Once you have cleaned the stair, take a measuring tape and determine how many strips are required for the installation. For instance, if you are installing LED strips below each step, measure the length of each step and cut the strip accordingly. You will find cut marks in the strip; use scissors and cut following the mark. In case you make a wrong cut, don’t panic. You can quickly join them back using the

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. 

Go creative with your staircase lighting, shaping the flexible LED strips into different structures. Instead of installing the lights in straight lines, bend them to different angles to create an exclusive visual effect. How about outlining the walls following the gradual incline or decline of the steps Undoubtedly, it would be an eye-catching move to implement. However, you can experiment more with designing the strips with aluminum channels. This will definitely bring a modern and sleek look to your staircase. 

The color of LED strips for stair lighting mostly depends on your personal preference. Yet, if you have wooden stairs or want to bring coziness to the stair area, warm color LED strips work best. However, you can use cool bluish-tone LED strips for a more modern and minimal look. Such lighting will suit you best if you have glass or open-rise stairs. Besides, you can also go for RGB LED strips to bring color to your stairs.

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.