STAIRCASE AND FLOOR ADVICE

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

Hello,

I am planning to have my staircase replaced with an iron and wood version. The treads and handrail will be a very dark (almost black) stain and the spindles will be a black iron simple design (see example photo).

I will putting carpet in the center of the stairs (sort of like a runner) and have the same dark stained tread on either side. Here is a photo of the carpet.

My problem is at the upper level. I want to change the carpet to a laminate or wood floor but in a light color. The stair builder says that the trim piece that sits under the spindles should be the dark color. I don't know if that would look strange with the lighter wood floor? Here is a photo of the same staircase as mine at the upper level. I was thinking that I could have them stain just the trim piece upstairs the lighter color and keep everything else dark or should I just use the carpet in this hallway or do a dark wood to match the stairs?

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
I need to see your stairs and IMO if what you are asking is part of the actual staircase it should be the same as the rest of the staircase wood.
SJ McCarthy
5 years ago
Stick with the dark. The upstairs is another floor that is allowed to stand alone. The carpet runner is going to be the 'connecting' piece. I'm guessing the light laminate (if you have a stair case like that, why would you use laminate??) will fall inside the range of the colours of the animal print.

And please be aware...as soon as you change the surface of the floors at the bottom, at the top or ON the stairs you run the risk of putting your stairs OUT of code. A Finishing Carpenter (or stair carpenter) is the ONLY person who should be assessing these stairs. If you have a 'guy' doing the work, then you want to make sure the 'guy' is a Finishing Carpenter.
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nancy50
Original Author
5 years ago
Thank you very much....I probably said "guy", however, yes I have a professional stair building company doing the work.

Thank you for the advice. It really helps. I will take your advice and use a real wood rather than laminate and I will choose from the carpet colors.

Thank you all again.