22 Beautiful Stairs That Will Make Climbing To The Second Floor Less Annoying
You might think that stairs are merely a boring commodity, that you probably use several thousand times a year. Well, a commodity they are, boring – not precisely.
In the early days, specifically designed stairs were used as a burglar alarm, as they were made with irregular steps so that the burglar would trip, fall and wake the homeowners up. Another interesting fact is that the ergonomic staircase calculations were only started to be used around the middle of the XVII century, before that they were either too steep or too short and lethal accidents often happened. Later on, comfortable staircase designs were only used for public places and front steps of manors, whereas the servants got the breakneck stairs. Nowadays, staircases are not only functional but also rather beautiful pieces of home design.
Our spiral staircase photography post already proved that even something as mundane as stairs can be absolutely beautiful details of exterior and interior design. We decided to expand on that theme and show you the 22 coolest examples of stair designs that we could find.
Perhaps one of the most critical non-aesthetic design elements of a staircase is space. If the designer can’t figure out a good way to use the area under when building a staircase, they will take up a lot of space for no good reason at all.
If you’ve seen an impressive staircase that’s worth sharing with our readers, you can share it with us at the bottom of this post!
Hanging Stairs
Designed by: Arquitectura en Movimiento
Understairs Space
Designed by: Deriba Furniture
Tree Stairs
Designed by: unknown
Tree Banister
Designed by: Architetture del Ferro
Timber Stripe Staircase
Designed by: Tetrarc
Vivid Staircase
Designed by: Hanne Fuglbjerg
Staircase In Northampton
Designed by: Philip Watts
Bookcase Staircase
Designed by: Levitate Architects
Flower Petal Staircase
Designed by: Patrick Jouin
Otherworldly Stairs
Designed by: Vincent Dubourg
Spiral Slide Staircase
Designed by: unknown
Lace Staircase
Designed by: Dust
Sloping Stairs
Designed by: TAF arkitektkontor
Flat F.M. Stairs
Designed by: ecole
La Maison Unique Stairs
Designed by: Heatherwick studio
Steep Stairs
Designed by: unknown
Staircase Slide Combo
Designed by: Alex Michaelis
Space-Saving Stairs
Designed by: unknown
Sensualscaping Stairs
Designed by: Atmos Studio
Workplace Stair Unit
Designed by: Studio Mieke Meijer
Metal Staircase
Designed by: Francesco Librizzi
Library Slider Stairs
Designed by: Moon Hoon
Most of them are really great, although some look quite dangerous, especially the sloping stairs.
The first picture is taken from the top looking down. Once you figure this out it isn't quite so scary.
Oh! No wonder it looked so dangerous! I didn't notice that
I'm aware of that. I'd still hurt myself.
I thought that at first too
That is exactly what i thought too.
The first photo of the sloping stairs is a bad one. Look at the 2nd -- you won't slide like it appears. :)
It's still bad. Each step is HUGE and you can never start climbing with your right foot. Many are hardly practicable.
While they are visually appealing most don't seem practical... Especially after you've had a few drinks.
nice to look at but i think on some i would break my neck on...wow!!!
i want the ''Staircase Slide Combo" ones they look cool
Most look like an accident waiting to happen, especially the otherworldly, flat f.m., sloping, workplace stair unit, and any with slides.
Not even slides ?!?! This is typical playground fun !! You monster !!
those slide stairways are fab! and the book case... I'd never get to the 2nd floor though, with all the books there...
really like these great designs , will also make one in my house
If anyone would like to have stairs like these or you have your own idea for better project, I recommend: http://www.braciasordyl.pl/
This was a complete waste of my time. Thanks for nothing.
+1
Discontinue getting notices. Easy solution to your problem
most do not meet U.S. building codes. but they look nice.
I would think they ones you claim dont meet U.S. Building codes are either in different countries or the owners are too rich to care,F.aCODE
some r nice but all r original design ...most r not my cup of tee
Love the stairs
some of these make me dizzy!!lol
Great! :-D But is it possible to tell us, how the people did it? Also, I just do not understand how somebody can create perfect mouses like e.g. here https://radybydleni.cz/media/jak-vymalovat-schodiste-inspirace-rady-fotogalerie
Cool but time consuming to climb though hehe
Interesting ideas, but I like the flower petal staircase
Wow, i came here via Google while researching something for work. This is exactly what we do, and try to aim for this same wow factor. My job is to finish the exclusive designs with matching balustrades... i wonder what you think of my work on : http://www.eestairs.com/en/18_all_railings.htm Feel free to give your opinion !
