The first home my wife and I owned was a brick Queen Anne built around 1900. I opened my first office there, in the attic.
It was a cool little space and I had a unique view of downtown from up there.
All I had to do was climb the 23 shallow, steep steps up from the kitchen. Every day.
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| An unusual landing at the bottom of a stair |
Stairs are probably already a part of your daily home life - you go up and down them constantly, carrying laundry baskets, sleeping children, furniture; stepping over toys, pets, shoes…
But as familiar as we are with using stairs, we’re not nearly as familiar with how they fit into the design of a home - stairs are expensive, complex three-dimensional constructions that take up a lot of space and are highly regulated by building codes.
And stairs can play a much larger role in a home than simple function; stairs can be sculpture; stairs can celebrate movement; and stairs can even be dramatic – what movie buff doesn’t know the “staircase scene” from 1939’s Gone With The Wind?; Mary Poppins sliding up the banister; or the moving staircases in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?
Putting One Foot In Front of the Other
All stairs are made from a unique set of parts with peculiar names that are often confused.
The two most easily confused terms are stair and stairway; the stair is the assembly of steps you walk on; the stairway or stairwell is the space the stair fits within.
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