On the Tiny House Design Blog, Michael Janzen designs a beautiful alternating tread stair out of boxes, in the Japanese Tansu chest style, which creates a lot of storage. He writes "I’ve not ...

Space was maximised in this small Parisian apartment through the placement of an alternating-tread staircase that also includes closed storage for books and other objects. French studio Schemaa ...

In reality, home designers sometimes include the alternate-tread staircases as alternatives to ladders in confined spaces where full staircases would take up too much space. Their purpose is ...

This claim is false, as alternate-tread stairs are simply intended to save space, particularly in narrow homes. Such stairs have not been historically understood as an attempt to ward off witches.

Witches' stairs are a clever staircase idea that utilizes a steeper alternate-tread design (almost like ... there are plenty of clever ways to maximize storage with witches' stairs (or any ...

Take a look at our favourite ingenious storage solutions from architect ... entrance to the cellar behind its panelling. - Alternate-tread stairs with open risers double as a bookshelf that ...

The video shocked commenters, with many asking iterations of the same question: Why? Alternate-tread stairs are common in small spaces where every square inch counts. Visit Insider's homepage for ...

The news outlet reports that this style of staircase is actually known as alternate-tread stairs and is used in areas that only have limited space. Apparently, spacing the steps in this pattern ...

Here’s everything you need to know about the viral staircase: Witches stairs, or alternate-tread stairs, are intentionally uneven steps that make walking to the second story a bit different than ...

"There's a closet, but it's for storage," he said. The alternating-tread staircase design was new to the city, so there was initial uncertainty about the use of a non-conforming stair to access a ...