Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inspiration to step up your home's staircase game. When decorating room by room in a multi-level home, the stairs might ironically ...

If you’ve always dreamed of having a staircase in your home, you’re definitely not alone. There’s something undeniably magical about a well-designed one as it can feel grand, artsy and in some cases, ...

The pure forms and acrobatic beauty of Japanese staircases make it easy to imagine that these structures have inspired many artistic-minded people to become designers. Whether that's true or not, it's ...

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Guardrails and handrails are two elements that are often confused. While the first is used to close a space and prevent a person from falling, the second is a support bar for balance. Normally ...

For treads, consider wood, stone, concrete, or even a carpet runner, especially if you have young children or pets. Top to bottom, staircases perform both functional and aesthetic roles in our ...

This unconventional structural system was inspired by the material in question: as unreinforced concrete has poor tensile strength, it is unsuitable for use in a cantilevered system as used in many ...

Feature staircases, once synonymous with grand period houses and historic hotels, are having a renaissance. Open-plan spaces have made staircases more important as they are now more visible from or ...