Stairs in situ

I'd have loved to have been a fly on the wall when they were installing the staircase. But seeing it for the first time as I turned on the landing I was awestruck. In fact I welled up; it really is a beautiful thing. I'd seen attic stairs on t'interweb and had never been inspired so I had no input in their design, except that I wanted them as open as possible.

sexy underside

I never dreamt that they'd be so beautiful. The angles. The turns. The angles. The negative spaces. And the angles. I've asked Two Heads to be as sympathetic as possible when boxing in the underside of the stairs, to follow the angles and triangles. He knew exactly what was after. In fact he said that if I wasn't happy with his first attempt he'd strip what I disliked and try again.


 

There's an exciting space underneath the stairs too, which is going to be such a feature. The joiners are coming later this week to add the bannister and spindles. We've opted for square spindles for the time being, to match the rest of the stairs. Eventually we'll replace with wriggly groovy ones, but it's such a big job that for the time being we're just keeping it simple.



turns beautifully

temporary bannister

I'd have liked to use the salvaged bannister on the new stairs but it isn't long enough. I'm keeping it anyway as I'm sure I'll find a use for it.


salvaged bannister