Stair Runners

A runner made to your stairs, straight flight or with a landing, in short pile. The block under the rugs shows what to measure, and the size guide the rest.

No: at the top of a flight they catch a toe, and at the bottom they spill across the floor where people turn. Order it without them so the ends tuck under the nosing and the riser.

Not when the runner is wool and the stair is wood: what dates a staircase is wall-to-wall carpet. A runner leaves the wood showing on both sides and reads as a deliberate choice.

On a winding stair, where a straight runner has to be pleated or seamed at every turn and the pattern breaks. Shag fails on any stair, rounding the nose of each step. For a hallway or landing beside the stairs, see runner sizes by room.