From winding staircases to platform designs, these 36 ideas feature carpet in many different settings. Some use a simple runner over wood steps, while others combine carpet with white risers, dark banisters, shiplap, wainscoting, or board-and-batten walls.
Light Wood Staircase
Gray carpet covers the stairs against white walls. The minimalist staircase is made of light wood and has thin black spindles. Textured white wall panels surround the staircase.
Sliding Barn Door
Beside the small sitting area, a transparent chair and a small stool provide support. The white hutch rests on wood flooring and includes shelves with vintage brass hardware. A sliding wood barn door in the dining room reveals the patterned carpet on the staircase.
Christmas Stair Carpet
A basket filled with festive pillows sits next to the white banisters in the entryway. Christmas garland is placed along the staircase banisters, while wood flooring extends to the white paneled front door. Full beige carpeting covers the steps.
Winding Staircase
Wood flooring extends toward a seating area, where a black and white plaid bench is placed. On the winding staircase, patterned carpet in gray and white complements the black stairs, and a mat marked 1 sits before the staircase.
Layered Farmhouse Stair Carpets
White beadboard wainscoting in the entryway works with the farmhouse decor. A peach carpet lies over the brown stair runner, with a basket of decorative items resting on the stair carpet.
Vaulted Living Room Staircase
Black wooden spindles frame the staircase, and the wood railing continues along it. A patterned stair carpet covers the stairs and landing. The living room has a vaulted ceiling, an exposed wood beam, and recessed lighting.
White Shiplap Staircase Nook
A throw pillow accessorizes the window seat. The seat is covered by a cushion with a white and gray plaid pattern. The staircase has white shiplap, and cream carpet covers a white step, the stairs, and the landing.
Gallery Wall Along the Staircase
A staircase runner offers an alternative to full carpeting. Keep the walls plain for a mounted railing.
Staircase with White Skirt Trim
A beige stair runner with a diamond pattern covers a stair tread made of wood with a light stain. White risers and spindles set off the staircase. The spindles support a black handrail made of wood, while white stair skirt trim sits opposite them.
Farmhouse Entryway Staircase
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The staircase has gray patterned carpet flanked by two black railings. Its steps are white, with a black banister and black spindles.
A wood console table and table lamp sit nearby, and the lamp illuminates the table. A vintage wood wall clock hangs over the staircase landing, which is covered by a black-and-white striped runner.
Black White Staircase Stripes
On the staircase landing, a runner in black and white stripes rests near a vintage wall clock made of wood. White steps pass between a black banister and black spindles. A table lamp illuminates the wood console table.
Staircase Landing Accent Wall
The steps are white, with a black-and-gray runner laid over them. The wood banister has black spindles, and the staircase landing wall has board-and-batten treatment.
Gray Stair Carpet in the Foyer
The foyer includes wood flooring and a rustic console table resting on it. A gray-carpeted staircase in black and white occupies the center, while a sconce is fixed to the wall at stair top.
Beige Checkerboard Stair Runner
Light wood flooring runs around the stairs. The walls are white, and the rails and treads are also light wood.
A beige runner with a subtle checkerboard pattern covers the stairs, ending above a black mat at the bottom. The mat rests on the light wood floor.
Green Garland and Golden Stair Runner
A green garland carries red ribbons and hangs across a handrail made of dark wood. A carpet runner in golden yellow is installed on treads made of dark wood. For a neutral look, a rug that is long and beige is placed on a floor of dark wood.
Layered Rugs on a Platform Staircase
Gray walls surround the staircase. This platform staircase begins with wood steps and transitions to carpet in a later section, where the carpet is cream. Combine the rugs through layering.
Stair Carpeting in a Vintage Entryway
The vintage double doors open into the vintage entryway. They are made of wood, have an arched shape, and include glass inserts. Beige carpet is laid over the wood steps, and a shaded table lamp beside the staircase rests on a vintage console table.
Entryway Pendants and Consoles
Two geometric pendant lights illuminate the entryway. Against opposite walls sit two white console tables with different designs. White wainscoting continues up the staircase.
