We have 1970's open stairs and I've just ripped off all the old carpet to reveal this. We will be stripping them back to bare wood whatever we decide to do long-term but I was wondering whether we 1. keep it as bare wood 2. paint it all white 3. re carpet the treads only 4. something else? Background info: the stairs themselves have lots of holes and old nails that have been hammered in which I've unsuccessfully tried to get out. We also have 6 year old twins running about the house! Thanks for your thoughts
If the rest of the entrance has a light colour palette then I would say restore it back to wood and and make the staircase a feature.
If that's not possible due to the cost of repairing the damage and you are going to paint them then I would say just cover the treads as that was quite common in the 70s. 6 year olds running down the stairs at 6am 😖
I love these authentic staircases, I wouldn't change much about it. The colour largely depends on what else you have in the house, clean colours look good with pure white woodwork, earthy colours look better with off white. Sisal flooring wrapped round with pale painted woodwork would be my choice. I actually ripped out my hideous turned spindles (90s house) and revamped my stairs in this style.
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