topic Re: Stair Storage in Home

Stair Storage

wilma — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:48:28 GMT

What do you think of using stairs as storage?

The first one is great! Very much my style.

The stairs on the second one look very steep & dangerous. Not really liking the storage design either.

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Biftu — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:52:58 GMT

Like it or not it's a clever idea. I would love to have all that additional storage.

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stevieb — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:54:28 GMT

The first example seems a good bit more useful and easily accessed than the second, but sure, why not use this space for storage. More times that not, there some oddly shaped closet under stairs. Perhaps the shelves help to better maximize space.

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Still Raining — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:04:41 GMT

Once I had a man door under the stairs and I used those shelves like a pantry. But further back it was a free for all. In my defense there was no light. When I moved and cleaned it out, it was like Christmas.

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threecees — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:09:15 GMT

Like the 1st one, but the 2nd picture reminds me of a huge Jenga tower,

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TheMemphisVette — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:09:37 GMT

love them! very organized

i have a very large storage closet under my stairs in my mountain log house. it's one big area and i have to take everything out to get to something in the back.

i plan to change it to a half bath at some point.

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J Town Girl — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:13:20 GMT

I love the storage units in the first picture. That would be so handy to have available.

I do not care for either the steps or weird storage places in the second picture. Those steps look so dangerous and just waiting for someone to fall down them.

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wilma — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:19:49 GMT

@threecees wrote:
Like the 1st one, but the 2nd picture reminds me of a huge Jenga tower,

@threecees

You’re right. The second one is Jenga. LOL! Thanks for the laugh & photo.

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AuntG — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 20:19:55 GMT

Good use of space. I like the first one.

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SandySparkles — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 21:27:01 GMT

Thumbs👍 for #1...Thumbs👎 for #2. It is visually unappealing to me, and overwhelming, although I would love having that much additional storage space.😊

~~~All we need is LOVE💖

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kaydee50 — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 22:24:58 GMT

Both good ideas if you're desperate for space which, fortunately, I am not!

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KathyM23 — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:59:41 GMT

I have a wonderful closet under my stairs. There certainly is alot of space under steps and DH attached a closet rod to the wall and across the area to the step. Can hang alot of clothes there and I have two baskets of shoes on the floor under the clothes rod. The rest of the space is used for Christmas decorations. DH built a sliding door in the wall to access the space.

Only issue is DH has to take out the clothes to get the Christmas items, but it is only once a year and he doesn't mind. Of course, you could do either/or - skip the clothes rod and just use the entire area for storage.

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ScarletDove — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:27:04 GMT

The first one is a terrific idea and design. I have something similar for storage under my steps that lead to the basement; not quite as classy, but it is a storage area! The second photo looks to be quite a steep set of stairs.

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DREAMON — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:29:31 GMT

I think the first one is great but the second one is not for me....if one of those drawers were left open it would be a bad fall down those steps.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:44:31 GMT

I really like the 1st one, but the 2nd one the stairs do look very steep.

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haddon9 — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:45:39 GMT

I have a turned staricase and under my stairs is the door to go down into the basement ...another set of stairs that also turns. Under the basement stairs we have holiday storage.

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shoptilyadropagain — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:10:13 GMT

That's a very clever idea for space that is normally wasted.

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wagirl — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:00:21 GMT

I made that wasted space under the stairs, into a pantry in my kitchen---have all sorts of shelving in it on all sides and as it slopes towards the back, which is the front of the stairs, I use wire racks that fit right in the middle, that I wheel in and out for more storage---did this 33 years ago when we built the house--not sure how I came up with that idea but ended up being very handy.

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Alison Wonderland — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:07:47 GMT

@stevieb wrote:
The first example seems a good bit more useful and easily accessed than the second, but sure, why not use this space for storage. More times that not, there some oddly shaped closet under stairs. Perhaps the shelves help to better maximize space.

I love that someone made these pull out drawers instead of a closet. I think it makes better use of the space because the drawers can go deep instead of being a cavern or deep hole where things are hard to get to.

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faeriemoon — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:21:24 GMT

The first one is a good idea. As others have already said, the second one is an accident waiting to happen. (And ugly to boot.)