Gray Wainscoting in an Entryway
The off-white rug sets the arrangement in the entryway, with one white console table on each side. Gray wainscoting covers the lower walls, while the upper walls are white. An embellished mirror is flanked by candle holders mounted on the wall.
Black and White Staircase Console Table
A framed picture and carpet go together in this stair area, with the carpet showing black and cream on the stairs and landing. Console tables provide accessory space in spandrels and on blank walls, including a black and white console table at the staircase spandrel.
Curved Staircase With Dark Wood Trim and White Runner
A white carpet runner follows the length of the curved staircase. Dark wood trims the risers and treads, and the matching wood handrail and spindles continue the detail. Above it, a modern black ceiling light fixture is located over the staircase.
Fall Decor on Stair Spindles
Off-white carpet covers the staircase. White painted posts, a white painted stair spindle, and a white painted handrail are joined by numerous small pumpkins colored white, orange, and green.
Hallway Christmas Tree Decor
Dark wood flooring covers the space. A white staircase has dark wood treads and a patterned runner in black and white. Beside the metal steam train decoration stands a Christmas tree with silver and white decorations that include hints of gold.
Christmas Decor for Carpeted Stairs
The entryway staircase has patterned gray-and-white carpet. A classic Christmas tree stands in the entryway, while banister garland adds holiday decor to the staircase.
Pendant Lighting in a Two-Story Foyer
Two patterned candle sconces in ivory and black sit beside the entrance door and match the black metal pendant fixture with cylindrical stripes in the foyer. The door is light blue and has two white sidelights. The pendant fixture complements the staircase made of stained wood.
Framed Pictures on an Entryway Staircase
Identical pictures in black frames line the staircase walls. A green and yellow wreath hangs on the white door in the entryway. Taupe carpet covers the black stairs and continues into the entryway.
Staircase Carpet at the Landing
The patterned gray-and-white carpet runs across the stairs and landing, where a second-floor gallery wall is located. A black banister is paired with white spindles.
On the staircase wall, a white sideboard with glass inserts sits above dark flooring. The flooring is beneath the sideboard.
Patterned Staircase Carpet
Patterned carpet on the staircase partially covers the wood stairs and leads toward the second floor. Two black railings stand along the stair sides. Vintage picture frames hang above a wooden bench, which has a spindle back and holds decorative pillows.
Gray Carpet and Wood Railing on a Staircase
On the platform, a rustic wood console table sits with a wall clock. Gray carpet covers the half-staircase of the farmhouse staircase, which leads to the platform. On the lower level, built-in shelving is separated from a fireplace made of stacked stone.
White Skirted Stairway
Gray carpet covers the light wood stair treads, while the stair risers are white. A white skirting board finishes the stairs, and a black banister is mounted to the wall and attached to the treads.
Neutral Two-Flight Staircase
Across the room, a neutral carpet runs over the two-flight staircase. Its light wood railing is set with white spindles and a white post, while a white main-level column stands among the white wall.
Antique Tassel Stair Runner
The antique stair runner has tassels along its edges and sits on the white staircase. A black banister is on the stairs, below a gallery wall. On the ground floor, a woven basket adds another detail.
Beige Staircase With Fall Decor
Beside the front door, a sidelight brings in natural light. The beige-carpeted staircase has fall decor placed on every second step, including a seasonal pillow and a pumpkin ornament.
Cream Runner With Wood Railing
Wood appears on both the stair steps and the banister. A cream runner flows down the entryway staircase, which is framed by the wood banister and white spindles. The adjoining room contains gray and black pieces beneath a chrome chandelier.
Dark Gray Runner On White Stairs
This is an open-concept room with a dark hardwood floor, painted white walls, and a corrugated tin ceiling. The white staircase has a dark gray runner and a light wood handrail on it.
Compact Staircase Entryway
In the compact entryway, a console table finished in white holds decorative items on its shelf. A woven carpet runs along the staircase to the staircase wall, which displays clocks and farmhouse decor.
