Staircase Ideas

Whether you favour a modern open staircase to or a grand spiral staircase, we've dug in to the House & Garden archives to find some extremely stylish examples. From witty staircase paint ideas (great if you can't afford a total architectural do-over) to barely-there steps floating on cantilevered glass; a spiral staircase designed by the man responible for the Eiffel tower, to one that has been turned in to an actual piece of Pop Art.

Come and see how people have turned this architectural lynch pin in to a thing of beauty which can set the decorative tone of an entire house. Come and scale the dizzying heights of staircase design.

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White Spiral Staircase

Staircase with Extended Railings

Stripped-Back Stairs with Runner

Patterned Black Staircase Runner

Dark wood stairs with decorative plasterwork walls

Internal Spiral Staircase

Hampshire Vicarage

Chequered Tiles

Dark Blue Panelled Walls

pared back

Stone & Iron

Vestibule Tapestry

Green in Delhi

Duck Egg Blue

Light and dark

Gently Winding

Float Away

Skylights

Colour pop

Open-tread

Wooden Wonder

Tile stencilling

Art Attack

In the pink

Got it Made

Map the way

White Out

Cool Contrasts

Light Fantastic

Earn your stripes