Back to the staircase railing design: The existing sheetrocked pony wall surrounding the staircase "felt very closed-in," Cravotta says. In order to open it up, he designed a steel and glass panel system with a hand-hewn walnut handrail.
While renovating a house that was built on-spec, designer Mark Cravotta replaced a sheetrocked pony wall around a staircase's second-floor opening. In its place, he designed a steel and glass panel system with a hand-hewn walnut handrail, which opened up the home to additional views from floor to floor, and opened it up to more natural light.
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