Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. Alternating tread stairs are terrific for saving space; you only put one foot on a tread at ...

Alternate-tread stairs may look and feel awkward, but they're meant to save space. Grace Cary/Getty Images; @themistershade/TikTok Tony Shadman posted a video on TikTok of an asymmetrical, staggered ...

Why would someone design a staircase like this? As part of a concerted effort to upgrade the workshop, I've made my ...

Not only can you possibly slip off the side and cut a gash in your face on these crazy tread stairs, you could slip and fall crotch first onto the middle bar. Very useful for keeping fatties off the ...

Whether you’re trying to save space or ward off witches, these stairs will apparently do the trick. A popular misconception has social media users apparently believing that a house for sale in ...

How can you add space to a modest-sized house that's already had two additions? That was the question Marty Berens faced with the Shakopee rambler where he and his family have lived for about 15 years ...

Simple stairs have just two components. The flat board that your foot steps on is called a tread. The treads connect to side stringers and sometimes to one that is in the middle of the stairs. The ...

Tony Shadman posted a video on TikTok of an asymmetrical, staggered staircase in a home for sale. The video shocked commenters, with many asking iterations of the same question: Why? Alternate-tread ...

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