Really awesome designs. incredible ideas for storage. You can also refer to my blog @https://renomania.com/blog/never-ending-staircase/ for some really attractive staicase designs
really like these great designs
Great Designs.... Luv them
Some have no handrails - falling down stairs is a regular cause of death - ask any coroner - truly dreadful omission
Some have no handrails - utterly appalling when stairs are one of the chief causes of domestic accidental deaths
Staircase inspiration....some fantastic ideas from bored panda
I love them all they are beautiful
You need to add the piano stairs
Absolutely!
Absolutely !!
These are so unique and beautiful
I love this
Great !
Excellent work ,this is what we called it creativity which only human skills,keep up doing great,Mohammed from morocco.
you know you're getting old when you look at cool stuff and think ' hmm definitely not suitable for kids of dogs (or drunk mummy)'
*looks at sliding stairs* "Weeeeeeeeeeee!"
Love the idea
Ctea990021@hotmail.com
Really Cool !
WWWWWOOOOOOOOW
Incredible so creative :*
I almost needed Dramamine to look at them. Not my cup of tea
Fantastic, best performance......
Amazing!
love the slides and storage ones, but I'm pretty sure that second to last one: "metal staircase" we call that a ladder? no?
Whether ideas aim at conceptual showcases or practical scenarios, they should be highly concern with safety and helpful! Are they..?
needs more slippery dips
I really like the Flower petal stair case
but I don't wanna step on books :(
Wo... It is very interesting. I like it so much
Some of the stairs are wildly impractical or even dangerous. I like the ones with storage, books and sliding boards.
I wonder how many broken/sprained/bruised limbs these gorgeous staircases caused. Beauty does not equal safety.
Many look beautiful, some impractical. Almost rented a place once, with those sloping stairs, tried it, and decided it was too dangerous.
It's very very beautiful...
Beautifull
Pretty cool. But some made me dizzy trying to figure them out but overall very creative and cool
I love the slide staircase and library staircase - both awesome!
Wooooooow brilliant creativity. Love it all....
"COOL" !!
Trippen hazards 2busy2be safe, but cool though!
More than wonderful ^_^
A few don't appear to be suitable for children or for a lady who may be pregnant
Why is there a ghost on the metal staircase?
What? No building code? Beautiful but most would never pass inspection.
The Tree Stairs was conceptually designed by Doug Marrs and executed by Nick Fournier. More photos and video at http://nickfournier.com/
It is very good ideas
The slide ones are the best...the other look so very dangerous, and anyway how have they got past building regs?????
Laiptukai :-o
#21 is a ladder.
By the way, the steep chairs were designed by Alberto Santos Dummont.
See this one: niemeyer's stair on Itamaraty Palace, Brasilia, Brazil https://www.flickr.com/photos/59098052@N00/6393424
Love them all ! So unique.
Love the spiral slide, understairs space, & the bookcase stairs. Others are phenomenal to look at but I'm afraid I'd kill myself on them.
Amazing and so beautiful. I'm so impressed over The fantasy put into building a staircase wauw
amazing...
Good idea designed
I love the brilliance of every staircase especially the spiral with the slide my kids would love them
Fabulous collection! Thank you.
I can foresee quite unpleasant dust and dirty issues in some stairs that are cluttering too much stuff.
I can foresee quite unpleasant dirty issues in some stairs that clutter too much stuff.
this is horrible for the movers... smh it looks cool but the looks of it can get old
Human artistic ingenuity keeps on surprising me.
Like it
Amazing!!!! Thank you so much for sharing them.
מקסים
many of them are wonderful carpenter work
Great Designer Stairs but difficult to fabricate& some of them not safe to use.
unbelievable!. I am contacting one about the sliding staircase..Feel like a kid again... Yep!
