Need a quick fix to the basement stairs? Let me tell you a secret. You don’t need new stair treads to make your stairs look more cozy and inviting. How about a rug runner, rug pad and some paint? The total cost of this project was around $300 and took about 8 hours. If we had gone the route of doing new stair treads and then adding the paint and runner, we would have spent $270 just on the new treads and probably double the amount of time for a total cost of $600 and 16 hours. These look great w