Increasingly, we find ourselves marching to the beat of a different drummer, stylistically. Our home spaces are the perfect, and sometimes only, place to make personal statements that may prompt our visitors to think outside the box. In the case, outside the treads...
Apparently, the owners of this Atlanta home, Jose Tavel and Cara Cummins (both architects and the hands-on builders of this great space), celebrated their wedding by writing excerpts from Cummins' grandparents love letters on their stairs. It sounds like, at the time, the stair treads were meant to be temporary, but something about the romantic prose stuck.
We might be particularly enchanted with this idea since we're also in possession of love letters written long ago by our grandparents, married for 73 years. The idea of making physical contact with their tender words on a daily basis is so grounding.
Our favorite aspect of these stairs is that they live in an otherwise sophisticated and refined environment, making them all the more surprising and thought-provoking.
To see more of this home, profiled in this month's Metropolitan Home issue, click here.
What do you think about these stairs?
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I like the idea, but I think nice painted letters would better reflect an old love letter then Sharpies.
view stellato's profile
I actually disagree - I think the marker makes the look free and spontaneous, just like a true love letter. I think careful lettering would dull the effect.
view pyewacket's profile
I usually don't like writing as decor (the ubiquitous "Dream" above the bed, etc.) but this is cool. It makes me want to use salvaged graffitti-ed school desktops for flooring or kitchen cabinets.
view Lisa (Montreal)'s profile
I like this idea - something very personal that will never get old since it ties so close to the couple. Right on.
It looks really cool that the writing has begun to fade a little in some places...
view TyceH's profile
Love it. but the phrases captured on the stairs came across to me in a negative tone and I thought, "oh woah, how depressing" before I even read the concept. Love the concept...would want to see the more affectionate phrases.
view kimg924's profile
I love the look of it, but I keep wanting to make the phrases line up into a sentence, or link together somehow. It'd be a great way to present an inspiring or thought-provoking passage.
view dpk's profile
"We might be particularly enchanted with this idea since we're also in possession of love letters written long ago by our grandparents, married for 73 years." Sounds like you share grandparents with the person you live with.
view mildred's profile
I would get sick of that really, really fast. Not for me.
view insanity_pepper's profile
I appreciate the sentiment...
...but the execution seems a little sad.
If the phrases were carved into a mantlepiece or stenciled in an elegant font in golden letters upon the upper walls encircling the master bedroom - Perhaps then it would give the words a more meaningful setting.
view bepsf's profile
i agree with kim924. i am confused about why they chose such negative phrases. i like the look and think the idea is fabulous, but would have chosen happier/more positive excerpts.
view brookeb21's profile
I'd trip up while reading.
view hrhprincessfiona's profile
The phrases seem rather random--"However you"?
And if you copy this, you'll be marching to the beat of their drummer, and thinking inside their box. Don't use these phrases again, please.
However, a needlepoint runner, with words to your favorite Cole Porter song, would be heavenly.
view Palmetto's profile
Horrendous.
view medusa12120's profile
esta idea me gusta más para un negocio que para una casa
un saludo desde http://x4durosdesing.blogspot.com
view x4duros's profile
@ Palmetto:
They're not just random phrases, they form this sentence as one climbs the stairs:
However you could do better as I've told you before.
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