Love em
The one near the end that looks like a wire armature, the Sloping stairs & the Workspace stairs: Lawsuit waiting to happen.
Wonderful! :)
people's imagination never fails to impress me. These stairs just blew me away
those r so awesome
Tooooo cool. I'm in a stairway (to) heaven
me dejaron sin palabras estan super originales los disenadores son super ingeniosos me encantaria tener alguna de estas en mi casa
Most of them you cannot do in the U.S. for building code violation, yeah.
Would love some of the slide ones ,look like great fun.
Wow x
I'm loving all those stairs :o
Nice idle , nice design :o wow very amazing :o i love it
How many houses would i need to own to have all these built?? Except for the metal, I like them all.
very good
They are all very interesting. Some made me dizzy. But very very cool. But there are ones that look like you can slide off while climbing
omg.... i cant pick one... although... may be bookshelf ones
I'd bust my butt on a few of those! But I love the tree, lace and bookcase ones!
Mike Holmes would also be pretty alarmed at some of these stairs, they are dangerous!!
Awww methinks someone needs a go on the slide.
Many of theses may look beautiful - but they are just not safe, and when it comes building practices inside homes - safety has to come first
that staircase in north hampton reminds me of the stairway to hell in diablo I
Wow! :-o
Very nice, very unique!
Most of them are really great, although some look quite dangerous, especially the sloping stairs.
The first picture is taken from the top looking down. Once you figure this out it isn't quite so scary.
Oh! No wonder it looked so dangerous! I didn't notice that
I'm aware of that. I'd still hurt myself.
I thought that at first too
That is exactly what i thought too.
The first photo of the sloping stairs is a bad one. Look at the 2nd -- you won't slide like it appears. :)
It's still bad. Each step is HUGE and you can never start climbing with your right foot. Many are hardly practicable.
While they are visually appealing most don't seem practical... Especially after you've had a few drinks.
nice to look at but i think on some i would break my neck on...wow!!!
i want the ''Staircase Slide Combo" ones they look cool
Most look like an accident waiting to happen, especially the otherworldly, flat f.m., sloping, workplace stair unit, and any with slides.
Not even slides ?!?! This is typical playground fun !! You monster !!
those slide stairways are fab! and the book case... I'd never get to the 2nd floor though, with all the books there...
really like these great designs , will also make one in my house
If anyone would like to have stairs like these or you have your own idea for better project, I recommend: http://www.braciasordyl.pl/
This was a complete waste of my time. Thanks for nothing.
+1
Discontinue getting notices. Easy solution to your problem
most do not meet U.S. building codes. but they look nice.
I would think they ones you claim dont meet U.S. Building codes are either in different countries or the owners are too rich to care,F.aCODE
some r nice but all r original design ...most r not my cup of tee
Love the stairs
some of these make me dizzy!!lol
Great! :-D But is it possible to tell us, how the people did it? Also, I just do not understand how somebody can create perfect mouses like e.g. here https://radybydleni.cz/media/jak-vymalovat-schodiste-inspirace-rady-fotogalerie
Cool but time consuming to climb though hehe
Interesting ideas, but I like the flower petal staircase
Wow, i came here via Google while researching something for work. This is exactly what we do, and try to aim for this same wow factor. My job is to finish the exclusive designs with matching balustrades... i wonder what you think of my work on : http://www.eestairs.com/en/18_all_railings.htm Feel free to give your opinion !
Really awesome designs. incredible ideas for storage. You can also refer to my blog @https://renomania.com/blog/never-ending-staircase/ for some really attractive staicase designs
really like these great designs
Great Designs.... Luv them
Some have no handrails - falling down stairs is a regular cause of death - ask any coroner - truly dreadful omission
Some have no handrails - utterly appalling when stairs are one of the chief causes of domestic accidental deaths
Staircase inspiration....some fantastic ideas from bored panda
I love them all they are beautiful
You need to add the piano stairs
Absolutely!
Absolutely !!
These are so unique and beautiful
I love this
Great !
Excellent work ,this is what we called it creativity which only human skills,keep up doing great,Mohammed from morocco.
you know you're getting old when you look at cool stuff and think ' hmm definitely not suitable for kids of dogs (or drunk mummy)'
*looks at sliding stairs* "Weeeeeeeeeeee!"
