Anonymous
03/18/2013 13:49
Subject: Re:What is the style for railings these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
A bitch to clean and will soon be outdated!
+1 They already seem outdated. I would go with wood painted white, craftsman style as mentioned by a PP
Anonymous
03/18/2013 13:47
Subject: Re:What is the style for railings these days?
Anonymous wrote:
A bitch to clean and will soon be outdated!
Anonymous
03/18/2013 12:47
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
PS: One thing I would NEVER do is put light rug or runner on your stairwell. You will be CONSTANTLY cleaning it, or fretting over how dingy it looks. If you go with some sort of carpet, select something with a busy pattern or color that hides schmutz.
Or no carpet (which would be my choice).
Or no carpet (which would be my choice).
Anonymous
03/18/2013 12:45
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Why would you go from iron to iron? Money to burn?
No...they're older, metal (no idea what kind, but doesn't seem very strong, doubt it's iron?) and painted black. It's the one part of the house that looks cheap. The floors are a light blondish wood - could I still do blond wood top rail and iron vertical bars? Seems like the examples I see use a darker wood on top. Thanks!
Yeah, here are some examples. Pretty!
http://www.iron-balusters.com/gallery
Anonymous
03/18/2013 12:41
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
When you say metal, I'm picturing the ones from the 70s. Right.
Anonymous
03/18/2013 12:22
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Anonymous wrote:Why would you go from iron to iron? Money to burn?
No...they're older, metal (no idea what kind, but doesn't seem very strong, doubt it's iron?) and painted black. It's the one part of the house that looks cheap. The floors are a light blondish wood - could I still do blond wood top rail and iron vertical bars? Seems like the examples I see use a darker wood on top. Thanks!
Anonymous
03/18/2013 12:05
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here are the parts of a stairway:
http://www.designingyourperfecthouse.com/blog/2009/01/designing-stairs-and-steps/
[snip!]
Wow, thanks PP! This is great. Are you in interior design?
Nope, I just play one on TV.
Knowing the parts of a stairwell is so useful!
Anonymous
03/18/2013 09:55
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Why would you go from iron to iron? Money to burn?
Anonymous
03/18/2013 09:52
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Who do you call to re-do a railing?
Anonymous
03/18/2013 09:42
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
White 1" x 1" wood pickets and dark wood or glossy black rail. Simple craftsman style box newel posts. Very classic and elegant and will not go out of style.
Anonymous
03/18/2013 07:48
Subject: Re:What is the style for railings these days?
Anonymous
03/18/2013 07:38
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Anonymous wrote:Here are the parts of a stairway:
http://www.designingyourperfecthouse.com/blog/2009/01/designing-stairs-and-steps/
More in than out:
All wood stairway either
* entirely painted white
* ballister and risers painted white, the rest wood
e.g.: http://jenduncan.typepad.com/whats_new/images/2008/06/13/staircase.jpg
or
http://www.sheilazellerinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/White-Hardwood-Switchback-Staircase.jpg
Mostly wood stairwell with pretty iron ballisters, e.g.,
http://iron-railing-parts.ironwroughts.com/images/wrought-iron-balusters-1.jpg
More out than in:
All wood (especially "blonde") country-style stairwell with no paint, e.g.,
http://steel-staircase-drawings.steelstairss.com/images/wood-stairs-manufacturers-2.jpg
OR
all iron, e.g.,
http://dighomedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wrought-iron-stair-rail-design.jpg
OR
"wall to wall" carpeting
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/davidmartyn/davidmartyn1002/davidmartyn100200237/6447455-stairs-and-stair-carpet-inside-a-newly-modernised-house.jpg
OR
half or full-wall ballister drywall, e.g.,
http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ds-photo/getty/article/83/47/AA037574_XS.jpg
Not for your average house--needs an artistic eye to pull off:
diagonal/horizontal ballisters, e.g.
http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ec0a86209/images/applications_07-2.jpg
Acrylic/glass half-wall, e.g.,
http://cdn2.sulitstatic.com/images/2012/0706/053042368_052813736fb2f32cdca2d1c4306e503d102c6a29330b4e01.jpg
Wow, thanks PP! This is great. Are you in interior design?
