Once you have sized the LED strips to your desired length, lay out the LED strips, connectors, channels, wirings, and other parts. In this case, you must keep the polarity of all the elements accurate to ensure continuous current flow through the strips, connectors, and power source. The lights will only glow if the polarity is ok. So, arrange the parts so that the positive ends meet the positive and the negative ends meet the negative. 

Testing the LED strip is necessary to ensure the wirings are proper. After you are done with soldering and connecting the LED strips to the power supply, turn it on to check if it glows. If it doesn’t glow, check the polarity and connections. Don’t make the mistake of installing the LED strips without testing them. If you install it and then find the strip is not working, all the hard work will go in vain. 

The color temperature of the LED strips determines the light’s tone. If you want to create a warm ambiance for your stair area, use a lower color temperature. This will give a yellowish-to-orange tone. Again if you want cool lighting, choose LED strips with higher color temperatures. However, tunable or dim-to-warm LED strips are your best choice if you want an adjustable color temperature option. 

To light up dark stairs, you need to layer lyings for different parts of the stair. First, start with ceiling lighting; you can add spotlights, track lights, semi-flush lights, or simple LED bulbs if the star is narrow. But if the stair area is wide enough or if it’s a duplex or triplex stair, go for cove lighting with LED strips. Considering your interior design, you can also install chandeliers or pendant lighting. Once the ceiling of the stairway is lit enough, go for accent lighting. LED strips are your best option for illuminating stairways; add them below the tread, steps, railings, or anywhere you find suitable. And thus, you can easily make a dark staircase look bright enough.

You can creatively experiment with LED strip patterns with a structured stair railing. For instance, installing colorful LED strips below the railings will be brilliant if you have a glass railing. You can also try DIY strip lighting to fly in your creative world. How about bringing an ombre effect by mixing different color strips Won’t it be fantastic Take blue and green LED strips and install them side by side in the lower portion of your glass railing. You will be amazed by the color combination it will bring out. This way, you can experiment with other color palettes, i.e., pair up yellow and green, red and blue- options are endless.