This staircase has a really large landing area, so instead of continuing the runner, the designer has used an area rug. Again, you can either match the area rug to the runner, or just have it coordinate.Tip: Don't forget to use non-slip pads under your area rugs. It is especially important when an area rug is not held down by heavy furniture.

According to Mark Cravotta, the interior designer of this home, inspiration was taken from ancient cathedrals. The result is a mysterious and exquisite décor that is rarely created by modern designers.

Cravotta scoured the internet for old books and manuscripts, ordered out-of-print copies and took meticulous notes to make sure every detail was accurate. Of course, the craftsman and artisans he worked with were a great source of information, he says. "They provided a wealth of knowledge and historical context."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (production design: Stuart Craig; set decoration: Stephenie McMillan)Add moving and speaking portraits of dead professors to this stairway scene and it could pass for a set in Harry Potter's fictional school, Hogwarts. The school's set design is largely Gothic, with its candlelit hallways, rich upholstery in dark colors and ecclesiastical design roots.

The dark wood paneling helps, but the table filled with candles is what really brings on the goth. Seance, anyone?

Multiple candlesticks

Candles

Blending color of stairs and runner

Awesome paneling

where to stop the carpet stair runner

Hall: Candlestick holders

omg in love

CANDLES

stair runner

I need a table like this

Candles

Candles!!!

Table w/ candles

Candles

library panels and railing

Candles

lovelovelove

staircase wooden

This is crazy!

Runner

the millwork

Love these candles. Would look so cool in 2nd dining room on wall unit!!

Candles

Candle table

Traditional stair

Love all the candles

Fun and scary! : ) :#

The wood

Ani svíčky neprosvítí obchod s tmavým obložením a tmavým starožitným vybavením.

Stair thin table with candles - so dramatic!

Too much Ireland old hotel time?

staircase, panels

Candle altar

OMG

The dark wood and millwork

Quite beautiful however, Count Dracula might live here

The candles are awesome!

candle table!

wide stairs

stair runner

Collection of candles

WOW,

Fantastic design

candles

stair stained

Candles frames

table for candlesticks

Harrumph!

Cool

Love

Multiple brass candlesticks, antique marble top table

So goth

trim

Candles

rug runners

Endless amounts of candlesticks

candle groupping

Halloween idea

deco

Spindles

Halloween

Everything

1930s stairway

everything

LOVE

The oriental, the candles.

Candles

Rich Stairway

Stairs

like the runner at the top of the stairs

Niiice dark stairwell

ESCALIER

love candles for main hallway?

Candles

Can you say an episode of Most Haunted? Creepy!

my candles

candles

staircase without candles

Candlesticks on a long table

another example. too busy

Dramatic

Love the wood paneling on the walls, the thick railing on the stairs, and the detail on the wood.

GEORGIAN WOOD DESIGN

Not sure what draws me to this one...the dark paneling?

candles concept many thin candles

Love love love all the dark woodwork!!!

3/4 wood wall

Woodwork

this is sooooo me!

stair

Extreme tudor stairs.

Candles

Landing

I love a landing space between stair cases

Candles in one spot. Large grouping

way too scary!

Tudor Manor

Candles

Would make perfect home office.

lots of wood, lots of candlelight

This looks so wonderfully like narnia mansion

Stair banisters

Very dark, Romanesque

Detail

Love this look.

I got 25 candles on my dresser, yes sir, I gotsta get paid.

Color

fully paneled georgian era style stair very beatiful

Woodwork

Old school look

stair hall

wow!

Harry Potter Library

candelabras

Omygoodness the detail is extraordinary.

creepy, but i love it

wood/carpet

Nice

Carpet/stairs

Spindles and wood walls for wall of stairs

Altar

oriental rug in upper hall and matching down the stairs

gothic

Candles and wood anyone?

Can we do a floating landing?

I love the mastery of carpentry and woodworking that make this interior so extravagant. The elegant dark wood paneling and the detail in the arcs of the railing work great together as well as the contrast that the carpet on the stairs provides to complete the picture.

Candle collection....love it

GORGEOUS

Color for pub

carpet on landing

like the candles and the stairs

how about this paneling?

stair runner

railing

I just really really like the feel of this space, despite its eerie mood.

gorgeous

TABLE OF CANDELS

Dark, rich

楼梯栏杆

Beautiful wood paneling and woodwork throughout.

table full of candles- Halloween decor

carpet layout on stairs

Candle situation

Wood walls

stairway

Love the Gothic feel

Candles on dining table for Halloween

color

gothic

Runner ends just before the landing

Candles r awesome

gothic

English manor

Stairs

Runner up stairs

Candles........collection.

Walls for library

Wood

malinard manor is cool

Love the panels

Love this idea

25 candles on landing

The candle idea

YES

staircase carpet, candles

Candle light

We did this.

candels

carpet

love the stairwell

Stairs

Walls

Library

PANELED WALLS

Candle stick collection

Church-like rails on stairs; strong woodwork.

Carpet rods

s

arch

candles

Candles

Jacobean Wall idea for below your chair rail.

I like the staircase.

Wainscottin

down angle to landing

Wow

Because I don't have a fireplace something like this but in sterling silver, silver plate, mercury glass, maybe rock crystal

nice profile

Candles

Inspiration was drawn from great old cathedrals and university stairwells as well as Gothic, Jacobean, and Tudor manors

Uh-doy

Candle sticks.

Vb

stairs

Electric candles