Crazy Staircase- need help!!

jinnyladerer

8 years ago

Bad design, and I need help with painting and decorating this double disaster of a stairwell.

Paint color needs to be int he gray family, light? or one side light and the other a little darker?

carpet? wood? combo? how do I decorate? Mural painting?

that goes up two directions. It has 3 high trans

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palimpsest

8 years ago

I don't know why with handrails there would be anything against code in this stairwell, the landings seem long enough top and bottom and in residential there's no need to break flights like this with an interim landing.

If you had a high budget you could do mural wallcovering on the right side, so you see it from the door.

I would probably do a nice finish on the stairs with a fitted runner up the middle in a patterned carpet, a nice handrail, and a chandelier over the middle doorway and a smaller fixture on each landing all in a purely symmetrical way. I would also probably light the windows from the outside so light was cast into the stairwell from the outside as well.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
8 years ago
Where do you live? This would be against all sorts of codes in NA.Certainly no dark walls on either side a mural might be fun if it gave the illusion of a outdoor space like looking out a big window.
palimpsest
8 years ago
This is not close to finished right? It's just drywall and the rough treads...

What is the overall style of the house? I've seen staircases like this in minimalist-modernist houses that are kept pretty bare but made interesting with lighting and good craftsmanship.

If it's a traditional house it may be a bit more problematic.
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jinnyladerer
Original Author
8 years ago
FL. traditional house. it's being painted right now. :(
palimpsest
8 years ago
jinnyladerer
Original Author
8 years ago
Love these photos!
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Galilee Lighting
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
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User
8 years ago
I agree it's kind of cool. I like pal's photos. Appears the major ingredient is light. Of all kinds.

Let us see how it turns out!
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Debbie Downer
8 years ago
Do you have cats? My first thought is that space would be ideal for cat perches - various levels that span the width of the stairs and positioned in such a way that they can climb from one to another. Not only would the cats love it, but it would break up the intense vertical-ness of the walls. Ideally there would be more light for the cats to bask in.

Oh well, its a thought.
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Melissa Gallagher
8 years ago
White walls and lots of modern lights. What are you putting on the stairs?

I like the photos posted as well.
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Maureen
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
I would go with white walls, a dark grey or black railing and repeat its color on the floor by the doorway. Definitely add some great lighting and a large piece of abstract on the landing facing the doorway.
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User
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Im seeing some quality 3/4" birch cabinet grade plywood stair treads/rise NO skirts and yep with exposed waxed edges.. Bright white and wood tones.

I thank you for coming on the hooz and admitting the debacle first. Thats the first step to recorvery as such you desreve all the great advice you can get, just pic thru it .. well said madame/sir
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tatts
8 years ago
Birch is a lousy wood for stair treads, and plywood is event worse.

Birch is as very soft wood and will never stand up to foot traffic. And exposed edges on the stairs? The corners are sure to be chipped/shredded in no time.