Space under staircase ideas
Under Stair Storage - 17 Clever Ideas
Stealthy Storage
1/17
Every home can use more storage. Fortunately, the often-neglected space beneath a staircase provides an ideal spot for drawers and cabinets. This stylish example of under stair storage, built by Ben Herzog Architect, offers a discrete space to stash shoes and other goods. With its simple hardware and detailing, you'd have no idea there's storage hiding behind the wall.
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Marco Valencia | Design: Ben Herzog Architect, PC
Petite Playroom
2/17
Have a spot for the kiddos to play without their toys creating a mess around the house. This crawl space under the stairs created by Von Fitz Design is a fun hideaway for the kids and the clutter.
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Von Fitz Design
The Ultimate Nook
3/17
Carve out a cozy nook for yourself like JWT Associates did for these homeowners. The space under the stairs provides just the right depth for a comfy bench and bookshelf. Add in fluffy pillows and a lamp and it's the ultimate reading spot. Here they even left room for crawl space storage with a charming little door.
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JWT Associates
Covert Laundry Room
4/17
Not every house is fortunate enough to have a laundry room, especially for city dwellers. You might not have ever thought of it before, but the space to store a washer and dryer may have been underfoot all along. Brickhouse Kitchens and Baths built this genius laundry space beneath the stairs. Not only are the appliances kept out of sight, but the built-in counter provides a place to store your laundry supplies.
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Brickhouse Kitchens and Baths
Supreme Storage
5/17
Being one of the most trafficked spots in the house makes the stairway a prime spot for clutter.
With built-in shelves and cabinets, like these by HighCraft Builders, your family has a place to put backpacks, books, and other everyday necessities.
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HighCraft Builders
Room Divider
6/17
Take advantage of all sides of your stairway if it sits in the center of the house, just like JLV Creative did here. The design team didn’t waste any space on these large stairs, creating a sitting and storage area on one side and a mini bar on the other. The stairway becomes a focal point of the house providing space for entertaining and divvying up an open floor plan.
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JLV Creative
Cheerful Home Office
7/17
If you've always wanted a work area but thought you didn't have enough room, claim the space under the stairs as your own just like Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects did.
A sturdy chair, a work surface attached to the wall, and extra shelves on the side create a fun and functional home office.
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Whit Preston | Design: Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects /@hughjeffersonrandolpharchitect
Decked with Drawers
8/17
A narrow hallway might not be conducive for storage furniture, yet you still need somewhere to toss your keys, bags, shoes, etc. John Bynum Custom Homes offers a space-savvy solution with these drawers built into the stairs. Heck, they’re even better than a console table or cubby since they keep your stuff hidden away.
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John Bynum Custom Homes
Comfortable Entryway
9/17
A simple banquette piled with pillows and lit from above with a wall sconce is a tempting spot to curl up with a favorite book, and it makes for an easy spot to sit and tie your shoes.
Take some inspiration from JMA Interior Design's welcoming front room. Drawers below the bench provide additional storage for a neat and tidy entry.
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Carmel Brantley from Brantley Photography | Design: JMA Interior Design
Artful Display
10/17
Alcove shelving built into the stairs is the perfect place to showcase treasured antiques and decorative items. This stairway by Gilberte Interiors is an excellent example of putting your prized possessions on display without them getting in the way.
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Gilberte Interiors
Children's Den
11/17
A playhouse in the backyard is nice, but not very useful on a cold or rainy day. Metro Building and Remodeling Group got creative with the space under one family’s basement stairs and built a playhouse the kids can enjoy year round.
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Metro Building and Remodeling Group
Built-In Bar
12/17
This built-in cabinet under the staircase, designed by Katy Bell Interiors, creates superb storage for all your cocktail hour essentials: shelves for glassware, a cabinet for liquor, and a countertop to put it all together. It's rustic style fits in perfectly with the rest of the home's decor.
