DIY Farmhouse Stairs | 💰 WE FOUND HIDDEN TREASURE | Kitchen Reno

0:13 hey guys it's Shannon so I've practically long on this kitchen remodel with me and I've already done a complete back door makeover also a new entry makeover including paint and adding accessories I will link both of those videos down in the description box below so you can go check those out after this video so moving around the room now I thought this space kind of needed its own video by itself because we actually found a treasure inside these steps if you can believe that this is a 100 year old home and not only is it imperfect it is unique and it also has some treasures like we found when we started remodeling these stairs so

1:00 before I tell you all about that I thought I would bring you guys along so you can see the whole process of what these stairs looked like before and what they look like now so let's get start with the transformation so of course the first thing you have to do is if you will look at these stairs before we did all of the updating and it had some old berber carpet that it looked like a cat it had gotten a hold of so of course that all needed to go we ripped out the carpet all the perfect padding as well as the carpet strips it's actually quite a lot of fun to view demo and it's a great way to take out some aggression so this was definitely fun for me

1:45 [Music] and here's a look at the stairs after the carpet and the carpet padding had been removed my plan was to sand down all of the existing wood and refinish it all however it was very unfortunate that a lot of the wood was not salvageable

2:31 and it just all kind of had to come out and be replaced so that the stairs would be sturdy and usable that was after we decided to remove a lot of that damaged wood that we were pleasantly surprised to find a hidden treasure and that is a secret hiding spot underneath that bottom step we realized that this step was actually on hinges and that there was linoleum and even a metal strip on the side so that you could easily pry this step up and open it and access what was inside so of course you can see here

3:18 we are both extremely excited to find this it was very unexpected and when we opened it and looked inside you could see the old hardwood floor the original floors which were very cool we also found a couple little treasures in there and one was a rubber duck which must have been a pet toy and also to press 2003 dollar bills so of course we weren't the first to find this somebody else had access to this recently or at least within the last 15 years so it wasn't just us that found this secret spot next it was time to add the new

4:03 stair tops and some had to be cut down and made to fit underneath that side wall and we added some to the plaque of the stairs and all three tops of the stairs [Music] now that all the wood the new wood was added to the stairs it was time to start the finishing process we painted the Front's of the stairs white and then stained the tops of the stairs a dark wood stain in my favorite wood stain color by Minwax which is the color jock beam [Music]

5:03 my daughter Alyssa even got in on this Renault project and did some painting for me so thumbs up for my 12 year old helping out and we just cut down some panel pieces that were nice and white and flat so that they would be nice finishes for the fronts of those stairs they got two coats of white chalk paint and then I also sealed them as well so that they could withstand the daily use on the stairs [Music] we let everything sit overnight so the stain and the paint could cure and then

5:50 we used a brad nailer to secure all the pieces to the stairs once all the stairs were in place and secured the wall had some imperfections

6:37 that needed to be fixed before it could be painted and touched up so we just used some speckling to give a nice even finish to the walls after the spackle had dried completely I sanded it down smooth and then touched up the wall paint [Music] the brad nailer had left behind some marks and some holes from the nails so I

7:25 used some speckle and my finger to just fill those little nail holes I left that dry sanded back down and then touch the fat paint all over again to make sure the stairs were nice and completely finished the way I wanted [Music]

8:14 we also added some more trim to the side of the stairs along the wall just to give it a more finished look the stairs aren't the only thing that got a makeover over in this area the door above the stairs also got a coat of white paint I use the same paint that I used for all the trim in the kitchen so that everything would match nicely and here's a look at the door and the stairs again before the makeover and then I'll look at what it looks like now after a fresh coat of paint some new wood and it updated look we didn't forget about that

9:02 great hiding spot we found in the bottom step so stay tuned after this look at the update and I will show you what we did to preserve that little bit of history [Music] so we loved the idea of keeping this a piece of houses history so we were going to put the hinges back on the step so that this would lift up like it originally had you can see here this was

9:49 notched out of the trim so that this could flip up but we didn't want to see the hinges on the back here so we thought about moving them back to the front where they had the way they had redone this and we didn't want to see the hinges on the front of the step either so we did this completely different we made this completely removable so this actually pops off and out and then you can still access the space and what we did is we added magnets so like cabinet magnets so that way it would pop down in there and stay secure we also added some brace pieces to not only add some stability but these also keep it snug within the

10:36 space so that the step doesn't wiggle around and then to replace it all you have to do is stick it right back on top and it is completely secured and again just a fun little hidden spot in this hundred-year-old house thank you guys so much for joining me on this really cool renovation I'm actually creating a playlist which I'll have a link down below with all of our kitchen remodel videos so you can go check that out and I'll be adding those as we go along like I said you can find the front door or innovation as well as our entry renovation of this video inspired you make sure you give a thumbs up for me you can share this with your friends and family and inspire them

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