Awesome. We've yet to install our permanent stairs, I know...., and I've been wanting to do something other than just the stained wood on the risers. Never gave wallpaper a thought. I love it!

That really is so fun!! How does the paper hold up to toe bumps? Did I understand you correctly you put poly over the wall paper? Thank you for the inspiration!

Love it!

So Fun!

Beth P.

I couldn't imagine this when I saw the title of your post, but I LOVE it! Nice job and good for you for having the guts to see it through. Sometimes it's hard for me to talk myself into something I haven't seen much of.

very pretty ! Never would have thought of it. I have painted risers and they are scuffed and not really very nice. You have me thinking now about trying to " doll " them up. c

Ooh, I love it! I, too, would worry about toe bumps, but I have really long toes, so maybe most people don't bump theirs :)

Hi arcy - yes, I sprayed the paper with Krystal Krylon which kept them scuff-free but it could not stand up to all that coffee I guess. I can't decide whether to poly this paper or not - it is "scrubbable" (whatever that means) I will probably just wait and see how it wears - one advantage of the crazy pattern is that it will probably hide a lot more than the other white paper. :-) thanks for everyone's nice encouragement - I am just glad to cross this project off my list!

What a unique idea! It looks great!

OMG, I was just ogling that wallpaper yesterday. I think that design will be more forgiving, Venti or no. :-)

I have to say it is refreshing to see something new...a design idea I have not encountered before. Way to go!

I love it, lovely wall paper.

I love it too, very cleaver and creative.

they both look great! 2 totally different looks!

i would think they would be fine as are if it's scrubbable paper...that stuff is great! much more durable to scuffs than painted risers i would think! (our kitchen walls have always held up much better with scrubbable paper than paint...)

My goodness, what wonderful inspiration! I love the new paper! So unexpected but beautifully done!

I love both versions!

Is there a special way to attach it to the risers? Mine are currently painted and I would like to give this a try.
Luckily, I rarely if ever go upstairs, so they won't get much abuse from foot traffic.

That's such a great idea! What a fun and lively staircase; I love how it adds a great punch of color in an unexpected place!

Oh wow! That's great looking!

What a creative and inspirational idea! I wish we had stairs in our house -- if we did, I would love to do something like this.

Sorry 'bout the coffee spill, though. Sounds like something that would happen in our house!

So pretty! I love both wallpapers, but the color in the Anthro wallpaper is just making me smile. Love!

I need to get cracking on my staircase makeover soon. I'd love to be able to use your staircase photo as an inspiration pic on my blog when I do my makeover. Let me know if it's OK. You can e-mail me privately or respond here.

Wow, that looks amazing. Honestly, I never opened this post because it just sounded so weird to me. But, I sure am glad I opened it now.

And, of course, you've got me thinking...I have a lot of left over beadboard wallpaper. I wonder how that would look on my basement stairs, painted a fun color maybe...

Thanks everyone for being so nice (my lower back is just now recovering from this project!)

Jeannie01 - In terms of attaching the paper to the risers, you do it just like you would a wall. You can use straight up wallpaper paste or get pre-pasted paper, then do the normal wallpaper process (soak, block, etc..)

One thing to keep in mind - generally a stair is wider than the wallpaper roll. For my first project (with the circles) I picked a paper with a pattern that could go horizontal - this meant that I would simply cut strips lengthwise and then mount them on the horizontal for each riser. Does that make sense? There are not a lot of papers that can easily go horizontal, but some do - and it is a ton easier.

For my second round of papering, the pattern cannot go on the horizontal so I had to paper each step with two separate pieces of wallpaper and match up the pattern. Not hard to do just a little tedious. You also need to be aware of how the pattern marches up the stairs and not get off kilter.

Laxsupermom - you can totally use the photo, if you google wallpapered stairs - there are tons of fabulous pics. The black and white floral stairs from ferm living were my initial inspiration - love them!

Wow. I never would have come up with the idea of wallpapering the stair risers. Both before and after pictures look amazing. But the new paper looks stunning and really works well with the wall paint. I'm impressed.

Fascinating! Both patterns are/were beautiful and very creative.

wow, very cool idea. I love it