Brantley Photography

Floating stairs are crafted from solid oak beams salvaged from a barn in Oregon. The stringer is black painted steel. The enclosed stairwell acts as a sculptural anchor. Behind the stairwell on the left is a laundry closet concealed by a large sliding door and steps leading up to the mud room. photos by scott hargis

For this remodel in Portola Valley, California we were hired to rejuvenate a circa 1980 modernist house clad in deteriorating vertical wood siding. The house included a greenhouse style sunroom which got so unbearably hot as to be unusable. We opened up the floor plan and completely demolished the sunroom, replacing it with a new dining room open to the remodeled living room and kitchen. We added a new office and deck above the new dining room and replaced all of the exterior windows, mostly with oversized sliding aluminum doors by Fleetwood to open the house up to the wooded hillside setting. Stainless steel railings protect the inhabitants where the sliding doors open more than 50 feet above the ground below. We replaced the wood siding with stucco in varying tones of gray, white and black, creating new exterior lines, massing and proportions. We also created a new master suite upstairs and remodeled the existing powder room. Architecture by Mark Brand Architecture. Interior Design by Mark Brand Architecture in collaboration with Applegate Tran Interiors. Lighting design by Luminae Souter. Photos by Christopher Stark Photography.

Jim Haefner

Photos of a recent contemporary John Kraemer & Sons home in Deephaven, MN. Architecture By: Charles R. Stinson Architects Interior Design By: CRS Interiors Photography By: Jon Huelskamp of Landmark Photography

Daniel Hopkinson

Ken Gutmaker, Photography

To create a more open plan, our solution was to replace the current enclosed stair with an open, glass stair and to create a proper dining space where the third bedroom used to be. This allows the light from the large living room windows to cascade down the length of the apartment brightening the front entry. The Venetian plaster wall anchors the new stair case and LED lights illuminate each glass tread. Photography: Anice Hoachlander, Hopachlander Davis Photography

Multi-level staircase with wood treads and white risers. The railing has glass panels with stainless steel round hand rail. Glass Stainless Steel Railing builder: Keuka Studios, Home Builder: Cross Rip Builders, Photographer: Wendy Mills Photography

Modern staircase with stainless steel cable railing and 4" thick reclaimed timber stair treads lend an open feeling to this light and airy home. Photos by Philip Jensen Carter

Photo: David Tosti

Alan John Marsh Photography

Designed by Antoine Predock Architect and Jon Anderson Architect Kirk Gittings Photography

Photo: Becki Peckham © 2013 Houzz

Unfinished Ipe, naturally weathered after two years. Stainless steel cable with custom Ipe top rail.

Stair to lower level with storage cabinets below. Photography by Ian Gleadle.