Stair banisters and railings ideas from Terence Schweitzer

Elegantly Engineered

This wrought-iron staircase railing makes a sculptural statement that originates with its floor-set newel post. A curving railing and delightfully comprehensive balusters held in place by decorative brackets join to get a wonderful focus. The just lined handrail on the inner wall ensures safe passage for pairs going down the stairs in precisely the same time.

Unfussy Form

Occasionally staircases should blend in instead of stand out. Coupled with square balusters, posts and clearly profiled handrails, and a white-painted finish, the monochromatic color scheme that is breezy is perfectly suited by this stair railing.

Shipshape Silhouette

Contemporary houses benefit from stair railings and stairways that sport sharp, clean lines. The short length of the railing requires only two posts to support its span in the beginning stair to the top wall. Without detracting in the minimalist look, plexiglass installed involving the railing along with the stairs ensures safety.

Curvaceous Climb

Intricately detailed iron railings garner focus without blocking views or incoming light of the arched window located behind the stairs. Rising from a white foundation, stair railings that are dark undulate upward to underscore the stairway's stately architecture and turn at the starting steps.

Detailed Design

Following the curves of a spiraling staircase, this railing combines plain steel balusters -shine wooden handrails, and black iron newel posts. Notice how a balusters go to fit into brackets, which add jewelrylike sparkle that works with the stair railings to augment the contour in the staircase.

Cottage Railing

Wood blocks joining custom design is given and somewhat of sturdiness to this stairway by the balusters.

Fashionable Beginnings

Stunning in its simplicity, an iron stair railing captivates attention thanks to linear design and its kicky newel post. Straight balusters embellished having a slim curved handrail with knucklelike details associate to guide traffic and eyes up without interrupting the peaceful rhythms of the dwelling.

Traditional Turn

Foyers that are proper call for refined stairs equipped with stair railings that are delicately detailed. This railing, which boasts a black- painted handrail and classically contoured white balusters, takes an interesting turn in the beginning. The handrail wraps to the right (a right-hand volute in stair talk) around the stairway's first step and is supported by balusters as well as a black newel post that adds weight to the stairway's entry point.

Progressive Passage

The flat lines of the stair railing enhance (and safely enclose) a floating stairway ascending behind a kitchen's serving space. Accessible several metals and finishes, these clean-lined stair railings immediately establish modern character.

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Refined Rustic

Juxtapositions of materials and finishes create stairwells that are unique. In this modernized farmhouse, a wooden handrail and clear plexiglass panels fastened with sleek hardware fashion a contemporary stair railing that becomes more intriguing when paired with weathered barnwood steps.