Stairs as drawers - space saving and space illusion in small spaces and small homes

I tried to leave a comment with a like on Facebook but the site would not connect me to Facebook so here's my comment.

Stairs made into drawers are a really interesting and inspiring idea. Many homes already have a cupboard under the stairs, either a coat cupboard or a toilet or a mini office, depending on the size of the staircase.

I can see the disadvantage of the drawers - if you leave one open you squash the contents when you step on them, break the drawer base and miss your footing in the night.

An alternative would be to open the drawers sideways. The drawers supported by the stair below are less dangerous from the point of view of toppling furniture such as unstable chests of drawers which can tilt and crush climbing children and absent-minded adults. I wonder whether some compromise could be reached. For example:

Secret drawers in the staircase as a Safe. (Although could only be used when nobody else was around or they'd spot it.)

Cut the drawers in half and have one coming forward and one going sideways (like some underbid drawers). This could halve or double your problems depending on the layout of the staircase.

I would always want a grab rail on the wall beside the staircase and another on the outside. More security for frail granny, overweight or pregnant mummy, slimming toddler, tipsy teenager on new year's eve, galloping Dad or guest wearing slippery slippers.

Lots of interesting ideas.

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How to get your blog post noticed - mention Madonna or Beyonce

How do I get my blog post noticed? I asked the SEO experts in my family. They said, mention somebody well-known or famous. If somebody famous such as Beyonce or Madonna dined in your restaurant, that will get your blog post more attention than the food. That's why the Daily Mail has links to posts to famous people all down the right hand side.

We indulged in a little speculating on what else gets attention. Headlines which scream shocking.

That explains something which has always puzzled and annoyed me. When I trained as a journalist we were taught to be impartial when writing news, or even features. You should not say that a man is amazingly old, but that he is 113 years old. The reader can form their own conclusion.

Now I realise why the headlines scream. It is not ignorance, hysteria, amateur. It is marketing. Madonna would understand that.

Angela Lansbury B A Hons
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