STAIRCASES

Built into the route.

Fine staircase work shaped around one of the most permanent paths through the house.

Fitted with the same attention given to cabinetry and millwork.

FINE STAIR WORK

Not every stair job.

Palladio’s staircase work is about the finished architectural piece.

The details that remain visible every day matter as much as the line the stair follows.

MEASUREDFITTEDFINISHED

Turned balusters and an oak handrail following the staircase up

Winder staircase with oak treads, a continuous oak wall rail and a glass guard, framed by wall panel millwork

IN THE HOUSE

A line through the rooms.

A staircase is read from more than one room.

Its proportions, finish and relationship with surrounding millwork have to work from every side.

Upstairs landing with fitted wall panels around the stair opening
Seen again from the floor above.

THE FINISH

The hand finds it too.

Edges, transitions, grain and finish are not background details on a staircase.

They are the parts the eye and hand meet every day.

  • GRAIN
  • EDGE
  • TRANSITION
  • FINISH
  • FIT
Oak winder treads and white risers at the turn of a staircase
Paneled newel post and turned balusters at the foot of a staircase
Close view where the staircase meets fitted panel millwork at a landing

THREE VERIFIED DETAILS

SELECTED WORK

What we can show.

A selection of verified staircase and related finish work.

THE PROCESS

Start with the house.

We begin with the staircase as it exists, the finish work it needs and how it meets the rest of the house.

The work moves forward with the client kept informed.

  1. 01 ◆

    Look

    Start with the existing stair and surrounding architecture.

  2. 02 ◆

    Define

    Clarify the finish work and the details that need to change.

  3. 03 ◆

    Work

    The piece moves forward with progress shared along the way.

  4. 04 ◆

    Fit

    The finished work returns to the staircase and the house around it.

Built-in pantry cabinet in green painted millwork with glass doors and open shelving, fitted between two walls THE SAME HOUSE Millwork doesn’t stop there. Built-ins carry the same concern for fit, proportion and permanence into the walls around the room. EXPLORE BUILT-INS

STAIRCASES ◆ MASSACHUSETTS

Talk about the stair.

Planning fine staircase work in Massachusetts?

Call Palladio and tell us about the house.

Turned balusters and an oak handrail following the staircase up