Love the idea
Ctea990021@hotmail.com
Really Cool !
WWWWWOOOOOOOOW
Incredible so creative :*
I almost needed Dramamine to look at them. Not my cup of tea
Fantastic, best performance......
Amazing!
love the slides and storage ones, but I'm pretty sure that second to last one: "metal staircase" we call that a ladder? no?
Whether ideas aim at conceptual showcases or practical scenarios, they should be highly concern with safety and helpful! Are they..?
needs more slippery dips
I really like the Flower petal stair case
but I don't wanna step on books :(
Wo... It is very interesting. I like it so much
Some of the stairs are wildly impractical or even dangerous. I like the ones with storage, books and sliding boards.
I wonder how many broken/sprained/bruised limbs these gorgeous staircases caused. Beauty does not equal safety.
Many look beautiful, some impractical. Almost rented a place once, with those sloping stairs, tried it, and decided it was too dangerous.
It's very very beautiful...
Beautifull
Pretty cool. But some made me dizzy trying to figure them out but overall very creative and cool
I love the slide staircase and library staircase - both awesome!
Wooooooow brilliant creativity. Love it all....
"COOL" !!
Trippen hazards 2busy2be safe, but cool though!
More than wonderful ^_^
A few don't appear to be suitable for children or for a lady who may be pregnant
Why is there a ghost on the metal staircase?
What? No building code? Beautiful but most would never pass inspection.
The Tree Stairs was conceptually designed by Doug Marrs and executed by Nick Fournier. More photos and video at http://nickfournier.com/
It is very good ideas
The slide ones are the best...the other look so very dangerous, and anyway how have they got past building regs?????
Laiptukai :-o
#21 is a ladder.
By the way, the steep chairs were designed by Alberto Santos Dummont.
See this one: niemeyer's stair on Itamaraty Palace, Brasilia, Brazil https://www.flickr.com/photos/59098052@N00/6393424
Love them all ! So unique.
Love the spiral slide, understairs space, & the bookcase stairs. Others are phenomenal to look at but I'm afraid I'd kill myself on them.
Amazing and so beautiful. I'm so impressed over The fantasy put into building a staircase wauw
amazing...
Good idea designed
I love the brilliance of every staircase especially the spiral with the slide my kids would love them
Fabulous collection! Thank you.
I can foresee quite unpleasant dust and dirty issues in some stairs that are cluttering too much stuff.
I can foresee quite unpleasant dirty issues in some stairs that clutter too much stuff.
this is horrible for the movers... smh it looks cool but the looks of it can get old
Human artistic ingenuity keeps on surprising me.
Like it
Amazing!!!! Thank you so much for sharing them.
מקסים
many of them are wonderful carpenter work
Great Designer Stairs but difficult to fabricate& some of them not safe to use.
unbelievable!. I am contacting one about the sliding staircase..Feel like a kid again... Yep!
Love em
The one near the end that looks like a wire armature, the Sloping stairs & the Workspace stairs: Lawsuit waiting to happen.
Wonderful! :)
people's imagination never fails to impress me. These stairs just blew me away
those r so awesome
Tooooo cool. I'm in a stairway (to) heaven
me dejaron sin palabras estan super originales los disenadores son super ingeniosos me encantaria tener alguna de estas en mi casa
Most of them you cannot do in the U.S. for building code violation, yeah.
Would love some of the slide ones ,look like great fun.
Wow x
I'm loving all those stairs :o
Nice idle , nice design :o wow very amazing :o i love it
How many houses would i need to own to have all these built?? Except for the metal, I like them all.
very good
They are all very interesting. Some made me dizzy. But very very cool. But there are ones that look like you can slide off while climbing
omg.... i cant pick one... although... may be bookshelf ones
I'd bust my butt on a few of those! But I love the tree, lace and bookcase ones!
Mike Holmes would also be pretty alarmed at some of these stairs, they are dangerous!!
Awww methinks someone needs a go on the slide.
Many of theses may look beautiful - but they are just not safe, and when it comes building practices inside homes - safety has to come first
that staircase in north hampton reminds me of the stairway to hell in diablo I
Wow! :-o
Very nice, very unique!