Newel Posts add Old House Character and Charm
Hello, friends!
Cy is currently building our newel post for our new staircase, and we will share how he did it with you soon.
I wanted a thick, chunky newel post, like the newel posts in some of my favorite pictures from Pinterest, to add some Old House Character and Charm to our new addition.
I would like to share them with you today.
Be still my heart!
I guess it’s pretty obvious the type of newel post that I love. We are planning on painting ours white, and maybe staining the very top of the newel post to match the stair treads. We are also planning on painting the spindles white.
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There are six steps to this series, so be sure to check them out! 
Looks like he’s doing a wonderful job! Can’t wait to see it all put together! Have fun!
We have a post like that in our 162-year-old federal home we just bought. I call it the arm bruiser and my husband refers to it as the rib crusher. I’m currently fantasizing about what I will replace it with, but there will not be a single sharp corner in site, that’s for dang sure.
The problem with ours is that the turn radius at the top and bottom of the stairs is so narrow that it’s very difficult to navigate the area without some kind of close encounter with the post. It makes me sad because it was one of the first things I loved about my new home.
Just call me jealous in Ohio.
I can’t wait to see it…. I just know it will be beautiful……
Oh I’m in love with all of them! Now I want to add stairs and I dont even have a two story. Wonder if it would be weird to have a set of fancy staris leading to the attic. LOL Just kidding…maybe. I really love those ideas. Can’t wait to see what you have been up to!
Lookin’ gooood!! Can’t wait to see it all & check out your finished Christmas tree, too! :O)
This is going to look great. Can’t wait to see it finished and I am sure you do too. Thanks for sharing.
I love newel posts and can’t wait for the lowdown on making yours. I think my jaw dropped open with the last picture and THREE newel posts!
Hi Traci,
We completely de-constructed our staircase two years ago. We had oak spindles and the smallish oak newels that looked just like beefed up spindles. I put in newels very similar to the pictures above with wrought iron spindles. I do have a suggestion: The newels I used were not flat on the top. They have that architectural roof look (not dramatic) on top of them. I wish I put on the flat tops instead. Why? Because I have five kids! And with them comes oodles and oodles of laundry and other kid-like things. I would put a stack of towels, etc. on the newels before and take it upstairs when I was about to walk up the stairs. You cannot stack anything on the new ones. Maybe that is a good thing! I now put things on the stairs and take something with me every time I go up. Ninety percent of the time there is nothing on my stairs, but oh on laundry day!!!!! Just a little thing that I wished I’d done differently.
Hey loving your stairs they look awesome and I look forward to seeing the rest of your place.
Thank you, Sharon! We are working on one space at a time, so there is still plenty of our remodeling to see. :) Come back soon.