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Katy Bell Interiors
Catchalls in the Hall
13/17
These little cubbies situated at the bottom of the stairs are a stylish way to keep the front hall tidy. Created by Jeff King & Company, the clean and classic design is evidence you don’t need a fancy organizational system for a neat home.
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Paul Dyer Photography | Design: Jeff King & Company
Pet Refuge
14/17
The space under your staircase can be fashioned into a cozy, custom nook for the favorite family pet.
This interior dog house by Michaelson Homes is much nicer looking than a bulky crate. Who wouldn't want to tuck themselves in to such a sweet spot?
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Michaelson Homes
Kids' Corner
15/17
In this house from Silver Maple Construction, the elegant arch created from the stairs above fashions a snug corner for the kids. It has just the right amount of space for toy storage and a quiet spot for story time. Rather than having wasted space, it’s a brilliant way to carve out an area just for the kids.
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Susan Teare Photography | Design: Silver Maple Construction
Animal House
16/17
Everyone in the house likes to have a little space for themselves, including the family pet. This tiny room, created by Cummings Architect, provides a quiet spot for the dog as well as convenient storage for the toys and supplies.
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Eric Roth | Cummings Architects
Book Nook
17/17
Take inspiration from this reading corner designed by the Williams Group Inc. A built-in bookcase under the stairs with a comfy chair and soft lighting makes just the right environment for getting lost in a story.
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The Williams Group Inc.
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10 Creative Ways to Use the Space Under the Stairs
Do you ever wonder how to use the space under the staircase in your home? This tiny and sometimes uncomfortable area may be converted into a practical living or workspace you enjoy with a little ingenuity.
Don’t miss this collection of creative staircase storage ideas for your next remodeling project that will give your home a new reading nook, library, closet, or bathroom!
Let’s go over some creative ways to make practical use of the space beneath the staircase of your home! These tips will help you clear up that age-old question of what to do with the space under the stairs. Check out more creative storage ideas here.
Reading Nook
The space under your stairs is probably the perfect spot for a mini library or cozy book nook. Simply install some cabinets or shelves and fill them with all of your favorite reads. Add some comfy cushions or pillows and a nice bench with some cool lighting and your reading nook will become a favorite place for you to chill.
bria hammel interiorsOffice Space
An under-the-stairs office is a great way to conserve space and get the most out of your home. You or other family members can work from home, complete school work, or pay bills.
Make a flat workspace where you can put a desk, add a comfy chair, stock some office supplies, put in some lighting, and you are ready to go.
Kitchen Pantry
If your staircase is near the kitchen, you may utilize this area as extra kitchen pantry storage for non-perishable foods. This allows you to make your present kitchen or dining room more comfortable. You will need to be strategic in how you place cabinets, shelves, and maybe some other furniture like rolling drawers, especially if your place under the stairs is small!
New England Design & ConstructionShoe Storage
Do you have a shoe fetish? Or do you just not have enough storage space for all of your different kinds of footwear? No worries! You can purchase a shoe organizer at any store to conserve space and create more space for your shoes. You might even be able to build some cubbies, shelves, or racks if you have enough room.
barnesLaundry
Finding a spot for the washing machine and dryer is always a struggle, especially in smaller homes where you don’t have a dedicated laundry room.
Playhouse
You will really need to plan this one out. There are some awesome ideas online for great playhouses. First, you should determine whether you actually have enough space for a playhouse. If you do, next you will need to sketch some basic blueprints of your playhouse’s design. If you don’t have room for actual windows, create some fake ones with trim. Cut your door between two studs and use that space between them to avoid creating more work or having to use special tools. To build the door, cut some plywood. Finally, paint and trim your playhouse to your liking.
Suburban Renewal IncDog House
A dog house makes great use of the space that already exists under your stairs. You can make an elaborate domicile for your domestic canine or you can be very simple. From DIY ideas to just sticking a mat and a bone under the stairs, you can make a little house that will make your dog feel welcome. After all, it can’t stay outside forever. Add some toys, a pet bed, a dish or two, and a gate or door.
