Victorian Wood Staircase Ideas and Designs
Foxy Interiors and Home StagingThe newel post is decorated in magnolia, sleigh bells and pine cones. Brenda Corder
Christopher Hall Architect, Inc.
Architect: Christopher Hall Architect, Inc.
Photgraphy: Warren Patterson
HighergroundRoger Oates Hanover Elephant stair runner carpet fitted to white painted stair case in Kingston, Surrey
Cravotta InteriorsInspiration was drawn from great old cathedrals and university stairwells as well as Gothic, Jacobean, and Tudor manors
Saikley ArchitectsThis beautiful 1881 Alameda Victorian cottage, wonderfully embodying the Transitional Gothic-Eastlake era, had most of its original features intact. Our clients, one of whom is a painter, wanted to preserve the beauty of the historic home while modernizing its flow and function.
From several small rooms, we created a bright, open artist’s studio. We dug out the basement for a large workshop, extending a new run of stair in keeping with the existing original staircase. While keeping the bones of the house intact, we combined small spaces into large rooms, closed off doorways that were in awkward places, removed unused chimneys, changed the circulation through the house for ease and good sightlines, and made new high doorways that work gracefully with the eleven foot high ceilings. We removed inconsistent picture railings to give wall space for the clients’ art collection and to enhance the height of the rooms. From a poorly laid out kitchen and adjunct utility rooms, we made a large kitchen and family room with nine-foot-high glass doors to a new large deck. A tall wood screen at one end of the deck, fire pit, and seating give the sense of an outdoor room, overlooking the owners’ intensively planted garden. A previous mismatched addition at the side of the house was removed and a cozy outdoor living space made where morning light is received. The original house was segmented into small spaces; the new open design lends itself to the clients’ lifestyle of entertaining groups of people, working from home, and enjoying indoor-outdoor living.
Photography by Kurt Manley.
https://saikleyarchitects.com/portfolio/artists-victorian/
Igloo Designby painting everything white we had the opportunity to highlight what we wanted to showcase. We used these Marcel Wanders glazed ceramic tiles on the risers highlight each step and create a playful invitation to the space above
Victorian Wood Staircase Ideas and Designs
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