Anonymous
03/18/2013 03:15
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Here are the parts of a stairway:
http://www.designingyourperfecthouse.com/blog/2009/01/designing-stairs-and-steps/
More in than out:
All wood stairway either
* entirely painted white
* ballister and risers painted white, the rest wood
e.g.: http://jenduncan.typepad.com/whats_new/images/2008/06/13/staircase.jpg
or
http://www.sheilazellerinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/White-Hardwood-Switchback-Staircase.jpg
Mostly wood stairwell with pretty iron ballisters, e.g.,
http://iron-railing-parts.ironwroughts.com/images/wrought-iron-balusters-1.jpg
More out than in:
All wood (especially "blonde") country-style stairwell with no paint, e.g.,
http://steel-staircase-drawings.steelstairss.com/images/wood-stairs-manufacturers-2.jpg
OR
all iron, e.g.,
http://dighomedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wrought-iron-stair-rail-design.jpg
OR
"wall to wall" carpeting
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/davidmartyn/davidmartyn1002/davidmartyn100200237/6447455-stairs-and-stair-carpet-inside-a-newly-modernised-house.jpg
OR
half or full-wall ballister drywall, e.g.,
http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ds-photo/getty/article/83/47/AA037574_XS.jpg
Not for your average house--needs an artistic eye to pull off:
diagonal/horizontal ballisters, e.g.
http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ec0a86209/images/applications_07-2.jpg
Acrylic/glass half-wall, e.g.,
http://cdn2.sulitstatic.com/images/2012/0706/053042368_052813736fb2f32cdca2d1c4306e503d102c6a29330b4e01.jpg
http://www.designingyourperfecthouse.com/blog/2009/01/designing-stairs-and-steps/
More in than out:
All wood stairway either
* entirely painted white
* ballister and risers painted white, the rest wood
e.g.: http://jenduncan.typepad.com/whats_new/images/2008/06/13/staircase.jpg
or
http://www.sheilazellerinteriors.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/White-Hardwood-Switchback-Staircase.jpg
Mostly wood stairwell with pretty iron ballisters, e.g.,
http://iron-railing-parts.ironwroughts.com/images/wrought-iron-balusters-1.jpg
More out than in:
All wood (especially "blonde") country-style stairwell with no paint, e.g.,
http://steel-staircase-drawings.steelstairss.com/images/wood-stairs-manufacturers-2.jpg
OR
all iron, e.g.,
http://dighomedesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Wrought-iron-stair-rail-design.jpg
OR
"wall to wall" carpeting
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/davidmartyn/davidmartyn1002/davidmartyn100200237/6447455-stairs-and-stair-carpet-inside-a-newly-modernised-house.jpg
OR
half or full-wall ballister drywall, e.g.,
http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ds-photo/getty/article/83/47/AA037574_XS.jpg
Not for your average house--needs an artistic eye to pull off:
diagonal/horizontal ballisters, e.g.
http://cdn.lightgalleries.net/4bd5ec0a86209/images/applications_07-2.jpg
Acrylic/glass half-wall, e.g.,
http://cdn2.sulitstatic.com/images/2012/0706/053042368_052813736fb2f32cdca2d1c4306e503d102c6a29330b4e01.jpg
Anonymous
03/17/2013 20:18
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
Most new houses seem to have iron.
Anonymous
03/17/2013 20:11
Subject: What is the style for railings these days?
We just had our contract accepted on a home. We are planning to do a few upgrades, one of which are the stairway railings. They are currently metal and look old. What's in style these days? Wood to match the floors? Wrought iron? The rest of the house is nice - I wouldn't say super high-end, but definitely very nice finishes. We don't want anything too trendy that will be dated soon, but we don't want to get something that's already dated. Thanks!