Closet
If you have limited space in your home, the place under the stairs can be an excellent spot for a closet. You could go for a coat closet, cleaning closet, linen closet, utility closet or something else. Just get some hooks, hangers, rods, and shelves, and you can store dozens of things! Add some cubbies below the hooks and hangers, and you have a place for shoes that are too wet to tromp through the house – boots, galoshes, and the like.
Woodmeister Master BuildersThe hooks can also make a handy place to hang umbrellas or backpacks. In fact, your coat closet could also double as a mudroom. If you opt for a clothing closet, you can install some racks, rods, shelves or cabinets, and a few hooks to give yourself a great deal of extra space for your clothes.
You might want to add some cubbies or containers to store clothes you aren’t going to wear for a while. If you have enough space and you are creative enough, you might also find room for holiday decorations, miscellaneous items for which there is no other room in the house, and even a place to hide surprises!
Half Bathroom
Another wonderful way to use the space under your stairs is to make a half bathroom.
This idea can definitely come in handy if you happen to have a lot of company. It is compact, out of the way, and fits well without utilizing extra space. You can really have fun making a color scheme, adding attractive features like picture frames or other exotic ornaments, and some cool lighting to make your half bath inviting to guests.
Home Bar
You can create your own happy hour by building a home bar under your stairs. Just have a countertop installed, for mixing and serving the drinks. You can also add a little fridge or some extra shelving or cabinet space to store your liquor. You can even have plumbing installed to put a sink in order to clean up. Of course, you could always opt for a wine cellar, but that requires extra thought and planning.
@charlieandcodesignYou can optimize all your space in your house with elegance with these innovative storage solutions beneath stairs. Regardless of what you’d like to keep, you may make this area work for you, frequently neglected and underused! Looking for additional ways to use your house efficiently?
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Space under the stairs: interior ideas with photo
A good owner is diligent. He has not only every jar of jam on the account, but also every meter of usable area. You can increase the functionality of the room by using empty spaces. One of these spaces, usually not used to its full potential, is the place under the stairs. Happy owners of private houses, cottages, townhouses or two-story apartments can come up with a lot of original solutions for its arrangement.
Nick Darling
1. Storage space
In every home there are always a lot of things for which it would be great to find a permanent place.
Mini-garage
Long-suffering bicycles and strollers, which are constantly moved from place to place or simply left outside the door of the house, can be easily hidden under the stairs. For the former, you can install special mounts or a holder so that the bike does not fall on its side in the middle of the night.
For the second, it is worth putting a rug where water and dirt will drain after a walk. Or attach a folding changing table to the wall to calmly dress and undress your baby.
Zephyr Interiors
Souvenir shop
Photos, gifts and nice souvenirs from travel often no longer fit in the rooms. All this can be conveniently placed in a shelving under the stairs by organizing a small gallery with a changing exhibition - today we are exhibiting oriental souvenirs.
Kerr Design Build
Shelving can be designed in the form of niches or through shelves - if the stairs are not against the wall. It is easy to make interesting geometric compositions from shelves and panels, beat them with color or size difference.
David Mills Custom Homes
2. Library
Perhaps every reader dreams of expanding their home library.
Handwerk Interiors
Shelves
The question of where to put publications is especially acute for book lovers, so under the stairs there is a place for a couple of roomy shelving units that can be made open or closed (with doors).
JKA Design
Shelves
If there is not a lot of space, you can hang shelves instead of shelving. You can store your favorite volumes and pleasant things, notepads with notes on them. You can read without leaving the books, placing a comfortable chair or sofa next to it.
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Reading room
Under the stairs you can organize a wonderful reading room just for your own. A floor lamp or small lamps will make this corner even more comfortable.
Beyond Beige Interior Design Inc.
