Oh my friend, you are my hero. I've been in my house since 2003 and there are still unfinished projects because SQUIRREL. One of them is to sand and paint my stair risers. Really. I varnished the softwood treads. They can wear however they like. I'm calling that "authenticity."
Too tired to scream today. Standing with you in solidarity and ice cream 🇨🇦
Do risers *really* need to be sanded and painted? Do they need to be sanded and painted more than you need to sleep and eat and experience joy and do all the other things in the catalog of human existence? They do not.
They do not. But their current state bugs me every time I go up or down them, so while I will not be losing any sleep, at some point the annoyance factor will tip the balance and they will get done. Maybe when I don't have any ice cream to distract me.
Clarification request :) Do you WANT to take out your carpet but just haven't done it yet? Or do you feel like you SHOULD take out the carpet, but this is a good reason not to? Either way - YOU DO YOU and stairs are oddly satisfying and mysterious to work on.
Oh my friend, you are my hero. I've been in my house since 2003 and there are still unfinished projects because SQUIRREL. One of them is to sand and paint my stair risers. Really. I varnished the softwood treads. They can wear however they like. I'm calling that "authenticity."
Too tired to scream today. Standing with you in solidarity and ice cream 🇨🇦
Do risers *really* need to be sanded and painted? Do they need to be sanded and painted more than you need to sleep and eat and experience joy and do all the other things in the catalog of human existence? They do not.
They do not. But their current state bugs me every time I go up or down them, so while I will not be losing any sleep, at some point the annoyance factor will tip the balance and they will get done. Maybe when I don't have any ice cream to distract me.
This is making me rethink my need to rip out the gross carpeting on my stairs-- that was here when I moved in, in 1996. 😂
Clarification request :) Do you WANT to take out your carpet but just haven't done it yet? Or do you feel like you SHOULD take out the carpet, but this is a good reason not to? Either way - YOU DO YOU and stairs are oddly satisfying and mysterious to work on.