Advice on a staircase remodel
Hi All
I’m looking for advice on updating the staircase in our home. We live in a coastal location and I’m looking for something less elaborate.
I have tried living with it but it is just not our style. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
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Comments (26)Re your designer, the most important part of any house is the floorplan so you will benefit from what is spent on design. No, I thought that I had read in your first post that you were moving the driveway $10K, did you do that. As I said I am not an engineer, but for the sake of a better overall floorplan you can work with and around with Load Bearing walls but it does cost, you earlier discussed using posts to help with supports and using fretwork across the top to conceal if you felt it necessary. My upstairs floorplan has the staircase brought back towards the Alfreso with the access from that end up to the bedrooms, ie kids coming home from school, through the mudroom/laundry, powder room and then either onto upstairs or into the kitchen for something to eat and then up stairs. By moving the stairs back will give you a Grander Entrance which you wanted. Everything you do doesn't have to be in the same style as the old house, the rear can be more simple with large stacker doors etc keeping your beloved French doors for the front door and living room etc. Don't be in a rush to make a decision, you are spending a lot of money to achieve your dream house. Did you look at the Youtube program which shows you how to marry old and new. I think the dining needs a bigger window looking out from the kitchen etc to the view of the pool, this is also a good safety thing to do, work with a blind, pergola etc to help control any heat....See More- 5 years ago
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5 years agoGlass could work, it’s choosing a style to match the house, glass with timber or metal would look beautiful.
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It has crossed my mind siriuskey! I’m just not brave enough.
I think it would work on the exterior, though. There are some very busy windows that could do with fading into the background. I just need to convince the rest of the family 🤷♀️
5 years agoI do not think glass would suit either, your doors etc are not “that look”. I do like big readers photo example. Do you need the actual balustrade on the stairs. Could you take that away on both sides, and have a simple hand rail attached to the wall on one side of stairs.
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That’s a great tutorial siriuskey , could look beautiful.
Was wondering if your windows could have some of the metal strips removed to make a full sheet of glass, the strips are usually stuck on , we did this and it made a huge difference going from a busy look to a sheet of glass.
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