I see the rest of your trim has been painted white, one popular option is to paint the risers, skirt, and spindles white leaving the handrail and treads natural to match the floors.

Beautiful staircase!

I think painting the spindles and handrail white to match the rest of the trim in your home would really update the stairs. The oak feels dated. Then, a patterned runner.

I would not paint the risers white, as I hear that is hard to maintain.

What is your budget? Are you interested in updating all the spindles and handrails as well?

If you're on a budget I would avoid leaving the handrail oak, which doesn't seem to make a large enough impact.

I am interested in updating the spindles and large posts.. I am assuming it would cost around 1500-200$?

If I chose metal spindles, can I paint the hand rail black?

I would just paint the spindles white, and leave the rest stained. Then get an interesting runner. The curved staircase is beautiful. Instead of iron spindles, you could use simple white ones. I'd still keep the stained handrail to match your floors.

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