The East Coast – especially New York and Connecticut, is graced with two-story and three-story homes with beautiful staircases. So, when it’s time to renovate your home, don’t overlook the stairs. Whether you have a grand foyer, spiral staircase, or stairs tucked away leading to the basement, read on for inspiration on style and design ideas to bring life into your stairs, handrails, balusters, and landings. We excel at ROI Remodeling for Stamford CT homeowners.
Impressive Foyers
One of the most rewarding renovations you can do is to upgrade the design of the foyer. Opening the area, adding a new front door with sidelights, including other rooms by adding French doors, and of course, designing a staircase that will last for generations to come will impress your friends and family.
Hardwood flooring is one of the top choices for both the entryway and stairs leading to the second floor. Stairs with carpet help control sound and can tie in color elements from the rest of the room.
Handrails & the Finishing Touch
A staircase can gently define an area and add interest without taking attention away from the room design. The best designs are subtle. In the image above, the tread and handrail are a rich dark wood, the risers, balusters, and posts are a clean, bright white.
This design is not only aesthetic, but it’s also practical because the tread and handrails will wear nicely without showing wear and tear or fingerprints and scuffs.
Stairs with Carpeting
If you have a home full of children, consider carpeting for your staircase. Otherwise, you’ll have additional noise as they run up and down the stairs. The carpet adds noise reduction and an extra design element. You’ll also add a touch of warmth to your home with carpeted stairs.
Keep in mind that with carpet, you’ll have to carry a vacuum upstairs and downstairs. And if it’s a high-trafficked area, you’ll have to shampoo more often. If you still want to keep some of the natural wood showing, only have carpeting down the middle with wood appearing on each side.
Natural Wood Design
Does your home have rich hardwood floors? If so, we can match what you currently have to a new staircase. A popular design is wide stairs at the bottom, a nice-size landing, with stairs leading up to the second floor.
In the image above, you can see how the natural wood compliments the hardwood flooring, and the white risers bring a modern, clean look to the design.
Quality of Material
Stairs above almost any other area require the highest-grade materials. Quality flooring, handrails, and posts not only look better, but they’ll also last longer and are safer. Railings especially need to be installed by a professional contractor like Remodeling Consultants.
With top-grade materials, you won’t have creaking stairs or wobbling handrails. Instead, you’ll have a lovely added structural feature.
Staircase Design
Whether you’re doing a whole house renovation, adding a second story, or remodeling your entryway, a stunning staircase design can enhance your project. Your home is unique and deserves a design that will complement the architecture of your house and lifestyle. Remodeling Consultants can design and plan your project from concept through the build.
Take the Next Step with Remodeling Consultants
When you’re looking for local experts you can trust, contact Remodeling Consultants. We have proudly served Westchester County, NY, and along the NY border in CT, including the towns of New Canaan, Greenwich, Westport, Wilton, and Stamford for over 55 years.
Contact us today in Westchester or Fairfield County. You can call our New York office at (914) 381-6900 or our Connecticut office at (203) 321-1250.
