Poor Craftsmanship on Floating Staircase?
Lynne
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Comments (25)If you've ever fallen on stairs, both carpeted and not - you would want carpet on them. I hate carpet and have wood everywhere but carpet on the stairs. When I was building my house I did a lot of research and discovered the bulk of it recommends carpeted stairs for safety. I considered wooden stairs with a runner, but I've had that before and found all the nooks and crannies were horrible to clean. And I've had a 1920's era wooded staircase (two sets actually - one for the family and guests and the second hidden one for servants that sadly didn't come with the house when we purchased it) - had to add these rubber stair treads on them so they weren't so slippery for my older relatives which sort of ruined the beauty of the wood. rubber non-slip stair treads...See MoreCan someone help me tone down too formal living room with poor layout?
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Comments (13)A VERY handsome option: Dark treads with light/white risers! Super handsome. You can have your cake and eat it too! Go with the light wood (just as you wanted) and then use the dark treads to punctuate the design of the stair case. The risers can have the same pale tones as the wood floor to keep that 'match' going. I have an issue with the look of the floating staircase in your photo. The staining on the treads/risers is not the best. I can see variations where the stain didn't take as well as it should have. And being THE CENTRE PIECE of the space (a stair like that will smack you in the face and make you take it out for dinner because it is a DIVA) there is no place for a poor stain job to hide. A painted riser gets rid of the chances you will see the bad stain job. I'm assuming the same people who built this home will be building yours (are you in the same community?) which means it is HIGHLY POSSIBLE the same 'guys' who had issues with this stain job will have more issues on another project. Just something to consider....See MoreStair case behind kitchen?
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