The 1939 film Gone With The Wind features four beautiful staircases that have come to define the elegance, grace and grandeur of interior stair design. The staircase in the foyer of Aunt Pittypat's home … [Full story]
The 1939 film Gone With The Wind features four beautiful staircases that have come to define the elegance, grace, and grandeur of interior stair design. Tara, the O'Hara family plantation … [Full story]
The RMS Titanic's "Grande Staircase" refers to a series of six custom staircases designed for use by the ship's First Class Passengers. The most ornate staircase was the curved stair from the Promonade … [Full story]
The Spiral Staircase at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe New Mexico is truly an Amazing Stair. The stair winds approximately 760 degrees total, more than two full turns, and is made of Spruce; it ascends … [Full story]
Let's take a look at the use of stone treads overlaying a wooden stair structure. Of all available building materials, nothing presents a timeless feel more than a stone surface. … [Full story]
Designing a staircase to be freestanding is a great way to gain useable floor space in your design. … [Full story]
An important consideration when designing any space is the presentation and distribution of light. This is especially true when considering a staircase... … [Full story]
The most common confusion within the stair building world is, without a doubt, the spiral versus the … [Full story]
Due to the compact nature of a spiral staircase, they have become widely used in library environments where space is limited and access to upper book storage is necessary. … [Full story]
Having had the opportunity to work on Luxury stair projects from coast to coast, we have been intrigued by the vast differences in design and construction from one region to another. The greatest distinction is shop-built versus site-built. … [Full story]
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