What still puzzles me about this stair is that given a 9ft. ceiling height and 7 3/4"+ risers, the thickness of the second floor (ceiling to finish flooring) would be over 16" if there were 16 risers and it would be about 8" if there were 15 risers. For the smaller floor thickness the floor joists could not be larger than 2x8's and for the larger floor thickness the floor joists would be about 14" Since a typical floor thickness is about 12" I am greatly puzzled about your stair construction. Is there something unusual about the floor joists at the second floor? Is the ceiling height 9 ft. plus a tray or coffer? To accurately define the stair riser height you should give us the floor to floor height and the number of risers. To increase the distance from the front door to the stair by turning it, you must put one more riser at the lower run which would extend it farther into the lobby. If this doesn't make sense to you, you should ask your designer to draw the two conditions to scale before telling the builder to modify the stair. I could draw it if I knew all of the dimensions of the existing conditions but what you have posted doesn't seem to add up.

Sorry for the tardy answer. Tracks usually come in 8ft lengths but they can be cut shorter. Each track is hot and must be controlled by switches. There is a variety of sizes and styles of lights available. Suggest you visitsome lighting stores. Two available in my area of Texas are Lamps Plus and Lights Fantastic. Both are chains so they may be in your area.

My last house was a center foyer plan as this new one is too for that matter. In the last house I had yellow buttercreme walls in the LR, & the DR was a toile blue & white paper with yellow accents and the foyer I had a small matchstick stripe with blue, yellow & white. It all coordinated well. In my new house, I stayed on the same paint strip but moved up & down. Foyer & Lr are Ivorie & DR is restrained gold. It can work.....just takes some thought on how to coordinate & overlap the colors from room to room. Good luck with your painting! Bonnie

I don't mind the table and mirror and can't really think of anything besides art that would fit on that wall. Can't see the table details well but could it be painted? How about red to match your lovely door? What would say "fresh and cozy" to you for that space? Have you thought of a new light fixture? A runner and a larger rug in the entrance could look good. I don't find the clock visible from the door to be welcoming so I'd be tempted to remove it.