Let’s talk about 3 contemporary staircase ideas that has the potential to inspire

13 November 2024

Given the number of types, subcategories, possible combinations of materials and finishes that can be used in a modern interior stair case, I will choose three examples of installations, three stair case ideas in different contexts. I will show you some perfect examples of modern internal stair design types, different from each other for final aesthetic effect and structural anatomy, similarly functional and sophisticated without exceeding eccentricity, linked by the thread of the materials used.

Above all, each model corresponds to an example of a modern staircase, which beyond the obvious requirements of personal tastes and contextual encroachment on space, could enhance an interior environment with a strong identity. Among the modern internal staircase ideas it is possible to opt for a space-saving stair design for interiors, and in this case, as we have often reiterated, the classic spiral staircase is very useful , with central pole and maybe small diameters.

One middle way is represented by the helical shaped staircase, which exploits the verticality but is generally more suitable for larger spaces of the spiral staircase stair case ideas (they are the evolution). If you are not constrained by space bonds, other types of staircase designs such as floating stairs (suspended  stair treads)or open stairs, maybe custom made, could be right for you.

Let’s see some examples that have in common the use of metal and glass.

Example 1: modern spiral staircase, metal and glass 

As a first example of a modern stair case I propose to you a modern space-saving internal staircase idea, which combines an aesthetic rendering of non-classic style with a considerable saving of space. The spiral staircase Vitre model  by Officine Sandrini, for example, is simple, essential, and clean. It is minimal among the modern internal iron stair case ideas, suitable for almost any context, in natural metal or painted to suit the taste of the customer and the rest of the  interior design.

Space-saving interior design ideas exist in a lot of choices now, until the semi-spiral stair… but a super essential spiral staircase in metal is anything but banal, because it can in its simplicity enhance many different interiors, including a contemporary living room. The helical stair design, which may not be considered as a space-saving internal stair since it generally gives its best with diameters not too narrow (but it allows a greater comfort in the passage than the screws), it still has the sinuosity and horizontal saving of a spiral stair case.

Among the examples of modern interior stair case ideas I also show you a model called Vortika, in particular a spiral-helical staircase – with open central pole – made of 304 AISI stainless steel with tempered laminated glass stair tread, open risers, and brushed stainless steel helical cable railing. The modern effect of this modern staircase is assured, without if and without but! Not only that: the combination of metal and glass is extremely bright on the whole, without counting the obvious play of transparency of the glass steps that lightens the entire structure.

Example 2: modern open-plan metal stair design and glass panel

Many modern interior stair case ideas are open staircases or with visible structures on the side or below the steps. Generally an open staircase design is not considered as an internal space-saving staircase idea, but if well designed especially if perfectly tailored to an environment, this type can be a perfect modern stair to adhere to the contingent spaces both functionally and aesthetically.

You can use almost any material,for example you can have an oak staircase with wood railing, or it is possible to design modern internal stone stairs that maintain, with the right combinations, the allure of precious marble but losing the sense of ancient and classic.

However, I propose below, given that the common thread is modernity and metal/glass, a particular installation of an open staircase design, a Vista Project by Officine Sandrini .

Following the customer’s needs and needs of his general interior design, this modern interior staircase was designed in iron with a modern glass stair railing, beautifully contrasted also with walls with exposed brick and not the usual white walls. As already seen, the combination of iron and glass is able to enhance both materials, making the tone and finish of the metal stand out, increasing the brightness and visual lightness effect, playing in a sophisticated way with reflections, also banally a glass stair railing makes natural light flow liberally.

We can say, even seeing this example among all, that modern iron internal stairs of small, medium or large dimensions are spectacular in the environments suitable for it, leaving a strongly personal and full of style, wasted like basement stairs but perfect for a living room or other central spaces of the house.   

Example 3: modern cantilevered internal stair design in structural glass

In many cases we have spoken of modern stair case ideas, how this modern can refer to a style, an visual interest aesthetic current (however made of thousand subdivisions); modern can also refer to innovation in design, technology and use of materials and I could go on.

In particular, modern interior staircase ideas, and in general the modern interior design or decorating ideas for internal use, are more free-flowing, with regard to materials and finishes: in fact the interior stairs compared to outdoor staircase ideas, clearly requiring greater precautions due to the weather and natural phenomena they are forced to endure. In any case, until some time ago it would have been unthinkable to use a material such as glass for the steps of an internal staircase able to support, safely, the weight of a person.

Modernity, in stair design ideas from scratch or during a staircase remodel, is also this: look at the particular installation called Struktura by Officine Sandrini! It’s an example of sophisticated architectural structure that plays with the transparency and lightness of glass. This cantilevered floating staircase made entirely of structural glass makes light the central key, crucial element for the  interior design.

The shapes are simple, the overall design is quite essential (loved by interior designers) but the light, that thanks to the glass is free to flow without obstacles, fully enhances all the surrounding environment, colors, materials and finishes of the rest of the furniture. The structural glass thus designed has only an apparent fragility, in front of a load-bearing that has nothing to envy  wrought iron structures or concrete stairs, but enjoys a little magic force, powerful in making the bright atmosphere and rooms, i.g a living room, wider.

In short, the world of modern interior stair case ideas is full of possibilities for all tastes as well as for different budgets, different sizes, different aesthetic needs, more or less sophisticated, shaped staircase ideas or straight ones, black and white or monochrome, with closed or open risers, more or less minimal and so on… but always at the height of the environments you live in.                      

Get inspired with modern stair case ideas by Officine Sandrini

If you are looking for the distinctive element to give a unique design touch to your spaces, some special stair case ideas could be perfect for your inspiration: with their irresistible warmth and irrefutable functionality, these installations represent the essence of modern elegance.

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