Staircases are often neglected in homes. After all they have a utilitarian function - a passageway to go from one floor to another. Yet, they deserve more visual impact. As Melissa from Sugar City Journal wrote, it’s all about “elevating the mundane“. She was inspired by an older interior decorating book by Alexandra Stoddard which promoted the concept of taking the least inspiring and unattractive spot in your home and turning it into your favorite corner.

What she did was to scan a pretty fabric onto her computer and added personal touches to the picture with Photoshop. She printed the pattern on regular sized paper and glued them together. After laminating the paper, she glued them onto the risers of the stairs using Modgepodge. She says, “If you look closely when walking up these stairs, you might see a few familiar faces hidden amidst the damask. A simple way to bring a smile, as I walk up and down these stairs, one hundred times a day.” So simple, yet effective both visually and for the family budget! Via

The Plus House is a pre-fab two-storey house with the generic proportions of a traditional Swedish bard house, designed by Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune. Now the most interesting part of the house I think that is this beautiful and simple staircase. Now here are a few words about this project from the Swedish architects website : “Instead of windows positioned like regular “holes” along the walls, entire sides are glazed. On the entrance floor both long walls are glazed. On the upper floor the gable ends are glazed. Seen in plan, these two lines of vision straight through the building are perpendicular like a plus sign.” - Via - David Report

For those of you who don’t have a staircase, here is a nice idea created by Sofia Antonovich. She created a vinyl decorative wallpaper that looks like a staricase. If you have an apartment I’m sure that might be the only one that would fit in your apartment, and will cost you just a fraction of the price. - Via - Designers Block

Between artistic project and design, Stair is a rather astonishing staircase created by Gabriella Gustafson and Mattias Ståhlbom for TAF. I don’t see to much people using this kind of stairs, but is an interesting artistic project. Would you use them ? - Via - TrendShow