The majority of this stair system was designed within a few hours, between the homeowners, builder, and our designer. The homeowners chose to add the upper portion of the stair to provide more drama to the stair tower. The house had very high ceilings and large rooms so we chose to use iron with more mass to complement the scale of the house and provide the Old World Gothic feel to the stair tower. The metal has an in-house patina finish.