New Pics of Bannisters

I'm hoping that the word "bannisters" is correct? I don't know what else to call the tops of the stair walls. Is there another name for these?

I added some brown squares and circles from the countertop paper to the granite coming up the entryway of the house. Here is a picture after adding these.
Close up without the flash:


What do you think? My friend Debbirai suggested adding some brown to these. I figured this would be the easiest way of doing so without painting over the previous work while still keeping the granite look. And no, I didn't sit and cut all these shapes out. I'm much too impatient for that! I took my handy-dandy scrapbook corner cutters, the one inch circle and the 2 inch square and just popped these babies out in a matter of seconds. So I guess I can officially say that I have truly "scrapbooked" parts of my house! *LOL*

Scrapping Update:
I've updated the Patriotic QPs with the download links. Please leave a comment if you download :)

Newly Tutorial Link:
I found the coolest tutorial link here. It's for Photoshop; but I played around with it last night and found the tutorials to work great with my PSP8 also! She does a great job of explaining and using examples and pictures.