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[quote=Anonymous]We live in a three level townhouse that was built in the 1980s.  We've updated just about everything in the house, but the stair railings are still bugging me.  They are (were) wrought iron with square -shaped ballisters with a very 1980s looking oak railing on top.  By the time we purchased the ballisters had been painted beige.

We looked into replacing, but we were shocked to see how much it would cost.  We aren't interested in spending thousands on this project, but was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to do an update that would bring it into this century.

I was thinking of painting the ballisters a metallic gunmetal grey/silver color, but then not sure what to do about the actual hand railings.  Paint those black?  Replace just those with new wood?  That wouldn't be as expensive as replacing every single ballister and building the railings from scratch.

For what it is worth, our house has lots of earthy, cool tones (slate tile, grey/black granite counters, stainless steel appliances, etc.). 
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