*This post was featured at An Artful Mom's Thursday Favorite Things and at Wall to Wall…
Adding Vinyl Stickers to the Basement Stairs
*This post was featured at The Scoop, Over the Moon, and Thursday Favorite Things.
Recently I posted about how I painted a runner on my Basement Stairs. Before I began, I had planned to add this final touch. I hope it inspires you!
Stairs Before
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I had seen other pictures online where people have done all sorts of neat things to their stairs. They’ve added names, poems, numbers– they have even made the steps look like stacked books! I wanted to put a Bible verse on mine. I had just enough stairs to put The Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22 and 23. Perhaps you are familiar with “Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, patience…” etc.? In the book of Deuteronomy Chapter 11 it says believers were to put God’s Word all over their house… on their door posts, on their gates– in addition to putting His word in their hearts and talking about it to their children. So I’ve tried to incorporate Bible verses into my decor where I can. This is one of those times!
I found vinyl stickers close to the ones I wanted on Etsy for about $30. I messaged the seller to make adjustments to exactly what I needed/ wanted– and ta-dah!
I taped up each individual word sticker.
Then I flipped it up to take off the backing from underneath…
Then I pressed it back on, just the way I had it taped, and carefully pulled off the top.
It was sooo exciting to see it come together! The color of the words matches my light accent color, so it gives the illusion that I painted the words, or used a stencil– but it was much easier than that!
Words on Stairs After!
I did not put any clear coat on over the words. They have held up very well over time.
What do you think? Have you ever wanted to put words on your stairs??
As I walk up and down these stairs many times every day, there are the reminders “stair-ing” me right in the face– to be kind, good, long-suffering, to be full of faith.
- Basement Bathroom
- Basement Wall with Pocket Doors
- Music Stair Railing
- Painting a Runner on the Basement Stairs
- Making a Basement Landing Step all by Myself
- Basement Shelves
- Hiding an Ugly Wall Pipe
- Hiding Ceiling Pipes
My basement stairs are carpeted so I can’t do this, but I love the idea! Your stairs look great. 😀
Thank you, Lois.
I think the stairs came out lovely and I love the words you chose too.
Thank you, Alice!
That is such a cute idea! It really makes such a difference. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Whimsical Wednesdays Link Party and have a wonderful week!
You’re welcome!
Oh they turned out amazing! Thanks for sharing with us at the To Grandma’s house we go link party see you next week!
Love this idea! Congrats on your feature at The Scoop!
Thank you, Julie! Yes, I’m pretty excited!!
I love this! What a fantastic idea. Not only is it beautiful, it really does implant those words on our hearts! Thank you for sharing, and for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope to see you again this week. Have a great week ahead!
I am pinning to my basement stairs idea board! I have been looking for the perfect thing to do to mine to dress them up. Your post is one of my features for next weeks OVER THE MOON LINK PARTY which goes live on Sunday evening at 5 pm central. Please stop by and link up again!
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Thank you, Nikki! You made by day better with your comment and feature! : )
Love this and the look of those stairs! We are getting ready to paint our stairs…I will need to check out your tutorial!
It’s nice to meet you, Benita!
That is beautiful! I have often wanted to decorate the stairs but hesitate to tackle the ones in our foyer but I am really loving the idea of decorating the basement stairs!! Pinned.
Yes– practice on your basement stairs and then you will have the experience to tackle your other ones, even if you do something different!