Stone staircase design.
So you’ve decided to have some stone stairs in your house. What a great decision! Stone stairs in any form add a feel of real quality and solidity to a property: They look unbelievably impressive, and make any house really stand out from the norm. Of course there are many options: It may a simple straight flight stone staircase, or it may be a sweeping, curving flight that carries you to the upper floors of your house. The stone stairs can be all one width, or they can taper gracefully wider as they descend.
The treatment of the actual treads offers many choices too. The treads can be square; they can be bullnosed, or they can have an elaborate moulding carved on the edge. The undersides of the steps can be stepped like the upper face, or they can be one flat plane from top to bottom.
A curving cantilever staircase is truly a work of art: Just one end of each tread is built into the supporting wall, and the rest of the stone staircase just ‘hangs’ beautifully in mid air almost like magic.
Then you have the choices for balusters and handrail. You can go the traditional route, and use wrought or cast iron rails, or you can be comtemporary and use cable, or rope or stainless steel: The choices are limitless.
Whatever you choose, you will never regret choosing stone for your stairs, as this has to be one of the most beautiful and impressive features that any house could have.