A narrow, fully enclosed straight staircase wrapped in dense charcoal carpet – treads and risers both, finishing at a clean transition against the hardwood at the top.
Enclosed staircases like this one concentrate all the wear down the centre line, which is why the homeowner went with a dark, dense product that hides traffic and soil. The full wrap softens sound in a stairwell that would otherwise echo, and the dark tone anchors the white walls on either side.
Old carpet off, every tread checked, new carpet stretched and tacked tight at each nosing – a one-day job on one of the hardest-working staircases in the house.