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Classic and Creative Open Staircase Designs

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By Randy Boerstler

PUBLISHED: May 30, 2009
UPDATED: March 26, 2020
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Houses with open floor plans are some of my favorites. I love the sight lines that it creates and the “elbow room”.

Open staircase designs allow for a really beautiful entryway in a large home like this

One feature that many homes do not have, including some homes with open floor plans, is an open staircase design.

I enjoy seeing the variations of craftsmanship involved that showcase beautiful newel posts, handrails, and balusters. Show me lots of iron and you’ve got a fan!Open staircase designs invite you to visit the terrace and/or upper level.

These days finished basements are a major part of the living space with a man-cave, media room and/or a fitness room in many homes. They’re not just deep, dark caves to store a bunch of stuff anymore.

A finished basement can be more like your own personal retreat. But that’s another post for another day.

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Here's the use of iron balusters as a part of open staircase designsThe staircases I’m showing here are slight variations of a true open staircase design, some of which “float”, but they aren’t hidden behind a closed door either.

I think stairwell is the word I’m looking for when I speak of enclosed staircases.

What I mean by all of that is in a typical home the staircase leading to the basement is more often than not, behind a closed door. So you never really know if a bathroom, a closet, a bedroom or the basement staircase lies behind the door.

That’s why open staircase designs are so appealing. Staircases that lead to the upper level while facing the front entryway seem to crowd the foyer. Having them more towards the center of the house is a much better design.

Open staircase designs give the builder the opportunity to showcase a true open floor plan

Are you ready to a see a gallery of different styles of open staircase photos now?

 

Another variation of open staircase designs this is a beautiful effect created by the open staircase designs the builder used

open staircase designs can include a catwalk catwalk to an open room this traditional stairwell is not an example of open staircase designs

the open staircase designs can include multiple landing such as in this picture here's another view of the open baluster as part of the open staircase designs builders can choose from

Here's a right angle staircase that was in the builders open staircase designs here's another way to include a catwalk as a part of open staircase designs

check out the twisted open staircase designs here's a view of the front staircase in open staircase designs

open staircase designs can include lots of iron balusters like this one open staircase designs with a catwalk

open staircase designs with balusters open staircase designs can include catwalks and balusters

 

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