Here is a couple of pictures to show what we have done to bring the beauty back to our stairs. We plan to add old with new for the finished result. The hand rail is all sanded at this point and is white oak. It will be stained very light in colour or perhaps left natural. Under the lip of each tread we will be installing 2 LED's, one per side. They will be hooked up to a pentometer. This will allow them to be dimmed. Instead of wood balusters we have procured wrought iron ones that are finished in copper. Upon test fitting some they have proved to be just stunning. One real advantage to this whole process has been the freedom of creativity. We get to do what we want for the effect we want. It is just great!!