Feb 22 2008Bookshelf Stairs Are Freaking Awesome
As I’ve mentioned before, I like books. So I was immediately drawn to this set of bookshelf stairs. As a matter of fact, I've been just sitting here staring (!) at them for ten minutes. So clever. While they may be a little difficult to clean, I really like the design. I really wish I had a stairway to literary heaven. Instead I have a ladder to a rented room in my uncle’s attic. It is neither literary nor heaven. However it is literally a haven. For rats.
Several more pictures after the jump.
Bookshelf Staircase [neatorama]
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Reader Comments
1. .Ben - February 22, 2008 3:19 PM
Would I be right in thinking this is more a book-case you can climb, rather than stairs that have books in them?
2. The Vengefull Weasle - February 22, 2008 3:25 PM
i can imagine myself spending all my afternoons and evenings in that place, reading all kinds of books and drinking hot coco. WOW
3. Mr. Anderson - February 22, 2008 3:43 PM
Yup, I agree, it's pretty awesome...and everyone knows that when Mr.Anderson agrees it IS good.
4. guate6 - February 22, 2008 4:00 PM
I must say, this is awesome. Very space-saving.
5. doom - February 22, 2008 4:44 PM
Yeah, it all looks good until you slip down the nicely polished stairs with a load of books in your arm and realize a little late that there's no hand rail, and you end up in a mushy pile after gravitationally greeting the closed door at the bottom. But I love the idea, and books. Just needs some non-slip tape and a handrail...
6. il lit erate - February 22, 2008 4:46 PM
what happens when you fall down the steps? does all the books fall on you and leave you buried in a heap of literacy?
7. Naina - February 22, 2008 4:50 PM
holy crap! =\
8. SlowMonkey - February 22, 2008 5:45 PM
I not only must have this, I will have this. Where there is a Home Depot, there is a way. I am going to put this in my earth sheltered house (as soon as I get one).
9. Berzerker - February 22, 2008 8:59 PM
totally awesome. i want them in my house. i dont think the chance of slipping on them is very high either, you just gotta be careful is all.
10. groonk - February 23, 2008 2:51 AM
well now. feel that awesome.
11. joe - February 23, 2008 3:34 PM
I'd expand a bit and leave a small room filled with windows at the top, thus having a stairway to a reading room. Imagine it... sun shining in, books all around, perfectly quiet... none of my damn kids running around. Heaven.
12. poop - February 24, 2008 3:52 AM
industrial design can often spark intense discussion of the personal opinions of the involved parties relating to the redesign of the involved subject. stair cases are a beautiful subject matter for upwardly bound individuals, and can often become a nightmarish, hellish gathering of matter in the case of the downward spiral.
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i like the stairs, but i'd definitely improve on the design in a few ways; handrail, straight edges on the stairs, grippy surface material, more porno...etc.
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14. laz - February 26, 2008 8:31 AM
hahaha - anti blog campaigns - how lame.
um, i tend to spill my coffee in the mornings when i hit the stairs - so although i really dig the idea of my staircase being made of books, i worry about the coffee damage.
15. Shawna R. B. Atteberry - February 28, 2008 5:27 PM
Oh my God. That is just freaking cool. Where can one put a staircase in a single level condo? hmmm......
16. Arnold - February 28, 2008 11:33 PM
I'm afraid I have to agree that it is more awesome looking than practical. Since the shelves continue along the sides I would be really tempted to fill them all the way and then when retrieving a book I'd lean waaaaaaay over until I tumbled or try to step on the teeeny tiny ledge just a little faaaarther..... I think you get the point.
For my tastes I've always been impressed with a wall of books 12 feet high and 20 feet long with a ladder on a rail that lets me access every book quickly and safely.
But thanks for the interesting pictures.
17. sso - May 16, 2008 2:08 AM
I want it~!
18. Marike - May 26, 2008 3:17 PM
Cool , verry cool bookshelf
19. Mr Pointer Outer - June 26, 2008 11:36 AM
If my girlfriend saw this, she would get a monster dong!
20. Lyndell - November 22, 2008 11:14 AM
Cleaver storage, but seems dangerous, especially with irregular steps.
21. sam - November 30, 2008 2:02 AM
you'd have to actually be several stairs down to find a book at eye level. i think it would sort of a pain and rather claustrophobic after a while. but it looks beautiful in the pictures.
22. Nadia - December 2, 2008 12:33 PM
These pictures are just great so sorry if this question seems stupid, but what do you do about book height? I mean, how do you store boks that are not the same size? Do you have not-equal height stairs? Any clever solutins to that?
23. Just Build Stuff - January 8, 2009 5:33 PM
I think this is a great use of space that is otherwise wasted and it provides and interesting look. I wonder if there is insulation value in books. I looks like they have compensated for book height by laying tall books down on the sides.
24. phil mocker - March 17, 2009 1:30 AM
This is truely an inventive idea who comes up with a set of stairs that you can store stuff on this could be an awsome entrance toa man cave.
25. Michelle - April 12, 2009 6:14 PM
This is by far the SWEETEST bookshelf I've ever seen!!!
26. uggnice.com - October 24, 2009 10:08 PM
it looks very nice....i like it.