How would you interior design under the stairs?
Catrine
5 years ago
As soon as you walk into our house, you are faced with the stairway. We love the openness of the under stairs (don’t want to box it in) but struggling to know what furniture to put underneath it to make it feel welcoming. Does anyone have any tips? Or similar layout in your house?
Would really appreciate any ideas on how to furnish it!
Thank you
Would really appreciate any ideas on how to furnish it!
Thank you
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carolinejackson2a
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Comments (5)Typically a garden designer will be creating the design, helping with the setting out of the plan and overseeing the project. Working in the same manner as an architect might work. You wouldn't expect to find an architect laying the bricks for a house they had designed.... If I was building every garden I design myself then I would only be able to work on half a dozen gardens a year. I have built many gardens which I designed but there are other professionals who are faster and better at laying slabs, erecting pergolas etc. There is far more to know about design than most people imagine. If you are going to pay for a design service you don't really want a jack of all trades, do you? Having said that garden designers are often very passionate about the spaces they are creating, so they may choose to get involved in certain aspects of the build, usually the planting. It is not unreasonable perhaps to expect your garden designer to be a good gardener. With a garden build there may be specialist areas. An obvious thing is that an electrician will be getting the lighting installed but certain surfaces or timber work might be best done by a company who specialises in it (like say polished concrete). On a house build the people doing the roof are trained in roofing and that is probably all that they do. With gardens there does tend to be a view that somebody should be doing everything, but I don't think that there is much reasoning to that. Clients do tend to favor design and build companies, however sometimes this can mean being subject to some bias. Some design and build companies have particular deals with suppliers and always use the same materials or products in their projects. That's OK if the client is aware of this but maybe they would have liked or enjoyed some other element in the garden if the money had not gone on that? Neither the design nor the building of gardens is a regulated industry in the UK so I would say that it is best to go and see a project that any professional you are planning to work with has done. It is very mixed industry with people in all areas of it sometimes being self-taught and other times having lots of paperwork - either of them could be more masterful than the other, the only way to know is to look....See Morecarolinejackson2a
5 years ago
Not in an understairs area but as people walk through my front door they say “wow, I love your radiator.” It looks better in real life than the pictures, it was £150 but well worth it, teamed with a mirror picture frame from The Range at £20! We all love the high end designer stuff on this site, but not all of us have the budget to go with it. These two simple things made a fairly standard hallway into a “wow.” The accent paintwork is copper, but looks brown in the photo.
PROZeta Interiors
5 years agoHi Catrine,
From what I can see, you are using this space for coats and shoes storage, so you must decide if this will continue to be the purpose of this space or can you move those elsewhere?
The second aspect is the radiator. Is there a possibility to move it? Building anything over it will block the heat.
If nothing can be done , then I would suggest to simply look for smart ways to maximise the storage here, while keeping things well organised and looking smart
PROFeature Radiators
5 years agoWhat about a bench radiator??? It would be great to have somewhere to take off your boots.
Heating and seating combined! · More InfoAlternatively I would suggest moving the radiator to the coat wall and going for a vertical one. Then making a proper boot and shoe storage in the alcove. Ideally bespoke but if the budget doesn't permit then IKEA have some great options. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/small-storage-organisers/shoe-cabinets/
Radiators in narrow spaces · More InfoGood luck!
Tim Summers
5 years ago
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