Examples of painted steps.

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Has anyone painted their stairs?  We have hardwood on the first floor and ripped out the carpet on second floor and installed matching hardwoods upstairs.  They are a light color.  We didn't even think about what would be going on under the carpet on the stairs when they ripped it out so I slapped on a coat of extra paint that we had laying around.  Two years later, I am going to need to re-do it and trying to get ideas on colors to paint.
My walls are polaris blue by benjamin moore (which is a dark blue).
Any one have examples of theirs to give me more inspiration?
I have spent hours looking at pintrest, google, and blogs.  I really just need to pull the trigger and do it

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The risers on our steps are painted the same color as our trim (a very light gray) and the treads are painted a deep chocolate brown. They were this color when we moved into the house and at the time we thought we would replace all the treads and stain them to match the hardwood that we put through the house. Then we looked at the price of replacing the treads and decided that we could live with them as they are.