Similar to my love of spectacular painted doors is my fascination of staircases. Blame it on Scarlett O’hara from Gone with the Wind, Rose Bukater from Titanic or Shelly Long of Money Pitt. In my opinion, stairs have definite architectural attitude. They really set the stage (pun intended) for a beautiful space. Stairs give so much stylish personality to a room. Nothing can add high fashion drama like a grand staircase of carved wood at the entrance of a home. And nothing can add more drama than a glass and metal staircase artfully designed and crafted in the middle of a loft.
Titanic stairs
Rarely does a home with a staircase lack commotion. Stairs add movement, interest and sensational excitement better than any Picasso painting. Here are a few show stoppers that make my heart skip a beat:
Wood stairs
Shall I say more? These beauties are as sexy as they come. Could I saunter down them with grace as Scarlett would? Um, if a face plant is considered gracious, but I could set up my lawn chair and stare at these all day.
Wood stairs
Maybe I am stretching this a bit, but I think we could tune these up to play music. Just gorgeous. Simple and sensational!
Wood stairs
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wood and glass stairs
Words cannot describe…utterly gorgeous!
Wood stairs
And sometimes it just doesn’t get any better than the original! Here the remodel stopped at the stairs and the homeowners left them to shine in all their original glory.
What are your thoughts on stairs?
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Aaah, the publicist has poor balance and double vision so some of them scared her to death.
She is fascinated with chandeliers. When she was in Italy, in Florence in the Uffuzi all she kept looking at were the chandeliers. They were magnificent.
There is also a great old store on South Street in Philadelphia with lots of great chandeliers. See? Fascinated. Oh, and New Orleans….fantastic chandeliers there too.
I’m in the process of redoing mine right now, just waiting on the runner. I really wish I had the one with the swirly slide !
The stairs in that 3rd picture are really cool. In fact, the whole building looks really cool from what little I could see.
What a great idea to have that slide there!!! yes, some of these are gorgeous, but maybe not too practical? St ill, fun to dream!