Ideas for Decorating Your Stairway Landing
- Choose the color palette for your landing. Consider using colors, patterns, or themes that are already in use in the main living spaces in your home. You could also choose something monochromatic that is distinct from the rest of your home decor. Keep in mind this is a space most guests will see, so whatever you decide, make it interesting and appealing - make them want to come upstairs.
- Determine how much space you have on your landing to work with that doesn't impede traffic flow to rooms or closets. Consider putting a small bench, stool, or bookshelf if there is enough space. This small piece can be used as the foundation for other decor. If there isn't space for a small piece, then consider finding a larger vase or jar to hold floral stems or be the centerpiece of the space. You can build the rest of your decor around your centerpiece item.
- Once you have selected your centerpiece, whether shelf, stool, bench, vase or other item, decide what items you will use to accessorize. Use pillows, throws, rugs, or window treatments, if your landing has a window, to introduce your color scheme and build on your centerpiece. You can use complementing patterns and colors as opposed to matching ones to add interest and variety. If you are using a vase or jar, select floral stems that coordinate with the overall look and feel of your landing decor. Consider using branches, feathers or other woodsy stems if you don't like the look of flowers.
- If you have wall space on your landing use a variety of items to add interest to your basic color scheme. Pictures, wall hangings, iron candle holders, antique items, small shelves, shadow boxes, and other such items add interest to your stairway landing and in some cases provide storage space for interesting collections or knickknacks.