Paint the Risers. Paint the risers of basement stairs a rainbow of colors for a fun, easygoing look. These pastel stairs by @happyhivedesign transform a once-bland stairwell into a colorful pathway.

Editor’s note: In light of recent rains, we are reprinting a timely column originally published June 6, 2009. We have a 1973 two-story house with a basement that we’ve owned for about two years.

Your stairway is too wide for the standard Cleargress sizes, but a spokeswoman said they could probably make ones that would work, for about $5,000. But she cautioned that a panel would be needed ...

I'm trying to add a light to the ceiling of my basement stairwell but I have a question.<BR><BR>Right now the basement stairwell is finished with drywall and above the ceiling are the steps for ...