Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Look!: Shawna's Wallpapered Stairs

Look!: Shawna's Wallpapered Stairs

We're always intrigued by Seattleite-turned-Dubliner Shawna's observations on decorating and design in Ireland. But today's entry jumped off the page -- wow! (Check out the before pic below the jump to see the difference.)

Click here to take a look at Shawna's blog, Design in Dublin.

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Comments (14)

Wowza! That's cool.

posted by Nevis on May 7th 2008 at 10:59am
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I like

posted by bepsf on May 7th 2008 at 11:04am
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incredible- so graphic and bold a statement in an entryway has to set an excellent tone for the entire house!

posted by colgankc on May 7th 2008 at 11:05am
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I am in love with those stairs! Wow.

If I lived there, I would feel like Alice in wonderland

posted by La loca on May 7th 2008 at 11:06am
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this is ultra cool. i want to do this to our stairs. they're currently unfinished ... might be a possibility

posted by teensleuth on May 7th 2008 at 11:16am
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I love that idea!

posted by Lizzykewl on May 7th 2008 at 11:51am
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Very clever! It looks great! I'd like to see something on the uppers though. The painted tops look a bit slick for socked feet.

posted by MoJonson on May 7th 2008 at 12:21pm
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Lovely! I wish I didn't have slated stairs!

posted by Fiosrach* on May 7th 2008 at 1:01pm
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i'd love to do something similar with my stairs; however, my stairs are wood colored and I don't want to paint them. Is there a pattern that would go with that? hrm.

posted by jolly on May 7th 2008 at 1:15pm
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So beautiful!

posted by twenty twenty-one on May 7th 2008 at 1:18pm
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WOW! Thank you all for the lovely comments about my stairs.

MoJohnson- Yes they look pretty slick, and we were sort of worried about that, but there's actually more traction on them than you'd probably expect.

Jolly- I got my wallpaper at Wallpaperfromthe70s.com, and I gaurantee you could find something to match your stairs. They're a great company.

posted by Shawna in Dublin on May 7th 2008 at 2:04pm
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Totally great. Makes me wish I had some stairs!

posted by small clever rooms on May 7th 2008 at 2:06pm
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ahhh- why am i still renting?!

posted by fizzyizzy on May 8th 2008 at 6:55am
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For painted stairs to not be so slick, simply sprinkle some sand (salt shaker works wonders for this job) when the paint is wet. Le voila, traction in a second!

I've done it a bunch of times and works like a charm.

posted by Erin in Ottawa on May 8th 2008 at 3:35pm
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