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Here’s What No One Tells You About Open Stairs.

Filed in Furniture, House Tours and Ideas, Interiors, My Favorites, Our House, This is Us — September 23, 2019

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I'm an oversharer!

Mark is always telling me I’m an oversharer…I can’t help it…life moments entertain me, and if I can entertain you by sharing our crazy life…then I’m gonna do it!! 

So here’s what no one tells you about having open stairs in your home!

This is a funny story about the open stairs we built in our new home! Hope you get a chuckle out of it and of course I’ll include some of my favorite open stair designs to inspire you as well! 

the design problem with open tread stairs

The amazing open staircase that Mark (my handsome hubby) built has a flaw.These L shaped stairs are stacked on top of each other so it’s a straight drop from the upstairs all the way to the basement.So the problem is…when you preschooler is sleep walking and pees at the very top of the staircase…the pee falls (and splatters) all the way to the basement!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂🤦🏻‍♀️So we pulled out our cleaning supplies from Grove Collaborative and my faithful sidekick DEWALT Vacuum, Wet/Dry !!Nothing like cleaning the stairs at 2 am! Hahaha! Ahhh parenthood!
open tread oak wood stairs with wood stringers, metal top railing and cable railing system diy and built by mark and leah reinert from down leahs lane
Down Leah's Lane Open Staircase built by Leah's husband Mark Reinert

I still love my stairs!

I still LOVE my staircase he built for me!! It was such a labor of love. Luckily we had incredible builders who totally supported us building our own stairs.

We sourced the wood from The Woodsmith Store, stained & sealed everything with General Finish products, Mark made the metal support brackets for each tread, built the stairs using his favorite Dewalt Tools, we sourced the metal from a local steel shop, welded all the railings, painted them matte black and finally installed the cable system from Cable Bullet .

open tread oak wood stairs with wood stringers, metal top railing and cable railing system diy and built by mark and leah reinert from down leahs lane

more open stair design ideas

Here are some of my favorite open tread staircase designs to give you some inspiration!

Enjoy!!

U Shaped open stringer and open tread stairs with cable railing
U-Shaped open stringer and open tread stairs with cable railing
steel staircase with open wood tread stairs modern design
via HomeEdit.com
modern floating staircase with wood open treads and a single central metal stringer. has metal railing with top wooden rail. c channel beams supports second floor and add industrial feel to this mountain home
Modern Floating Staircase by Kogan Builders, Inc.
A modern open tread staircase with natural colored wood treads and black steel beam stringers provide access to the second and basement floors. Railing is a combination of metal, wood and cable system.
via Pinterest by Pinney Designs

Pin these for future reference!!

open tread oak wood stairs with wood stringers, metal top railing and cable railing system diy and built by mark and leah reinert from down leahs lane
open tread oak wood stairs with wood stringers, metal top railing and cable railing system diy and built by mark and leah reinert from down leahs lane

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