Friday, November 4, 2011

My Reno: Getting X Stair Rails

What do you think of my current stair rail?? Luckily I don't have small children and this barrier of furniture and random piles of wood and plastic has prevented anyone from falling over. *(The blue tape shows where a new window will go. The new lower level windows and doors are in.)
Monday the stair rail fabricator is coming to measure for the X stair rails - which will be very similar to these. After months of indecision I've decided to go with this design and have a solution planned so they will pass code. For inspiration: (1) the above gorgeous stairs and entry by Canadian designer Scott Yetman. The image is via the blog Home Bunch - go here to see his whole house.
and (2) these amazing stair rails from Suzanne Kasler (photographer not known).

Hope you have a great weekend!

26 comments:

ArchitectDesign™ said...

so glad you figured out how to make it work! Is it the plexi solution? Interesting how in Suzanne's house the middle x is 1 wider than the other flanking x's.

Marty@A Stroll Thru Life said...

Can't wait to see it all done. Hugs Marty

HOOTENANNY...Jennifer Jacks said...

I really love those...it seems everyone has the ornate spirals these days so it's nice to see such clean lines. Can't wait to see finished product.
Jennifer

Completely Classic said...

Michele - That stair rail is going to be gorgeous. You have great taste (but we all new that already)!
Deborah

debra @ 5th and state said...

this will be stunning, share your love of an 'X' pattern.
best
debra

Anonymous said...

Michele - Absolutely love the stair rail inspiration. It's going to look fabulous! Can't wait to see it!

A Perfect Gray said...

smitten. and I think these are a little sexy! will you go with some sort of medallion in the middle of the "x" like in the second image?

Ann said...

Your inspirations are lovely...

I'm sure yours will look as lovely when done :)

Janell @ House of Fifty said...

THIS WILL BE STUNNING! But yikes, be careful in the meantime! Janell

Luciane at HomeBunch.com said...

Wow! It will look amazing! I also can't wait to see it!

By the way, thank you for the mention. I really appreciate it. I love his house. It's so classic and elegant. Great inspiration.

Have a blessed weekend.

xo

Luciane at HomeBunch.com

christina @ greige said...

I am very excited to see how it will all turn out!! How fun!

best,
Christina
greige

Unknown said...

i think they are very cool and sort of Holywood in the Heyday. Can't wait to see the finished product.

Unknown said...

Love it! Glad you are making it up to code. Those inspectors get you when you go to sell your house if you don't watch for that.

René said...

This is going to be an incredible renovation. I cannot wait to see the outcome.

The Visual Vamp said...

LOVE them!
xo xo

Unknown said...

Oh, I love the look of that stair rail! Very chic!!!

Glad to know we can commiserate on renovations!!! We've only been in it a week --- just 23 weeks to go!!!

Have a great weekend, Michele!
xoxo Elizabeth

TSL said...

Love so much! Can't wait!

Teresa Hatfield ~ Splendid Sass said...

LOVE IT! Sophisticated is the word.
Can't wait to see the finished project.
Teresa
xoxo

Mary Ann Pickett said...

So pretty!

YONKS said...

I really like these rails, they are unobtrusive and yet create a great design element. I like the fact that they don't hide what's behind and in the first shot you can see the artwork on the walls behind.
Nice choice!
Dianne
YONKS

Windlost said...

Beautiful Michele - your home is already so wonderful but it will be even better. You have such classically great taste. I love the X motif. You know what you like and I admire that you are patient enough to get it right!

xo Terri

Anonymous said...

That is going to look amazing!

SHERRY HART said...

Am loving the chair rail...WOW!

Anonymous said...

Nice! Looking forward to the end result!!

The Saviour said...

So graceful. This railings give a very unique look. Waiting when railing is done and how the finished product looks like.

mhhancock said...

I realize this is an older post, but is there anyway you could email me the information on how you were able to get this railing to pass code. We are building and I love this railing!!!

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