Screen printer Hannah Carvell is one of Ideal Home's new Open House contributors, sharing her thoughts on colourful home design for a creative family to live in. See the rest of her articles here.
I finally took the plunge and gave our staircase a makeover. It's something I'd been thinking about for a while. We live in a cottage, so there is no sweeping staircase making a grand first impression. Ours is a simple, functional flight of stairs that leads directly into the living room. Perfectly practical, but over the years the varnished wood had taken on that familiar orange hue that never quite feels at home in an old cottage.
