Ideas for Blue-Painted Stairs That Will Create Eye-Catching Designs

A fresh coat of paint can create a pop of colour in your stair risers or stair treads and an excellent colour option is blue. You can use dark blue or navy blue, perhaps a combination of both, and mix touches of white paint on other stair features such as the banisters, which will help to create a staircase that looks great, wears well, and serves as a focal point for the room.

Interior designers often use paint colours for stairs that suit the ambience to deliver a functional aesthetic. The paint looks great but will also protect the wood of the step and provide a smooth, even, bright, and slip-resistant surface, which is also very easy to clean. You can even add a stair runner with blue fabrics, or a contrasting colour, to create an even stronger visual impact.

As providers of a range of stair rods, runners, accessories, and other products, we understand the impact that paint can have. Browse and buy online or get in touch if you have any questions.

5 Professional Ideas for Blue-Painted Stairs

We are happy to share some professional insights and design tips for blue stairs. Below, we’ve added in some of our own excellent ideas for creating your own, unique blue-painted staircase:

1. Use Blue Paint to Create a Nautical Theme

One of the best things about all shades of blue is that you can create a vibrant nautical theme inside, which is great for a home close to the sea or if you simply like the look and feel of flowing water. You can use the blue-painted stairs as a base for a grander nautical theme in the room.

For example, after painting the stairs blue, you can try adding a few sea shell shapes to the decor, such as in a picture frame on the wall. You can also use a coral or fish-shaped light fitting or a small picture or model of a boat on a nearby shelf or on the wall as you walk up the steps.

2. Use Blue-Painted Stripes to Create a Sleek Look

Painting your stairs with matte or gloss stripes can offer a nice contrast to the staircase, which is a solid option for a bit more visual appeal. White painted stairs with blue stripes are a good way to make the colour truly pop out, but there are lots of potential colour combinations you can try. 

A bright red stripe on a deep blue or navy blue-painted step will make for a thin guiding line for the people walking up and down and helps make the stairs feel more expansive. This is good if you need a precise focal point and do not really want to draw attention to the whole staircase.

3. Try Painting Stairs With a Two-Tone Design

You can create a two-tone design with various colour combinations, such as dark blue and light brown, as this works well for a staircase that can blend into the rest of the room. Blending the stairs in the space is great for small rooms or if you want the steps to pop out instead of filling a room.

Blue and gold is a good colour combination that you could also use, so you can also try to create a two-tone design by using polished nickel or bronze stair rods to help complete this look. Two tones work best with either high contrast colours or colours that blend together.

4. Use Runners with White Paint or with Blue Paint

Runners are a type of stair carpet that do not cover the entire stair, so you can still see the blue colouring on either side while complementing them with a runner. You can also choose a white runner for blue-painted stairs, blue ones for white painted stairs, or any other combination that you would like.

If you want a comfortable feeling, such as when you are not wearing any shoes, runners are an excellent idea for any type of interior staircase. You can see our complete selection of stair runners for a full view of the potential carpet combinations that you can create for blue-painted stairs.

5. Move Up (or Down) in Paint Shades Along the Stairs or Bannisters

There is something nice about a uniform look but there is no need to keep to one shade of blue on every step. Navy blue and dark blue are fantastic colours by themselves but also work well in tandem with one another. You can try and alternate between these shades of blue on each step. 

Also, if you start from white or light blue at the bottom and top of the stairs you can go up or down a shade on each step to create a sequential transition in colour. This is excellent if the upstairs and downstairs areas happen to have quite contrasting looks and colour palettes.

Blue-Painted Stair Ideas from Stair Experts

We supply a wide range of UK-manufactured stair products that will make stairs look and feel brilliant visually, or even while you use the steps in your home. As a result, we have a lot of insight into how to make your stairs work best using different colours, including various shades of blue.

You can take these expert tips and browse our runners, stair rods, and other brackets to help create a compelling staircase that becomes the focal point in your home. Order online with free UK delivery and get in touch with us if you have any questions.