There are times when the house you are you rehabbing looks dull inside because it has a boring staircase. Things like this do happen in this business. Installing a new stair would significantly raise a property’s appeal and value. But before you tear down those old steps, make sure you know what design would fit the house you are improving. Here is a short list of some stair designs you can choose from.

Let’s start with the minimalist design. These staircases are the types you are unlikely to encounter in the rehabbing houses business. It’s because they are primarily found in contemporary, post-modern, or international design architectures. However, you can still use this design if the interiors of the house are wide and spacious. This type can also serve as a form of “sculpture” because of its simplicity and sometimes, eccentricity. “Floating steps” or those bars that are attached on the wall to serve as stairs fall under this category.

Another type is the ornamental metalwork. Like the minimalist, it can also serve as a sculpture. This type is basically metal bent to form a staircase. If you plan to use unpainted iron, make sure the room has enough lighting because dark-colored staircases can make the room look a bit gloomy. These staircases are often found in Neoclassical, Spanish Colonial Revival houses.

From the least common, we will go to the more familiar ones. Simple profiles are found in Colonial Revival houses, Saltbox, and Federal homes. Like their name implies, these are modest staircases with straight balusters. When rehabbing stairs of this kind, you can spice it up by using rectangular balusters instead of the simple balusters and give it a fresh coat of paint.

If you are rehabbing Greek Revival and Italianate houses, you are likely to find subtle decoration stairs. Also installed in Colonial Revival houses, these staircases have more details compared to simple profiles. Baluster profiles are more complicated. The importance of newel posts was probably seen and these posts were given classical cornices in subtle decoration stairs.

When it comes to Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Tudor houses, staircases have elaborate details. Despite their details, these stairs exude a certain level of masculinity and solidity. They usually have thick and fancy newel posts that may even be designed with urns and other decorations. Complicated hand carvings can also be seen in these pieces. If you plan to take out this kind of staircase, think twice. When cleaned, repaired, and refinished well, they can give off the feeling of elegance to the house you are repairing.