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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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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.
Read more at
www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2956959/The-world-s-stylish-studio-apartments.html#reader-comments
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