Fun design, step by step

Those of us who schlep our laundry or groceries up and down our stairs every day can tend to overlook the potential of this space. Your stairwell offers a few key decorating possibilities -- along the wall, the risers, or on the steps themselves.

We often paint the stairwell wall an accent color, as we did here:

And we always highlight this wall with artwork or a photo gallery, as in these examples from our portfolio:

The most recent issue of HGTV magazine has some fun ideas for decorating your stairs . . .

How cute are those numbered stairs? And we LOVE the orange painted "banister"!

Have you tried anything creative with your stairs? Let us know in the comments below!