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Does this pricing for a stair runner sound correct to you?
Comments (35)@clt3 I'm with you! I love numbers and have always enjoyed working with them...unless it was Trig! Boy did I have a hate on for Trig. Fast forward a few years after High School. There I was in an industry that needed to evaluate WAVE FORMS! Doh! Yah...it's amazing (tongue firmly in cheek) how much we *should know is being taught in....wait for it...SCHOOL! If only we could go back and smack our teenage-selves around a bit. Knock some sense into ourselves. That would have been SUPER helpful!...See MoreEntryway Rug, Runner & Stair Runner help
Comments (14)Thank you @everdebz! I’m new to the site so haven’t added any idea boards yet. I am actually going for a brighter look. Mix of contemporary/French/farmhouse. We will be renovating that living room you see from the foyer and it will have hardwood floors. We are not renovating the foyer but would like to tie in these styles. Kitchen and mud room on the side of the house will have these color schemes:...See MoreI need help finding this stair runner
Comments (4)@SeattleBridge not going to assume you're in Seattle, but if you are, all the better. If the designer who posted the project isn't able to give you the source as Jilly suggested or if it's custom and unavailable to you, find a locally owned carpet/company store and ask them for suggestions to find the carpet or have something similar made. Locally owned carpet stores often have staff who have been in the business for years and know all the manufacturers' designs. If they find it for you, buy it from them, don't get it cheaper online and likely, they will match any online price. There is a value in knowledge worth paying for....See MoreAm I overthinking this stair runner? (old house, U-shaped staircase)
Comments (19)For what its worth, I recently went through the same dilemma. I spent hours going back and forth between the idea of a runner over wood and carpet completely covering the stairs. I ended up having the stairs recarpeted and looking back, I am really glad that I did. The amount of time and money that would have been spent to get the treads looking good, just to carpet over 80-90% of them seemed silly. Also cleaning would have been more difficult, essentially you’re vacuuming just as much carpet and then you have the gaps where the carpet meets the wood where things will collect. You have to worry about the carpet wearing at the edges of the runner and the runner being pulled up. I went with the anderson tuftex wayfarer in the “calm” color, and think it looks great. My .02, spend the money on something you will get more satisfaction from and doesn’t add to your weekly cleaning tasks....See MoreJay J
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