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Combining wood stair parts with wrought iron balusters

If you are considering a wrought iron baluster pattern you may be wondering, like many of our customers, whether you should choose a full iron balustrade with handrail and posts as well as the...

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Hiring a Professional

Building or remodeling the home is a very personal experience. People who were successful in the industry understand this. Building relationships and earning referral business are part of the job....

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Painted or Stained Balusters

The dramatic effects of adding stair treads and risers plus a little paint to your stairs.   So you’ve decided on wood balusters, you may have even settled on a design, but the question inevitably...

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Finishing Basement Stairs

Basement Stair with 6701 Handrail in Soft Maple Depending on the design of your home you may have a set of stairs leading hear basement that are unsightly an may also present a hazard. This may be a...

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DIY Home Repairs that Have a Big Pay Off for Home Sellers

Eco-Friendly Home Repair Tips That Will Pay Off   When you own a home, it seems as though there is always something that needs to be taken care of, from leaky faucets to crooked shutters. When you...

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Remodeling Your Home? Here’s How to Emerge Unscathed

  Remodeling a home is arguably one of the most stressful events in most families’ lives. Married couples often experience marital strife during major home renovations due to disagreements about what...

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Creativity Under the Stairs

Remodeling your stairway?  Why just upgrade from bad to good when you could make it extraordinary?  While this can be expensive, even cost prohibitively so, with a little ingenuity you might just...

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All About Balusters

Balusters are the vertical columns that support a handrail.  They come in a virtually unlimited array of shapes and styles made from a variety of materials.  Although balusters is the correct term and...

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What are Newel Posts

Newel Posts are one of the most important structural members of a railing system.  They contribute the largest percentage of strength and durability to the balustrade.  There are two major categories...

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Iron Balusters and Wood Balusters

Wood and Wrought Iron Balustrade Choosing between iron balusters and wood balusters is almost entirely a decision of appearance.  When installed correctly either option provides very similar strength...

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Stair Design

If you are considering a new stair design in your home but are on the fence here are a few examples of the dramatic difference this often simple renovation can make.  Whether you want to rejuvenate...

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Staircase Design

Staircase design is a relatively simple concept especially if you don’t really put a lot of thought into it.  If do want to truly maximize the potential of this wonder architectural design space then...

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What is Skirtboard?

Skirtboards are a category of aprons which are basically a type of stair moulding.  While Skirtboards are often used to describe all stair aprons, there is a better and simpler categorization that...

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Remodeling your stairs to sell your home

One of our largest categories of customers at WoodStairs.com is remodelers.  We’ve been asked countless times over the years how important is it to remodeling your stairs to sell your home.  While I...

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Finding the Right Stair Parts for Your Home Decorating project

Whether you are remodeling your home or planning the interior design for your new home you will want to explore your interior and exterior design options. The appeal of the home is determined by the...

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Achieving a Bolstered Beauty with Balusters

Home and building owners are always considering ways to enhance the value and appeal of their real estate properties. Balusters can function as a safety feature for pretty much any building. In...

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Secret Compartment within a Box Newel Post

Newel posts are the large supporting posts that occur intermittently, or at corners or ends of a balustrade to which the handrail is attached.  They provide the greatest structural support of the...

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Replacing wood balusters with wrought iron balusters

Many customers ask if it is possible to replace wood balusters with wrought iron balusters without replacing the handrail, tread caps, etc.  While this has always been possible the process was a little...

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Remodeling your stairs on a budget

There are many ways to remodel your stairs on a budget.  While some options are more cost effective than others they depend on the conditions of your situation and what if any concessions you are...

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Comparing Stair Parts – Wood Handrail

Perhaps even more than your typical purchase, with stair parts you get what you pay for.  The problem with this is that because of the relative simplicity of the products, the variation that effect...

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Choosing Baluster Styles

Baluster styles are available in several different categories and virtually unlimited designs.  While the other components also have a dramatic impact, none feature so prominently as the balusters...

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Top 10 Reasons to Remodel Your Stairs and Balustrade

10.  Potential homebuyers may be discouraged from buying your home because of outdated stairs.  Unfortunately for many home sellers they do not realize the importance of the staircase or balustrade in...

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Selecting the Correct Newel Post Types for your Balustrade

Wood Newel Posts are available in two main categories, each with virtually unlimited designs.  These categories are Turned Newel Posts and Box Newel Posts.  While there are countless designs there are...

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Balustrade Design

Balustrade design involves several steps that are narrowed down from concept to individual  components.  You may have an existing stair design from your house plans or that you intend to remodel.  From...

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Interior Stair Railing Design

If you are looking for a way to add a little character to your floor level balustrade here is an idea that gives a new purpose to a standard stair part.  Designing a distinct and memorable balustrade...

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Log Railings

Log railings are available in a wide variety of sizes and textures and they are a virtually essential component of many rustic homes or cabins.  They are typically available in two wood species, pine...

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Inspirational Stair Design

Stairs and balustrades are one of the key architectural features of any multilevel structure.  As such they have experienced a long historical evolution from basic function to the artistic diversity we...

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How to Add Wood Handrail to An Iron Balustrade

Job: Capping your iron railing with a wood handrail Difficulty: Medium to Easy depending on skill level Tools: Chop Saw, Tape Measure, Hammer, Drill, Screws, Titebond Glue Adding wood handrail to a...

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Stair Makeover – Replacing Wood Balusters with Wrought Iron Balusters

Replacing wood balusters (aka spindles) with wrought iron balusters is one of the most common methods of upgrading an outdated balustrade.  This is not to say that wrought iron is superior to wood in...

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Stair Makeover – Adding a Wood Handrail to Wrought Iron

Adding wood handrail to a full wrought iron balustrade can literally heat up your railing system without the expense of replacing the entire banister.  Wood handrails are typically larger, warmer to...

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Outrageous Stairs in an Outrageous Homes – Woodstairs.com in HGTV’s Top 10...

HGTV’s most outrageous homes will feature an $11 million house in Riverton Utah on its “Top 10 Outrageous Homes” this fall.  Woodstairs is a proud, behind the scenes, contributor to this amazing...

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Types of Stairs

There are several different types of stairs that are used in architectural design.  These vary for a variety of reasons, two of the most important being their visual appeal and consideration of space....

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