I dont like it. I LOVE it. Good for you. When you walk by, make sure you get a little grin on your chin.

Good hand rails make you feel safer. They do not have to be chunky just firmly fixed. If necessary becuse of noise use as thin a carpet as possible, fixed kelim runners useful. Floor paint has a particularly non slip quality and design choices endless., check Houzz.

The stairs have come up pretty well after the years of paint have been removed so thinking of doing the threads a dark walnut/mahogany colour so a matching handrail would be ideal. The hallway has a black and white tiled art deco floor so was going to do the panelling in something like FB Purbeck Stone / Manor house Grey and then the wall on top of the panelling something like FB ammonite. This staircase has been a project of mine so want to have a go myself at the restoration of the handrail but not sure where to start since I've never done it before but then I've learnt so much since doing the house and tbh - if it all goes wrong I can still just paint over but id rather not. Not sure what products to use - any you tube videos to recommend that I could use to learn from? Biggest worry is fixing the chips and dents and making the repairs look invisible.

I hadn’t come across that website before. I was meant to have a Roger Oates runner a year or so ago but the painting of the staircase (by the highly recommended professional decorators) was not great so I then couldn’t entertain the thought of putting such an expensive runner down! Anyway, I’m now ordering samples from them so thank you!