Advice for decorating stairway walls

last year

I had posted this before and went with what I thought was the best option, but I’m not happy with the result. I have a narrow two story foyer. When you walk in the front door, the stairway to the 2nd floor is to the left. I bought three art prints and I’m not happy with them. I don’t want to do a picture gallery wall since I have one in the next room. Next to the front doors, I have framed William Morris fabric which I do like. Then to the right when you walk in the front door, there is a hallway table with mirror. I plan to paint the unit and keep the original mirror although I might detach it from the bottom to hang by itself. I’m only sharing all of this so you can get a perspective of the space.

Back to the stairway wall, I need ideas as to what to put there instead of the large prints.

Back to the stairs

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TeeCee84
Original Author
last year
The rest of the space
TeeCee84
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last year
Another view
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Maureen
last year
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Consider nothing and live with for a bit to see what you think. Visually there is a lot going on - rug at bottom of stairs, sconces plus the art, large mirror, and busy collage seen in living room (could be improved - too high and crowded).

Are you open to changing the mirror, as it feels dresser like and consider more balance overall.

Hope this helps vs it feeling negative.
akrogirl32
last year
Do you have anythere else where you could put your picture gallery wall? Personally, I would find somewhere else for that, and find one large art piece for that space that works with all the prints, which I love.
TeeCee84
Original Author
last year
Thank you, both! I am going to tackle the living room next. I put that photo collage up many years ago & I agree it is busy & could be improved. I plan to paint that room and redo the upholstery on the couch. As for the mirror on the hall table, the unit was passed down to us and has sentimental value. But I am considering replacing Murrow!
TeeCee84
Original Author
last year
*mirror
shirlpp
last year
You have a lot of brown in your entry. What about white picture molding going up the stairs and changing your stair spindles to white.
apple_pie_order
last year
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Williams Sonoma currently has several William Morris prints available in fabric pieces of various sizes. Napkins, tablecloths, placemats, and so on. One or more printed fabric pieces could be framed to match or coordinate with the two frames you have already. Alternatively, there are narrow woven Morris tapestries of various qualities and prices available online. They need careful sturdy hanging to look good.
HU-402831377
last year
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What about painting the foyer a different color to make it stand out. You could go up the stair wall and maybe down the hall. It looks like you have good stopping points for a different paint color.

Maybe some type of wall sculpture would work up the stairs. I noticed William Morris prints us a lot of animals. Look on Amazon. They have a lot of wall sculpture examples.
HU-402831377
last year
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You could paint these gold to match your frames.
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Darci Hether
last year
From your other images, it looks like what might not be working is the black frames around the artwork along the stairs. The other pieces are framed with gold, so currently they are not coordinating well. Maybe switch out the frames for some gold frames, or paint them gold, and then see how you feel.

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