Some modern staircase ideas can be declined in really different and original projects from which to get inspiration

26 February 2025

Modern staircase ideas: stair design for every taste and style, traditional home stairs but also modern staircases, for an open space or for spaces cut out to the last effort, prefabricated stairs or interior staircase ideas completely made on custom specifications… In short, it is clear that the interior design can be remodeled a lot thanks to a simple staircase design, that is a perfect opportunity to exploit.

Between the anatomy of the supporting structure and the effect of the different building materials used and juxtaposed, as well as more or less original finishes and details chosen ad hoc, we know that the various staircase ideas furnish in different ways, influence the entire architectural design and connect environments with a more or less strong footprint.

I will show you along the way three modern staircase ideas that have nothing to do with each other except for the fact that they are results of custom designs in every part, being types of open staircase, and tend to result – each of them – focal point of the environments that host them, a living room, an entrance hall, a dining room, an office with a modern touch, a special boutique and so on.

If you don’t like the prefabricated staircase designs as standard designs, but you like custom staircase ideas, special and unique modern stairs, you could be inspired by the following three projects that I propose below, or even just by individual elements that make them up.

Creating a unique and modern staircase design is possible: Vista Project for Valentino in Paris

Modern staircase designs, understood as types of stairs not necessarily contemporary feel, but rather able to fully express a message, perfect integration into modern or more traditional homes; even a new house can start from a modern staircase to decide an aesthetic footprint to branch out through the other modern furniture elements. 

This is because, it is implied, modern internal stairs are not limited to their essential function of connecting to an upper floor, but from the aesthetic point of view they follow or make follow a well-defined narrative. In this way an open space, a hall, access to a sleeping area and so on can all enjoy a common thread managed by internal modern staircases.

A well-designed interior space, even a small space, which uses modern staircases as main elements, as a focal point between the joints of the various environments, belongs not only to homes, but also to offices, shops, showrooms and much more: we see the demonstration of this in the brand new Valentino boutique on Avenue Montaigne in Paris.

Modern staircase ideas that aim to be almost a piece of art? The internal shaped staircase to which we refer is certainly an example, at the antipodes, if you like, of the concept behind prefabricated stairs. The three floors of the brand new space of the Maison Valentino are connected by this fresh and modern curved design staircase, which is part of the family of spiral staircase types.

The atmosphere of the entire exhibition space is evocative and rich, full of ideas and references to various trends in fashion and design from the 1930s to the 1970s: ivory white, transparency, checkered geometry, onyx and precious marble, red lacquered and velvety, the colour of the mark.

This modern staircase, helical open staircase design naturally follows the general atmosphere and focuses on form and materials, craftsmanship and staircase features and details that make the difference: the winding helical path is closed by a double lateral structure white painted, while the raisers are closed.

The plexiglass balustrades, not the usual glass balustrades, are very modern, with dark contemporary handrails inserted in contrast, while riser and tread tape effect have been covered by colored marble patchwork type, precious and elegant stone treads but also creative, without the heaviness that it entails to the stone material in some context.

Undoubtedly a majestic and original modern staircase design, perfectly integrated in such a rich, welcoming, suggestive context.

Special interior modern staircases: ovo elliptical staircase Vista Project for Borghese Art Hotel in Rome

Custom interior modern staircase ideas, from the project to the realization of every small detail follow a logic of personal taste, expectations of optimal integration, often even an exploration of unpublished forms-lines-matter or with that extra quid, unexpected, fascinating. 

Even the traditional and modern hotellerie of a certain level aims at a refinement, the highest expression of environments: spectacular wallpaper, bedrooms, modern bathrooms, some special types of lighting installation, corners and shared spaces designed by architects or interior designers. The need for a structural element to link up with the upper floors may create an opportunity in this context for the entire interior design.

There are an infinity of modern staircase ideas to choose from: original or basic internal stairs with clean lines, helical staircases or spiral stairs installations, wood staircase types or covered in the most various ways, structural glass stairs or glass and wood ideas, contemporary staircase projects in glass and metal, total black staircase or total white staircase installations, stainless steel minimalist staircase designs, wrought iron spiral stair models, light and airy  floating stairs attached invisibly to the wall of the staircase and so on. 

Yet customizing an installation means adapting it, in terms of size, details and finishes to your needs and ambitions. 

Creating a custom-made stair also involves the choice of internal stair railing ideas functional to the overall aesthetic success that you want: in this case, for the Borghese Art Hotel in Rome, Studio Marincola Architects and Officine Sandrini have designed and built a modern internal open staircase with very particular ovo-elliptical shape.

The structure has provided for steps in sheet metal with raised and stepped closed to tape effect, in anticipation of a subsequent coating visible in the images. The main feature of this design staircase is undoubtedly the right side stair railing that turns into a splendid treated brass bronze clouded delabrè, spectacular.

The special feature is not only in the effect of the finish that is unconventional, but also in the great idea of this stair design, the structure itself of this blind parapet which is extended by including an invisible gate aimed at the entrance reception. The color reflects other details of the host context and in general every detail shows that modern installations can give a strong boost to the overall aesthetics of an interior.

Exclusive wood and metal staircase: Vista Project stairs in private residence in Bologna

Can an interior modern staircase idea in a house, in an apartment or in a villa, furnish and decorate? The answer is absolutely yes and with multiple orientations, contemporary, modern touch, traditional, essential or more ornamental; through combinations of materials and colours, research and innovation that meet tradition, development of the ideal solutions for a space, structural anatomies designed ad hoc you can install a new special stair (or you can make a staircase remodel) creating a real focal point in your modern interior space.

Design inspirations, the modern staircase ideas that start from a thought, go through projects and renderings and finally take shape right where they will be used daily: fresh and modern spaces require modern staircases for interiors that are true means of expression as the furnishing elements and decorating ideas we choose so carefully.

And if we talk about hardwood flooring and wooden staircase – white oak wood tones and many other available essences each with its own peculiarities – a stair with a modern feel, that maintains the heat and vibrations of the perhaps most beloved material, can have different shapes and lines. Just look at the wooden steps of Vista Project, a residential project in the city of Bologna (Italy).

This open-plan staircase in painted metal, has been designed with stair treads prepared to tray for parquet in line with the wood floors; the stair railing that makes this wooden staircase gritty and attractive is structured closed panels (one of the trendy stair railing ideas); obviously the contrast of material and color, the combination of clean and rigorous lines declined in two opposite halves, warmth of wood against dark metal railing, create the magic.

Metal and wood modern staircase ideas are not new, in general the combination of wood material to iron and stainless steel is very appreciated not only in industrial style contexts, as well as the combination of glass and wood is also very welcome, such as stairs with suspended wood steps and clear glass panel. 

But it is evident that, while wood and glass produce a more visually neutral embrace, light in some way, metal, dark, near to wood, declined in medium-light shades, they leave a strong imprint on the whole, a perfect visual and tactile combination since the two elements seem to be exactly opposite.

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If you want to give a unique character to your spaces, some modern staircase ideas can become in practice distinctive and central elements in modern and contemporary interior design. Thanks to their charm and impeccable functionality, these installations embody the essence of the most innovative trends.

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