These gorgeous stair railing ideas range from traditional to artistic. Heather Peterson Design, Josh Grubbs Photography Staircases are a high-function element of multi-story homes, but their form can ...

Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The ...

Like every other design detail in your home, they can be a reflection of your personal taste and style, while also making life easier (for example, replacing straight stairs featuring a knee-bending ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. Alternating tread stairs are terrific for saving space; you only put one foot on a tread at ...

I feel it’s important for you to understand the structure of a set of stairs before you get out your saw and framing square.