Hi Donna, I don't know how many stairs you have but an idea might be to choose a 4-5 word phrase or quote to suit, start from the left side and moving gradually over to the right ending up flush right as it were with the last word. I steal this idea from a friend of mine and combine it with your last comment. She taught her children to count in this way. She had fourteen (seven up then seven up) stairs which she shared between 1 to 0.
One of my favourite Latin sayings (I have many, I really love the language) is BIS DAT QUI CITO DAT which means She/he/it gives twice who gives quickly. So you will get something like this as you walk up ...
DAT
CITO
QUI
DAT
BIS
I don't have stairs to speak of so can't use this idea of yours, still tromp l'oeil? Ah, now where to find a painter and how to afford him/her? Thnking is harmless enough and imagining fun!
Cheers
P S When I typed the post I spaced the quote but I see it doesn't stay. No problem, I am sure you know what I am trying to say!
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