I scooted the runner all the way up to one side of the stair tread, then measured the other side, where the tread wasn’t covered by the rug. Then I took this measurement and split the difference.

This staircase’s custom hand-hammered iron railing ... In another Houston home, Elias of Creative Tonic gave a Stark Rugs runner a bit of a facelift by adding on a custom antiqued brass nailhead ...