In the midst of all the walls and ceilings, sometimes an area that is normally ignored becomes the center of attention.  Staircases fall under that category.  Many don’t realize that they do not have to live with a staircase they dislike — the color can be changed, the wood tones made deeper and richer or just have a little bit of metallic oomph added to the ironwork.  Here are some pics:

This is a light change.  The ironwork was installed in its original format: totally black and lacking warmth.  Our clients just wanted metallic hints added throughout the design.  It was all the change it needed.

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This one is more of a medium change.  The designer thought the black was way too heavy for the home’s new stylings and so asked us to make it a lighter and warmer.  Here’s the Before:

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…and After.

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This staircase underwent a big change.  In the smaller Before pic, you can see that the balusters were a stark white and both the handrail and newel posts were a light pine…kinda blah.  In the After pic, we warmed up the balusters with an off-white base and color glaze, darkened the wood tone and created a newel post that was topped off by an aged gilded finish.  (Oh, the walls were glazed also…)

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Hope you enjoyed the pics!  Until next time…