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Ideas to refurbish this dated stairwell

Tim
3 years ago

I live in a victorian semi detached with an extended and modernised downstairs. I'm slowly working through renovating all the other dated bits! Would appreciate some opinions on these stairs. Old tongue and groove wall and pine stairs.


I'm thinking of plaster boarding the T&G wall then painting (the panelling is quite tired), and cladding the stairs with oak.


Any thoughts?

Thanks!


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  • arc3d
    3 years ago

    Oh! I'm with you now.


    The living room area and home office look great by the way. Why not open up the stairs by taking the t&g off completely? and maybe even consider getting rid of the risers so light can pass right through to your home office. It would add to the modern look and bring light to your staircase and home office.












    If you don't want it completely open maybe consider using a glass wall to the ceiling instead.








    Comments (10)

    • arc3d
      3 years ago

      Hmm. I would be suspicious of that t&g. Whats it hiding?


      Might be an idea to pull a section of it off and see whats underneath? It doesn't look original to the house. It could be that you have perfectly good plaster work under it which will save you the extra work and also adding additional plasterboard on top would make your stringer disappear.

    • Tim
      Original Author
      3 years ago

      Thanks for the reply!


      It's actually just T&G on the other side! So nothing underneath I think. Here's a photo to better explain



    • Tim
      Original Author
      3 years ago



    • arc3d
      3 years ago

      Wow, you could have a really nice original banister and spindles under there!

    • Tim
      Original Author
      3 years ago

      Sadly I don't think that will be the case! It's just a single panel thickness of wood

    • Tim
      Original Author
      3 years ago
      last modified: 3 years ago

      They look great! Thanks for the ideas. I was thinking about that but that would mean removing the door to the living room so again, sizeable job! Thanks also for the kind words about the living space - we think it's been quite nicely done :)

    • kazzh
      3 years ago

      To keep a wall, of sorts, for the door yet to open it up you might think about trying a modern look with wood running the full height with glass in between to form a full wall. I don't think I'm explaining myself very well...

    • kazzh
      3 years ago

      As an idea of the vertical wood notion, it could be spaced a little more for glass in between.

    • kazzh
      3 years ago

      On a more modest scale, I think! But you get the idea.....

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