I'd Never Paint my Stair Handrails White — Here's What You Should Choose Instead. Story by Raluca Racasan • 2mo. I t might seem like a small detail, but choosing a stair handrail color matters.

Sheila Hooley Sheeran's goldendoodle, Bugsy, ascends the painted stairs in her Chatham home. By Megan Johnson. September 21, 2022 4 minutes to read. ... and blue-ish gray. ...

To update a staircase in a house in Cornwall, Conn., Ms. Galli painted the treads blue and the risers white, then added a strip of inky black extending up the center like a painted runner.

Napoleonic Blue tied the whole theme together. Masking tape was used to divide the risers, creating a neat line between the two chalk paint colors she painted on each one.