Update Your Stair Rails

After you have decorated you various rooms in your home and even your ceilings have been updated you might want to consider one more area in your home that could use a little freshening up. Your staircase is one of the most neglected areas in a home and besides painting the rails, most people aren't sure how to update their stairway area.

There are a couple of accents you can add to your stair rails that will update the look of your stairway area. The stairway has two main parts - besides the stairs, the rails and the spindles. The spindles are the strips of wood or metal that are in the middle creating not only a decoration but placed closely together create a safe area on the stairs so children, pets or can't easily fall through the openings in between the spindles.

Unless your stairway was a custom built job most spindles are the same size and a new spindle will usually fit like a glove in the place of your old spindle. For a sturdy and updated look, replace your boring old wooden spindles with updated forged iron. It can be painted to match or accent your existing stairway colors and the delicate scroll work has a very elegant appeal that most people love.

If you're stairs travel over a doorway or you can use the doorway that leads to your stairs, add stair brackets with a delicate scroll work design that matches your spindles for a look that will pull everything together. Adding an accent rug to the area will also bring your decor design together if you pair the colors from your stairway with the room entering the area.

Now that you know the secret - update your stairway!
posted by Home Decor Experts - Accent Architecturals