some squares and triangles which are easy to cut out. I used some of them on my risers to show you.

Make sure you measure your stair risers and design your pattern accordingly to size. Or you just adjust my downloadable pattern file to fit your stair riser size.

Once my pattern was cut I attached it to the sticky side of the transfer paper so I could place in the center of my stair risers that I marked on each one of them. The nice thing with this vinyl is that I was able to reposition it if it was a little off. I’m however not sure if it is transferable again after being stuck to a surface for a while. We’ll see about that.

applying self-adhesive vinyl stair riser decals

Here you can see the small triangles and how I placed them.

placing self-adhesive vinyl stair riser decals on painted surface

All you have to do is peel the transfer paper off and press the vinyl down again.

peeling off self-adhesive vinyl stair riser decals

Here is a simple square and you can see that I aligned the grain of the wood pattern with the square. I just didn’t want it to be too random.

cutting plain squares out of self-adhesive vinyl

Maya matches the stairs too. Love the rolls on her tummy! All she cares about is food.

staircase makeover with self-adhesive wood look vinyl

Now when you look down from the top where we have the grey bamboo flooring, you can see the grey treads but when you look up from the bottom, you can see the maple wood grain of the decals.

I was definitely inspired by my little tribal drum that I found at HomeGoods a couple of years ago which also has some other great patterns that could be used for a decal pattern. For example if you look closely you can see the star pattern that is assembled out of 6 diamonds. Diamonds are super easy to just cut out with a crafting knife.

finished staircase makeover with self-adhesive vinyl stair riser decals

How I gave my staircase a makeover with outdoor stain and wall decals

wood inlay pattern look on staircase risers

I really couldn’t help myself again with Willy and had to photograph him. He was being such a model and loving his time in front of the camera. Just look at our ferocious little beast!

wood look stair decals

 

staircase makeover with wood look stair riser decals

 

wood look stair riser decals for staircase makeover

{see my leather tassel tutorial HERE and my giant tassel tutorial HERE}

 

Also check out the belowEtsy shop who has amazing stair decals for sale:

 

And it all ties in really great with my living room (click HERE for living room details) since the pattern of the stairs is similar to my favorite throw and pillows on the couch. It might be too much pattern mixing for some folks but not for me because I love it.

 

I have so many more ideas for what you could use this wood look vinyl for and this was most likely not my last project with this amazing stuff.

Tschüß,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Kathy says

    May 31, 2018 at 4:39 am

    You are so creative! I love how the stairs turned out. They look so expensive !

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:15 am

      Thanks Kathy, I don’t know why I waited so long to finally tackle this project!

  2. cassie bustamante says

    May 31, 2018 at 4:52 am

    these look SOOOO good! and i love the photos of your Willy on the stairs… with his black and white coat he looks meant to be there!

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:16 am

      He’s crazy! I love how interested he is in everything I do and that he loves being in front of the camera

  3. Marty Oravetz says

    May 31, 2018 at 6:34 am

    Oh my word, it looks amazing.

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:16 am

      Thanks Marty, I had to get them done for my summer tour 😉

  4. Esther Books says

    May 31, 2018 at 6:37 am

    Looks great… Good thing we don’t have stairs, else I’d probably try to copy it and fail (LOL)

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:17 am

      NO you wouldn’t fail 😉 It’s really easy actually

  5. Stephanie @ Casa Watkins Living says

    May 31, 2018 at 7:36 am

    This is amazing! I love this look and was surprised at how easy you made it look.

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:17 am

      Haha thanks Stephanie, I didn’t just make it look easy 😉 it’s actually really easy.

  6. Katja / A Home for Design says

    May 31, 2018 at 8:21 am

    I love that pattern Julia. Looks amazing and Willie is such a ham. ☺

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:18 am

      Thanks Katja, yes my Willy is a ham. I’m utterly obsessed with him. And I’m surprised that his head still fits through the door LOL

  7. Ursula Ellis says

    May 31, 2018 at 10:12 am

    The risers are amazing. What a gorgeous and unique look. Maya and Willy complement the design perfectly too. What lovely kitties! Thanks, Julia, for sharing your talent.

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:19 am

      Thanks Ursula, the kitties are embracing their camera time.

  8. Jen says

    May 31, 2018 at 11:27 am

    What a cool look!!!

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:19 am

      Thanks Jen

  9. [email protected] says

    May 31, 2018 at 9:03 pm

    This seriously looks amazing!! I love the way the stain and the wood grain decals match your floor finishes. And the design you chose is so perfect!

    • Julia says

      June 1, 2018 at 7:19 am

      Thanks Ashley, that is such a nice complement!

  10. Katrin says

    June 5, 2018 at 10:09 am

    Oh wow I love your staircase makeover! The white and wood is so cool and the pattern, lovely!

    • Julia says

      June 6, 2018 at 4:56 am

      Thank you Katrin

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