at the stairs are painted in matte to blend with the wall surface to which it is applied. So sorry for any confusion we may have caused you! Hopefully this clears it up. Good Luck with your project.
Added to 4,798 ideabooks Last comment "like how the stairs are square while using the wood." This photo has 4 questions
our stair way - light color stairs, black rail, leave white balusters instead of adding black iron.
white oak natural floors and black stair rails
you have stair treads, risers, railings, doors and casings to consider. I love the drama of the black railing of this one. In my house, I'm going to do black doors and white casing throughout, so it's another argument for unstained white oak floors.