Hall, stairs and landing inspiration needed

[Kummerspeck]

We are hoping to decorate our hall, stairs and landing soon but I am completely stuck for ideas.

Our house is 1910 built so has some traditional features we'd like to keep - mahogany banisters with white painted "fiddleback" spindles, delft racks, stained glass landing window and front door, and a 1970s woodblock hall floor I haven't decided about yet.
I thought I'd start by looking for stair and landing carpet but am a bit thrown. I don't want plain or a traditional pattern but most of the modern designs are too quirky for this house. Is a large tartan-y check in beigey sagey grey dated already?

My only thought so far is to keep it very clean and simple - wooden floor, pale greyish/greenish walls, white paintwork and tartany carpet. Does that sound ok as I don't want it to be dated s soon as it's done. Can anyone help with ideas please?

Ideal Home on line published ideas for stair carpets in January this year - in line. Roger Oates or Kersaint Cobb worth a look and John Lewis too.

I think plaid is old fashioned and fussy. If the staircase turns, the pattern is difficult to match. Stripes are a bit easier! Or plain with a border? I love the Roger Oates ones but there is probably cheaper out there!

Personally, I really like traditional style tiles in Edwardian houses.

Tartan could potentially look dated unless you've got a really good overall scheme for the space. If you'd like a bit of something, how about herringbone? That's quite current.

Thank you for the replies
The Roger Oates are lovely but, sadly, not practical as it would cost too much due to the size of the staircase and the fact that there is a galleried landing with a corridor running off it so I suspect making carpeting by stitching runners together would not be an option. They are beautiful though and tie in with the herringbone idea.
I'll have another think

We’ve got runners with taped sides and there was a lot of stitching involved. The staircase splits to go left and right and some of the steps are curved... The carpet guys managed to work it all out but it take 2 visits

Personally I'd say go for stripes over tartan, less likely to date and easier to match up. Or a natural sea grass (or similar) runner. Sage walls if that's what you meant sounds lovely and traditional tiles if you decide to get rid of the wood floor although if it's good condition I'd be inclined to keep it and if you have room some nice tall plants on stands and radiator covers?

George Clarke old house new house had Edwardian hall ideas this week. Looked good. Tartan sounds fussy....

It's not really "tartan", just can't think how else to describe it. It is this

@TrumpInflatableChased

Thank you, I've just checked that programme out again but he has just painted the stairs where I really want carpet

I had a problem with stair carpet. A light colour showed the dirt and a dark colour showed the (white) dog hair, so I went for a brown/beige stripe on the stairs and landing. I can honestly say that, after 3 years, it looks as good as new, and just as clean.

Personally, I can only imagine that carpet working in a Scottish castle or something. Otherwise, it seems a bit over fussy to me.

Couple of questions Op - how much light does the hallway/stairway get (I.e which compass point is it facing), and have you got carpets in the bedrooms upstairs? If so what are they?

I think stripes are likely to date more than plaid. Plaid is traditional/timeless and you can choose soft colour combinations like the one you've posted a photo of OP. I really don't think it's only for Scottish castles. That said, have what you like - you'll be living with it.

OP you do know that if you find a carpet you like, that can be cut into strips and bound at the edges for the stairs? It then looks like a runner, but isn't. We have that on the stairs of Edwardian house, which also has a galleried landing with a corridor off it.

@longearedbat

I was just on another thread and someone linked a house with a very similar stair carpet. This is what it looks like:

www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-73054021.html

Here's mine op. It might be a bit old fashioned, but then so am I!

@Kummerspeck I was meant to mention you.

Thank you all. Certainly some food for thought here.

By coincidence I visited a friend yesterday who has done her hallway rather as I would like mine but her stair carpet is plain, albeit with a bit of a fleck and have concerns that, as @longearedbat said, plain carpets could show too much muck, dog hair, etc. I do love your carpet but I just can't imagine that stripes would go on our stairs somehow; they are wider and galleried around the hall with a large stained glass window on the half landing above the front door. They are a lot grander than the rest of the house so it is a bit of a balancing act.

@JoJoSM2 Thanks for the link, There are some similarities with that hallway so would be a similar effect although a lot less woody!