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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Design

Alternating Tread Stair Looks Painful If You Slip

8:20AM Jason Chen | Not only can you possibly slip off the side and cut a gash in your face on these crazy tread stairs, you could slip and fall crotch first onto the middle bar. More »
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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Ultimate Hidden Staircase Ideal for Wannabe Bond Villains

9:40PM Addy Dugdale | Giz is a big fan of the secret passageway, but this sub-staircase version really is the mutt’s nuts. A cross between a drawbridge, a private jet and something that, to kids, is straight out of Indiana Jones and the Duplex of Suburbia, the concealed hidey-hole is just one of a series of designs from Creative Home Engineering, a firm that puts hidden doors just about everywhere you wouldn’t think of looking. Prices range from US$5,000 to a cool quarter of a million. [Creative Home Engineering via BallerHouse] More »
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
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Stairs Bookcase Actually Makes Me Want to Move to London

3:20AM Jesus Diaz | Here’s a great idea for anyone who loves books and doesn’t have enough apartment space or a Kindle: a “secret staircase” made of English oak, lined with books left, right and center, leading to a loft bedroom in a Victorian 1898 apartments block. More »
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