I would like to paint / cover over / do something with

An Italian friend bought a house where the stone/marble stairs had been covered with stuck down carpet tiles.

He had great fun removing them.

(They didn't look that bad, to me)

I feel a bit bad for wanting to change the stairs but ... they need changing in some way! (hadn't thought about carpet tiles though :) )

If you want to paint them - a hard wearing garage floor paint would do the job. Comes in several colours - not just grey

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I think it's called terrazzo.

If you are really sure you can use a primer first that's called zinssler bin. It's bullet proof so you best be sure. Oh and easier to throw away the brushes after, too tough to clean.

Hello and thanks for this information. I do feel bad for wanting to change the stairs but they do need changing. Is it the permanency of the Zinssler Bin and painting that you mean I should be sure about, rather than the taking away of what is a (scary) classic feature of an Italian house? :)

Yes I only meant that it's very hard to undo.

:) OK, just making sure because not only do I feel bad about changing the stairs but we also have several religious pictures and crosses left in the house by the previous owner that I need to find another home for! I don't want to display them but I don't know what I can do with them! I know I should have asked the house seller to take them but I didn't :(