The staircase is a curious thing. It's one of the primary functional components of a house and yet it also exists as one of the primary displays of affluence. Some stairways are as utilitarian as it gets and others are pure works of art. The sheer diversity and ingenuity of how we get from one elevation to another via the use of a staircase has turned it into something far beyond the simple purpose it was originally created to accomplish. #staircases #moderndesign