Creative Staircases

[Longhare]

My daughter stumbled upon this list of 25 creative staircases. Some pretty cool stuff. And a few downright scary ones.

Enjoy! (http://list25.com/25-most-creative-staircases-ever/)

Louanne

[loghousenut]

And yet, somehow they missed the coolest staircase of all... The handmade staircase that leads to the handmade loft in a log home that was crafted with the owners own loving hands.

There are some really cccoooool stairs there, Longhair. But none that will compete with yours.

[mickeywingnut]

There's some nice ones in there Longhare.

Here's a great how-to on unique stairs I learned quite a bit from that I actually think is possible for us mere mortals to replicate and could look good in a log home.
http://www.finehomebuilding.com/how-to/departments/master-carpenter/laminating-curved-stair-stringers.aspx

That website also has a how-to on making Loretto Chapel style, double helix, stairs which is at least worth the read. It also has how-to articles on making those cantilevered stairs similar to the ones in your link.

Although I think what Roy did with stairs around a log is the coolest so far in a log home.

[HardmanGT]

I always liked these personally


812813

[mickeywingnut]

I couldn't find a picture of Roy's finished stairs, but here's the idea.

http://www.logstairs.com/gallery/Click%20Picture/Spiral%202%20CP.jpg

[mickeywingnut]

Cool stairs can sure get me excited! Here's some other great ones.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k210/mickeywingnut/logstairs.png

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k210/mickeywingnut/stairsinsidelog.png

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k210/mickeywingnut/stairsaroundlog.png

This one probably makes the height record.
http://50.21.181.76/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/photos-tanya-113.jpg

And I did end up finding a picture of Roy's stairs here.
http://www.logbuilding.co.za/images/log%20home%20spiral%20stair.jpg

[LogSurfer2]

Wow! These are all INCREDIBLE! They are out of my ability LOL, but are super inspiring!

Thanks for sharing with us....makes for some nice day dreaming ;)

[rreidnauer]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/titantornado/Mount%20LeConte%20July%202011/Alum_Cave_Log_Stairs.jpg

[edkemper]

Rod,

Now those are stairs.

[rreidnauer]

Cool huh?

I took that photo last year while hiking Mt LeConte in the Smoky Mountains National Park, on Alum Cave Trail (http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~dunigan/gsmnp/googlegsmnp.php?lat=35.63602&lon=-83.44265&mt=3&scale=13&trail=AlumCave).