Your basement stairs might serve a practical purpose, but they're also packed with plenty of design potential. Here, interior designers share their creative ways to step things up.

Transform dark and dreary basement stairs into a beautiful and useful feature in your home with these basement stair ideas.

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This south London house extension by Studio Octopi features a pre-cast concrete staircase that had to be craned into position. London-based Studio Octopi designed the zinc-clad basement extension ...

“I modeled it after a coastal-Northeast-looking cottage with the shingles." — -- A DIY-loving Georgia dad converted his cluttered basement staircase into a cottage-style playhouse. Robert ...

The stairs were a bit trickier. These stairs, along with everything else in my charming old home, are not level. In fact, I think if you tried to put a level on these stairs you would actually be able ...

Sure, you can add a ping-pong table and a mini-fridge to a basement and call it a day, but creative basement ideas are aplenty. When it comes to designing the belowground space, think outside the ...

While basement stairs serve a practical purpose, they're also packed with plenty of design potential.