Unless you wanted to go wall to wall, I don't think you'd want the hallway any wider.

That's a beautiful staircase.

Could I live with this? Most certainly! It's gorgeous.

(And it does look like you spent big bucks on it.)

Looks perfectly normal to me. I measured the floor area (43") around our extra wide runner (30" wide) and we have 7" of wood showing on either side. Cheaper runners are around 24" wide. We had to pay extra to get the wider runner.

What bothers me about your runner is that it covers up most of your beautiful hardwood floors.;) We have a couple of runners for comfort and aesthetics, but they are a pain to keep clean. I much prefer the hardwood uncovered.

I think it is the right width. And I love the carpeting!

newhomebuilder:

thanks! i do love our hardwood floors but we really needed the carpeting for acoustics in the house. the kids run up & down the hallway & yell etc.

I think anything wider would look like wall to wall gone wrong. I love it! Hope all of the verification you are receiving here helps to calm your troubled mind.

I think it looks proportionate to how much hardwood you see on the stairs (and that staircase is gorgeous!).

How old are your kids? How long will you have to have the hallway and stair runners down? It'll be like unwrapping a present when you pull the runners up and can take in all the beautiful hardwoods again!

kids are 6 & 3. so we've got a while. but we have so much hardwood elsewhere. the whole downstairs. upstairs, the playroom has a rug, dd's room has a rug, the guest room has no floor covering, and our bedroom has nothing yet. so lots of wood still to look at. but thanks for all the verification!!

I LOVE IT and think it looks PERFECT. In fact, we are looking to put a runner on our hardwood floors (Our floors are not nearly as gorgeous as yours) for the same reasons, plus our dog keeps slipping down the stairs. Your rug is exactly what I am looking for b/c it is classy w/o being overbearing. Would you mind telling me the brand/info. about the rug? My children are around the same age but my dog also likes to rest on the stairs to look out the window..

It looks perfectly beautiful to me. I think you're just not used to it yet. I've done big projects before that by the time I got them finished I hate them and had the same feelings you are now experiencing. Later I found I loved it. The last such project stayed in our home for over thirteen years. Never did change it. We moved.

I agree it looks very, very nice. :)

gilly lilly: it's karastan shantung platinum crepe

Thanks- do you find that it is wearing well with your kids/traffic?

WOW! It's gorgeous! Not a problem at all....

oh, that looks great. I was expecting to see something terrible. Everyone here is right, if it were larger it wouldn't look right.

Your stairs are just fab.

Gorgeous!! And really elegant! :)

Excellent choice and size/width ....!

Jan at Rosemary Cottage