The designer gave the staircase a punch of color by painting on a runner — a vibrant, budget-friendly alternative to a carpet runner.

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Perfect pairing. I like a green such as emerald, kelly or apple best paired with crisp black and white. It's a graphically bold and fresh move.

6. Give the stairs a bold new look. An entry that opens into a stairwell can feel a bit boring. Make sure yours puts a smile on your face by employing bold strokes of color and embracing positive memories with a photo wall.Try this: Paint a runner on your stairs by taping off the middle section and coating with the color of your choice. Match your picture frame color to the runner for a fresh, coordinated look.

Pretty and so vibrant with this green color!

Staircase

Cool color idea

color

Fotos

Painted stairs...love green

Could always paint the basement stairs - love how the stair color is the same as the frame color

Backnstair

Combination and matching frames

Pic frames

cuadros

Not green but...

Varied framing

cuadros en escalera

Stairs

Pourquoi pas peindre les escalier, couleur? Ou fil de lumière ?

Paint a runner on wooden stairs.

black white and green flooring.. nice, but is the color too strong? also need to check on brand colors..

Love the painted runner

Painted runner

pictures

picture at top of stairs

Painted stairs

Painted stairs

Stair awy idea

Colour

Painted stair carpet

srairs not the green

colorful runner

Style

Painted runner

Mirrors and photos

painted stairs

using color on staircase

Cool stairs

Photos at the Entry of Stairs Up

Green painted stairs

smart idea for display

Shallow risers, wide steps.

Any color?

photo collage

Stairs

Stairwell that reatment

The colored stairs

photo arrangement

frames

Det grønne

Nice take on staircase colour plus photo frames

Painted basement stairs

colorful stairway

Stairs to the basement painted like this?

Green/black and white design, picked up in framing, wainscoting/beadboard

USE OF COLOR

..más cuadros en escala...

nice how the frames are tied in.

wainscotting

A little paint...rowe

painted stairs love

colour scheme

freshness

love the painted effect!

painted stairs

composition of picture frames

coordination

different size pictures

Painted stairs, color frames

to tone

match the colour of stair to artwork frame.. and or the colour of the rail

paint runner on stairs

Luc

Green

Pictures

Photos

Painted wood

Color

Painted stair runner

Picture wall on steps to perk up entry

Beautiful color

Photo

Miss house

Pop of color

Painted wood stairs

beading on walls

painted stairs

I would choose a different color bug good idea

steps

paint runner

Good colour ideas

Bead board and pictures

Love pops of green

Perfect Green touches for Asheville kitchen.

Stair desig colour

Ties in the family photo collage

Green!

MERDİVEN RENK TASARIMI (SİYAH+BEYAZ)

Painted stairs

Escalera1

wall photos

painted stairs

Paint steps dark and try wood grain idea

Yes!

fun entry

P

stairs

Painted runner on the steps. Grouping of photos on the wall. Painted bannister. Need on on short vertical run at base of steps.

Floor

stairs

Love

Interesting

Escaleras y fotos

stair paint

nice idea for basement stairs

Bead-Board Wainscoting on the stairs ! ! !

Bead-Board wainscoting on stairwell ! ! !

For people with stairs, this is a great idea to match a bold runner to the picture frames!

Painted runner

Collage

The coloured stairs.

for the garage

Love this!

Stairs

me gusta esta decoración

Stairs paint

Thomas steps

painted runner

Pictures

Stairway idea for back stairs

Stairs and pop if color. But not green

Love the Green!

paint stair runner

Pictures at the top of the stairs? Katie from baby to teen?

green middle of stairs

great idea to use a fun color

Color frames with black and white prints.

Stairway

stair landing wall

I like this but not in green... Maybe light blue or mauve

Painted arairs

Painted stairs

Painted runner.

For stairs at condo

ERS office space

Photo

Color ~ personality, photos

Framing

Paint stair treads & risers the same color

Cottage basement stairs

This idea would be great for our garage stairs!!!

Mudroom

Wall border

Original

great stairway idea

pictures on the stair landing

Runner

go green...

picture frames and stair runner are same color in otherwise monochromatic space

Pics

painted runner w/ gold and green matted picture frames

Green!!

Style

Non carpet steps

Love the color green...

Laiptai

Pop of color and photo collage

Colour theming

Painted stairs

Love this!!

Painted stairs

Painted stairs

Painted stairs

painted runner on stairway

Back stairs?

painted runner

Stairs

Stairs narrow

I like the stairs mix of black and green with white

Great fix for ugly stairs you don't want to strip or have historically always been painted

Stairs

Runner

Wall of pics

Photo collage

Dennis house

Painted runner on stairs

Paint stairs

color green on floor and wsll

Pasamanos

Color

Love the color green.

Picture display

Frames

Great idea for stairs in bad shape

Fun Picture Wall

fotos n la pared

cottage cool

Groovy