While we often don’t see our practical wooden steps as something of beauty, they can still become a show-stopping feature in a home. With some imagination and calculation, staircases can be transformed into something exceptional. For instance, by making these staircase design ideas more sculptural and unique, we can create a personal and unique space.
When you think about a staircase design, you might see solid risers, straightforward steps, and dutiful banisters. This gallery of 50 inspiring staircase designs will allow you to connect the levels.
01. Snake It To Make It.
Sharp metallic treads, linked by oblique alternating sides, are suspended on barely there balustrades. The single continuous piece of metal folds into itself like the ‘Snake’ in the old computer game ? constantly twisting but never touching.
Visualizer: MLab
02. The Secretive Staircase.
Cubism flows through this body of work’s metal veins and wooden organs. Planks, panels, and wooden cuboids are suspended on a black framework to fashion an offbeat tower with secretive sections.

Designer: Francesco Librizzi
03. Linework Meets Metalwork.
This skinny staircase appears like thin black linework on a blank white page. Iron rungs aren’t a thing of comfort underfoot, but the straightforward structure fulfills its purpose in a restricted footprint.

Designer: Francesco Librizzi studio
04. Cat Ladder-Style Staircase
A good solution in limited space, like when access to a mezzanine ...