I’ve had a certain project on my mind recently, and I cannot decide whether to take the plunge and DIY or to just open my pocketbook and splurge on the ‘buy’.

When talking this weekend with one of my best friends, Lacey, we were both in a similar predicament with our staircases.  It seems like such an easier task than the painted herringbone walls I recently did, but really I think it’s much harder.  Painting on stairs is just so much more time consuming because all of the up and down has to be done so carefully.  Also, we don’t have a light in our stairwell making painting hours much reduced (no nights here!).

So I’m really stuck on this one.  On one hand it’s just paint… but on the other hand, what a headache to do it on my own!

Weigh in here – what would you do? Buy? or DIY?