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I love the handles and would imagine that it makes opening the cabinets faster and easier. I'm pretty clumsy and have large hands, so those handles look like a dream to me.

........I still have my Christmas tree up.

I love the contrast of the metal stairs with the brick. It simply feels so urban that it's comfortable. I wouldn't try to cover up it's simple and unpretentious charm.

I would clean the rust off, seal it, and keep the natural look of the weld joints. Instead of priming and painting, I would accentuate. Find low profile, low wattage LED lights and daisy chain them on a wire together. The light would look great where you can't see the source. I wouldn't go with the bare LED lights. Instead, I would gel them with a warmer color temperature. (like in stage lighting or photography). Maybe something like tungsten gels. So it would look like you have small tungsten lights on either side of each step, but you would use so much less energy and space. Also it would be a lot easier.

Gels can be found at any photography store like bhphoto.com

Just do a search on something like "CTO gel." They're sold in sheets.