3. Wine bar
The space under the stairs is, of course, not a cellar with stocks of bottles, but it is quite possible to provide a comfortable life for both wine and yourself.
Amazing Design
For a small collection, you can arrange slightly sloping shelves, and store glasses and bottle accessories in cabinets next door.
HM HOMES
Fans of organizing and sorting bottles by country or type of drink can supply wine racks with multiple compartments.
The collection's favorite items will fit perfectly on open shelves - however, there is a risk that the collection will become noticeably empty when guests arrive.
A more serious collection of wines requires an appropriate thoughtful approach: you can display them behind transparent showcases - like in a museum.
Brandon Architects, Inc.
Modern technologies make it possible to create the required temperature and humidity level in the staircase wine cellar.
Kevin B Howard Architects, AIA
A convenient mechanism can also be installed there, so that it is always easy to get the selected bottle.
4. Bed
If the house does not have space for a separate guest bedroom, or if you have a large group of overnight guests, the interior design under the stairs can provide for an extra bed.
Smith & Vansant Architects PC
There is enough footage for a single bed or a single bed, as well as drawers for linen and bedding. Cute curtains will help to complete the mini-guest room, blocking off the sleeping ones.
Cuppett Kilpatrick Architects
5. Mini-room
Just like Harry Potter, only bigger and better - just such a small guest room or room for any other purpose can be built if the stairs in the house are of a decent size.
Alchemy Design Studio
In a small-looking room, a bed and a small bedside table will fit just fine. Great place for solitude.
Von Fitz Design
6. Playroom
If you have children, you can build a play area or a whole house for them under the stairs. All kids love to build huts, find shelter and hide from adults.
Von Fitz Design
The playroom can be equipped with a small door that only a child or pet can easily get through.
Such a shelter will make the younger members of the family feel like the heroes of a fairy tale.
Just do not make doors with latches and locks in such houses: children cannot always cope with them.
Rikki Snyder
7. Home cinema
A small cinema room can be placed in the niche under the stairs: put a TV, sound system, a selection of music and films there. The main thing is to find a place for a comfortable sofa or chairs so that they do not interfere with the approach to the stairs.
This way you use not only the space under the stairs, but also the space nearby: the highest level of optimization.
Henarise Pty Ltd
8. Dressing room
If the dimensions of the stairs allow, you can organize a mini-dressing room under the steps and even in them, arrange places for storing shoes and seasonal clothes there.
Specht Architects
Holly Marder
Convenient pull-out systems make everything easy to access and keep everything neat and tidy.
Exclusive Builders
9. Kitchen
A small kitchen is a great option for a niche under the stairs. If you're not a big fan of home cooking or large kitchen spaces, this could save you an entire room.
Brillo Home Improvements
If there is a bathroom nearby, this kitchenette can accommodate a sink and dishwasher. So you do not have to pull the plumbing wiring from afar.
Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects
10. Office
Everyone who has worked from home knows that a private space where you can settle down and do business in peace and quiet is priceless.
Pierce Design
Organizing a workspace under the stairs is not so difficult: a comfortable chair, a storage system for small items and a convenient table are all that is needed. Well, a couple of shelves for papers and books nearby will be in place.
Sayler | Owens | Kerr design studio
11. Mini-lounge
Together with niches and other useful spaces under the stairs, you can arrange a comfortable place to read or take a nap in the afternoon, as well as sit down with a cup of tea.
Before carrying the mattress and pillows, measure the height of the niche: it must be large enough for the seated person. After all, rest in a crooked position is unlikely to succeed.
Architecture Matters Pty. Ltd.
12. Bathroom and WC
In the space under the steps you can place an additional bathroom or a guest bathroom - many companies have collections of compact sanitary ware that fit even on 1 sq. m.
Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects
Plumbing fixtures and flexible plumbing make it possible to place the bathroom in any corner of the house, even under the stairs.
