I like it! I say go for it. It's simple and conservative but also elegant. I think it's a very nice choice.

Even better for a formal entrance!

Love it! Go for it.

My husband is a carpet installer and makes custom stair runners all the time. They're not out of fashion here (Texas). I like your choice. Understated elegance :)

I like it... I would probably even go for the sl darker one because the pattern is a little more obvious!

from the pic, the lighter one looks like it has a bit of a pink tone...

I would be concerned about how the pattern will fall visually down the stairs through the curve

Love it.

Do you have any black accents in the entryway or adjoining rooms? If you do you could get a black and beige design. In my house i do have black accents and love the black and beige runner on my stairs. One other benefit is that the stairs never look dirty. The black is also very elegant looking.

Not this particular one necessarily, but something with black in it so you don't have to exactly match your current carpet.

The tile in the entry is the important link in your choices I believe--as long as both stair runner and living room carpet work with the tile, it should be good. Geometric patterns look great on stairs, even curving stairs I think. But it does seem like you will come down to some relation of beige.

I looked at your original photos again and I think that a plain beige runner matching the tile and carpet it beige overkill. I think your lovely staircase should stand out, not blend in.

just had a friend over and her thought was to go with the darker of the 2. Her opinion was, if we spent the $ redoing the stairs with the end caps, the lighter of the 2 doesn't make it stand out as it should. The darker, warmer color gives the stairs/entryway depth, warmth, and an overall appealing look whereas the lighter color just blends.

As for the flooring, that will most likely change in the next year to a dark wood or wood look tile when we redo the kitchen and floors. It has grown on me a bit, but it needs to go.

k9arlene, I agree, it may be too much, but i just cant see going to a dark color and losing the end caps, which i love. i love your suggestion, but it may be too bold of a statement for me. If I can find the panoramic view i posted a few weeks ago, ill upload. you can see the dining room as well as family room from the entryway , there there are other colors that break up the beige, once all is said and done and finally decorated.

Love it. Our runner is too busy, and is going to be replaced before its time.

if anyone is still following this, here's the panoramic from the front door. At the time, we were getting new windows installed + toys are in the pic, but you get the idea. that loveseat is no longer blocking the view of the dining room and the dining room is under renovation...we started installing double board and batten. family room off to the left needs curtains and my chair by the curve is more of a placeholder than anything else, but, again, just to give you an idea of what I'm working with ;) Thank you again everyone for all of your input! Hubby came home with a few more carpet samples tonight. Fingers crossed!

k9arlene - that's beautiful. May I ask where one can purchase that? And what does it look like at the top of the stairs? We have carpeted stairs leading up to a carpeted second floor, and are debating where to begin/end things. If we stuck with carpet upstairs, I'm interested to know what a runner-to-carpet transition might look like.

cand - I love your stairs! Our carpet is the same color as yours, but all our woodwork is white.

Hi javiwa. I just googled black and beige stair runners and several came up, but it didn't say where they could be purchased. If you have a carpet store near you, I would go there and tell them/show them a photo of what you're looking for and if they don't have a sample in the store you like, they can order it. They usually know what's available if you have an idea in mind of what you want.

As far as what a runner-to-carpet transition looks like, it really depends on your particular stairs. My stairs meet the landing with wood, so there's a division between the stairs and the second floor landing. The stair runner doesn't abut to the landing carpet.

Gotcha - thanks! I thought you had that black/beige runner in your home. :)

cand1781, that's exactlyl what I have.

javiwa, I have something similar, but I got it so long ago that I couldn't tell you anything about it.

show a pic of the LR rug... I just went thru this for some staircases we have and it is impt for everything to look nice together, but doesn't have to be exact colors. I think a little color and pattern is nice in runners-- there really are so many options-- in runner rolls or having any patterned carpet cut and bound/ serged... take your time!

javiwa, it's called a "finished stair nose" and is usually made of oak. Or it can be a raw piece of wood that your carpenter stains to match.

My carpet was not a runner per see. It was carpet that was cut and bound to make a runner. The choices are infinite if you go that route.

cand1781, I showed your pattern to my husband. He said it's not going to line up if you look at each individual step. Being a curved staircase you'd have to square it at the front of each step but the overall affect will look good and he's never had anyone complain (he's world famous for his staircase runners) :) BTW, there is a difference between a runner and carpeted stairs. A runner has to be templated and bound and goes over an existing wood staircase vs installed over a subfloor with stained wood (or tile) on each side of the stair. Is that what you're doing? What he said would work better is a smaller pattern or something with florals and/or vines, but what you're looking at will be fine if it's installed correctly. This is the only picture I have. It's winding but a much smaller pattern (if it even is a pattern). I just happen to be with him one day when he needed to stop by this house and tie in the stair with the landing at the top.

All runners start out as carpet. I've watched David cut and template many a roll of carpet. Then he takes it to a binder to have it bound. This would be a "custom" runner. Your pattern can work and look fine but it will depend on how it's installed.

check out Stanton too... they have lots of patterned carpets- traditional and more modern- in lots of colors that can be cut, but also lots of patterned runner choices... I had a curved staircase in a previous house and went with a more traditional runner... kind of a Persian look... much preferred a pattern over the plain runner it replaced...

on one of our current staircases(straight) I went with a diamond pattern carpet cut and serged into a runner and like the less busy look there... mixes nice with the more patterned rugs we have in adjoining rooms and at the front door...

Thanks to all! I'll be bookmarking this thread, for sure (got myself a bit sidetracked...gotta finish the kitchen first). ;)