A completely different flooring material such as carpet will contrast the most.
Carpet or floorboards upstairs.
A master bedroom benefits from floor covering that is lush and soothing.
This is the most common stair treatment when the upstairs floor is carpeted the cushy carpeted stairway is a visual link to the next floor and gives a hint that the upstairs space is for bedrooms.
I saw model homes this weekend in irvine ca at the pavilion park part of the great park and many models had stairs and the upstairs hallway with carpet and wood floors in each of the individual rooms.
High quality nylon has a high resilience similar to that of wool.
Carpet the stairs to match.
Adding 40 pound felt padding to wool or nylon carpet can reduce noise by 50 to 70 percent.
This will help to fully dry the carpet.
I agree with your gut instinct.
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Carpeting upstairs hard flooring downstairs solution.
Soft dense pile wall to wall carpet in sumptuous wool is a logical choice for this restful retreat.
Footsteps overhead in the middle of the night the bass beat of rock music echoing through the upper walls and ceiling and sneezing children.
When steam cleaning or shampooing carpet you will need to use fans and open windows if it is a low humidity day.
However steam cleaning may leave moisture behind that could lead to mildew in the carpet or carpet padding.
I am curious to hear the pros and cons on putting hardwood floors at the stairs and upstairs hallway.
Types of stairs that may benefit from carpeting.
Functional builder grade stairs stairs that exist only to move people from point a to point b with zero concern for aesthetics can be improved with carpeting it is difficult to fix unattractive stairs because they do not lend themselves to painting carpet works wonders on stairs like this.
I like to go with contrasting or get flooring to match as best as possible.