Yes please -what do you think of something like that for the stairs instead of carpet ?

@Flo Mangan An ivory-and-black palette would be elegant for this house! Great idea! @Jean Demond - do you like that suggestion? Seems to match the grandeur of your house.

I like it - I can’t stop watching this staircase along with the black and white flooring - very nice .

What styling are you going for?

I am open for any styling -

That staircase and railing is beautiful. It is not a simple matter to do wood treads on an existing staircase. All wood also tends to be more noisy and slippery. I would paint the railing black in satin finish first. Have you tried removing carpet from one step to see what’s behind the carpet? That’s where I would start. I see a soft contemporary look in this space. I will do the scale drawing then look forward elements that all work together for you. Bbl

@Flo Mangan : it is concrete underneath the carpet.

Also thought I’d show you what a white staircase looks like

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`(don’t think the water cooler is a good idea… :)

Concrete on stairs?

Don’t quote me on that - the whole house is concrete - so I think the stairs might be concrete too . But I will confirm . Usually the staircase is wooden box. Right ?

The whole first floor's look might not work with this -- seeing the archway: it could 'show' with a soft color ceiling paint in DR / to repeat in sofa color, or accessories.

Eclectic "out there" showed on my search -- ? to downshift chandelier style -- tucked next to stairs in the back, with large chair...

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It would be very unusual for that staircase to be concrete. Please check. Praying it’s not. 🤣

Here is Option 1. Because of the need to be able to walk through this space I didn’t like a sofa in this room at all. Mainly because I don’t like sofas up against walls like the previous owner had it. This arrangement provides seating for 6-7 people. I put a small bench at entry for guests to set down bags/purses etc and to add one more seat. I did all chairs because it gives you most open feeling and creates nice conversation area. The bay window area acts as additional seating but also could be nice little reading nook. I cannot read the room sizes from the drawings so actual measurements would need to be taken to ensure proper sizing of furniture. I did put a pretty bar cart over by the pillar/stair area. You could also put a large piece of art for more drama on the wall between windows on side wall. These are “concepts” but I am fairly confident they would work well. Bbl with mood board. 😊

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That is a great floor plan! BTW, You can find fabulous rugs at the Rug Company. Example:

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Here is black, cream, white, gold and lucite mood board. For inspiration.

I cropped the board for better viewing.

I see in your idea books you are saving photos with cobalt blue. This could work well with a rug and the other black and cream with golds too.

The ideabook was for another project

I love that chair

Might as well post it

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Here is rough mock up of room as seen from stairs. Just for inspiration. Of course, you can decide on elements. If you like that chair, we could do 4 of those in central grouping and plainer ones in Bay Area.

I changed chairs and art. Enjoy!’

The chairs are ivory not blush as it comes across here.

Here is source on that chair.

While I like the Accent Black and White Mahogany Wood chairs, I like them better in the bay window area because they truly are "accent" then. The plain ones then can be "accented" with black and white interesting lumbar pillows. But either can work.

Because heat rises, personally, I'd enclose that entire staircase so it lands in a hallway rather than the living room. I'd create a separate room -- the hallway to the right of it -- leaving the right side of the staircase within hallway open -- and to further control heat exchange, I'd also add doors to other doorways in that hallway. The wall to the left or in front of of the staircase could include glass blocks if seeing the stairway matters to you.

There is no cost benefit to altering that staircase. It would be very expensive and take a very long time to recover costs. It is a major feature of this home and since you also believe it is concrete, it probably provides structural support as well. Sorry, but I could not support that suggestion.

Having a hard time envisioning this — or even understanding it. Heat rises, so you dont want to trap it on the ground floor where leaving windows open is a security issue. where would you put glass blocks to view an enclosed staicase (what kind of glass blocks?) — ?

Structural change is not an option right now. This is a very nice floor plan and there is absolutely nothing wrong with it . I can only change paint color, remove carpet on the stairs , add furniture and accessories .

Lovely room and Flo has provided a wonderful furniture arrangement. How exciting! Make sure and let us see how it turns out.

A note on stairs. If you try putting treads on the concrete or even regular stair you change the geometry of the steps. This creates problems that aren’t easily addressed if that staircase is actually some concrete formed unit. So I wonder how the current carpet is attached? Glued? This could get interesting! Morning to you and hope the day is grand!

I will be able to tell you more about the stairs when I move there next week . I will be able to send you measurements as well and more pictures if necessary . Thank you!

Perfect! Good luck on the move. If you put my name in your post here, I will get a notification and jump right in to help you.

Nice looking room . Stairs like that add a dramatic flair (and likely increase heat/ac costs .Wouldn't alter the stairs themselves either. Hopefully the heat AC system was built to avoid problems with heat exchange.

If you find all your heat intended for the living room rises up the stairs and/ cool air from upstairs drops into the living room, making it too hot upstairs and too cool downstairs, blocking the path of the heat transfer by enclosing, it up ad/or down , could help. Using a ceiling fan and/or enclosing the staircase in some way -- top and /or bottom -- might also help mitigate that..

@suezbell: thanks- I have 2 ac units for this house - one for each floor. I am removing the carpet on the stairs next week . I will post some pictures after I remove the carpet .

@Flo Mangan: the first part of the project has been done - I did the stairs .

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Looks good. Love that torchiere lamp/clock! Amazing piece. Are you happy with the stairs?

I love the stairs ! But I am thinking about putting a runner to ease the steps -

The torchiere lamp/clock was bought at an estate auction , I am still trying to find out who the artist is.

Yes a runner would be safer on the stairs. That raised edge (if I am seeing right) is a terrible tripping situation. My good friend had that and it was really bad. Hope you can get that done.

I found one similar but no specific artist noted.

@flo Mandan - I just sent you a message , please check it out .

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The stairs look wonderful! I hope you’re pleased with the outcome.

Jean hi!! I can’t seem to open your message on Houzz. Can you send it to my personal email please? manganflo@gmail.com