Choosing Hardware

Whatever your style each hardware tells a story and reflects you. It's the small detail that can set the expectation before walking through the door. There are no rules and being different and eclectic is two thumbs up. It's the perfect example of how you can do unexpected things in subtle ways with hardware. Take that builder-grade home to new heights with something less expected and more you. Check out these elements of style...

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...and here's my personality. 

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Stair Candy | A Selection of Inspiring Climbs

Stairways that are anything but ordinary. From decorative carpet runners to unique railings. Resolve your stair dilemmas with these stylish designer solutions.

Grand Luxe with streamlined demeanor...

Interiors by Designer Julia Buckingham Edelmann.

Shadow Valley

Embroidery and trim detail...nothing speaks bespoke like this runner. Interiors by Tobi Fairley Interior Design

The Cable detail

Stairs design by Klopf Architecture.

Paris Apartment by Joseph Dirand.

The elegance of Parisian ironwork is never short of fluidity and grace.

Bold Geometry

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An Untold History

This wooden staircase meeting the honed checkered floor is out of the ordinary, but I love it! Click for image source.

Leopard Stair Runner

Interiors by Designer Kelly Wearstler

Neoclassical Style

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The Spiral

The apartment of a stylist in Quebec. Click for source.

Custom Stringer Details

This greek key pattern on the stringer of the stairwell is beautiful and a smart upgrade.

By Aludean | Fold - balustrade - mild steel - private residence Richmond Melbourne - 2009

I love the fold and details in the screen balustrade. I can see this stairway in a boutique hotel as well as a museum or some other public building. It's just fantastic! 

Modern Farmhouse style

Nothing beats the traditional wooden staircase with painted risers and a sisal runner. The neutral palette feels so open. Interiors by Tobi Tobin Design.

Attention to the finishing touches

There's something still very soft and feminine in the form of this metal work. Interiors by Leo Designs Ltd.

A glimpse of this contemporary stairway from a distance. Interiors by Leo Designs Ltd.

Modernist brushed brass railings by UrbanCraft.

Graphic Installation

Contrasting mix-patterned tiles by Country Floors. {Image Source: House Beautiful}

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