Designed Stairs has pre-designed hundreds of stair plans in order to provide architects and contractors with cost-effective designs for milled stairs and high quality rails.
What is a catalog stair?
In the same way that you would select pre-designed windows for a home from a “catalog,” you can select one of our pre-designed stairs for a custom new-build home. Use our drawings on your blueprints to ensure there is the proper space for the stair you want.
It is best to plan at the print stage to ensure the correct space is allotted. Use our drawings on your blueprint. Once construction starts, request a framing detail to ensure all framing coordinates with the stair layout on your plan and ensure a proper fit upon arrival.
Catalog stairs are available in many hardwood species and many design styles. We offer a wide selection of balustrade (newel post, hand rail, and baluster) component styles.
Stairs are delivered by Designed Stairs throughout the Midwest and shipped common carrier throughout the United States and internationally.
Why use a catalog stair?
Our catalog stairs offer a luxury hardwood stair to projects where this level of fine quality has been inaccessible. Previously, this level of quality stairs has only been available from highly skilled stair craftsmen built on site. Catalog stairs provide the ease of an assembled stair combined with the design flexibility of a custom product.
All curved stair drawings provided are intended for a 40” lower well opening.
15-rise Curved stairs
15-rise drawings are intended for a 115" finished floor to finished floor dimension
16-rise Curved stairs
16-rise drawings are intended for a 121-1/4" finished floor to finished floor dimension
All U-shaped stair drawings provided are intended for a 38” well opening on each side.
U-shaped stairs rail configurations can be difficult to visualize. Please use this resource of 3-d models to help visualize what the rail configuration of different U-shaped stair layouts would look like.
15-rise U-shaped stairs
15-rise drawings are intended for a 115" finished floor to finished floor dimension
Center rail starting at lowest level
Center rail starting at landing
No center rail
16-rise U-shaped stairs
16-rise drawings are intended for a 121-1/4" finished floor to finished floor dimension
Center rail starting at lowest level
Center rail starting at landing
No center rail
All straight stair drawings provided are intended for a 38” lower well opening.
15-rise Straight stairs
15-rise drawings are intended for a 115" finished floor to finished floor dimension
16-rise Straight stairs
16-rise drawings are intended for a 121-1/4" finished floor to finished floor dimension
Installing throughout the greater Chicago area; Selling to all 50 states
Designed Stairs
Showroom (by appointment only), Shop, and Offices
1480 E Sixth Street
Sandwich IL 60548
815-786-7600
