Staircase Tile Baseboard: The Only Patterned Area

A staircase in a Spanish Revival house. The treads are thick terracotta or dark solid wood, while the risers are covered with handmade glazed tiles, featuring blue and white or yellow and green geometric patterns, with the same pattern on each step. The staircase spirals up against a white plaster wall, which is bare without paintings; the handrail is a thin wrought iron rod or a groove directly embedded in the wall. Because only the risers have patterns, the staircase becomes the sole decorative focal point in the space. Avoid: having patterns on both treads and risers, using multiple patterns on the same staircase, adding carved wooden handrails and balusters, filling the staircase wall with decorations.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一段西班牙復興住宅的樓梯。踏板是厚實的赤陶或深色實木,踢面則貼著手工釉磚,圖案是藍白或黃綠的幾何紋樣,每一階的圖案相同。樓梯貼著白灰泥牆盤旋而上,牆面是空的沒有掛畫;扶手是一根細的鍛鐵直桿或直接嵌在牆上的凹槽。因為只有踢面有圖案,樓梯成為空間裡唯一的裝飾焦點。避免:讓踏板與踢面都有圖案、在同一段樓梯使用多種花色、加入雕花的木扶手與欄杆柱、在樓梯牆面掛滿裝飾。