John Hannah Architectural Design & Rendering
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Laundry
In a large family, the washer, dishwasher, dryer and laundry storage space require space. And it can be provided by using the space under the stairs. Here you can also install a folding ironing board and a place for an iron and laundry detergent.
ArchiBlox
14 . Pantry
And if the house needs a place for supplies or relatives are fond of canning, you can arrange a pantry under the stairs. There certainly is a place for jars and jars of pickles and jam.
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Contents:
- Main tasks
- Green corner
- Fireplace
- Bookshelves
- Place for rest and sleep
- Office
- Cat or dog house
- Hidden toilet
- Art storage
Stairs are an integral part of every two-story house or two-level apartment. They allow you to move between floors, sometimes decorate the interior, but it must be admitted that they also take up valuable space.
For this reason, it is worth not leaving a void under the stairs, but finding an original way of its practical use. Sometimes the wrong shape of the stairs can make this task much more difficult, but do not despair, because there is always a suitable solution for any situation.
Under-stair space in your home: basic tasks
When planning under-stair space, you must carefully consider which option will be best for a particular interior, so as not to clutter up or reduce the usable area. The location and purpose of this place depends mainly on individual needs, the location of the stairs is also important, whether in the living room or in the corridor. So, if your house has an empty area under the stairs, you are looking for original and interesting ideas for using it, then you have come to the right place. Consider ready-made and sometimes unusual solutions that will become a real source of inspiration for you.
Space under stairs: green nook ideas
Probably the easiest and least demanding way to fill the empty space under the stairs is to arrange flowers and plants there.
Flowers are a wonderful addition to any interior, they bring freshness and create a cozy atmosphere. Due to the increased height at which the individual steps are located, it is safe to place tall plants in ornamental pots. Thanks to such a simple solution, you will fill the empty space and get a positive element of interior design.
Space under the stairs for a fireplace in a private house
Consider installing a charming fireplace under the stairs. This is definitely a great idea for arranging the space under the steps in the living room. A fireplace is a great piece of equipment in a room where you can spend cool evenings with a crackling fire.
Traditional solution with bookshelves
The location is a folded bookcase under the stairs. The material from which it is made is in perfect harmony with the elements of the stairs and railings, creating one harmonious whole. In addition, spotlights can be installed under the stairs, making the books or other collection placed on the rack stand out effectively.
Nearby you can place a comfortable chair.
You can admire the rather abstract and original design of the staircase. The entire space below it can be decorated with open bookshelves and numerous decorations. If you think that such a ladder will not be very convenient to use, then nothing prevents you from preparing traditional normal-shaped steps and placing many shelves under them, offering really plenty of space for candles, books, magazines, photo frames, etc.
Reading nook
If you like to immerse yourself in your favorite reading every day, you can set up a cozy reading nook under the stairs. All you need is a soft mattress, feather pillows, good lighting and bookshelves. Small shelves on the side create the perfect place to put a cup of coffee or hot tea.
How to use the space under the stairs for relaxation?
If the stairs are in the hallway next to the front door, you can place furniture suitable for the hallway, such as coat racks, shoe racks or a bench where guests and family members can easily put on their shoes or relax.
A long bench will further expand the corridor, and shelves or drawers under it will provide additional storage space, such as shoes. In addition, the bench can accommodate several seats in the form of pillows, which will increase the usability and become a nice decoration.
The second solution presented is a brilliant idea for small interiors where every free centimeter counts. Under the stairs, you can organize an accessible sleeping space, providing maximum comfort of use. It can be used as a main bed or as an extra bed when visiting friends.
Making the space under the stairs look like an office
The space under the stairs can be an ideal place to work. The only negative in most cases is the rather large distance from the window, which provides natural light. If there is no table, you can place other furniture or equipment under the stairs, such as a TV shelf, as well as a sofa or other piece of furniture for which you do not have enough space in the room.
Pet bed
Interior designers are incredibly creative in arranging the open space to create numerous lockers and special houses under the stairs for a cat or dog.
