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We moved to Ireland with the notion of building our "dream" home in May 2007 after purchasing the site earlier on that year. Mr C is Irish and originally from Limerick but he remains in the UK during the week, his job is running www.cruise.co.uk and earning the bucks that will hopefully allow us to "live the dream."

It's taken us almost two years but ground will be broken on the site by the end of May 09!! A lot of blood, sweat & loads of tears (all mine!) have gone into this project already, we left a fabulous house behind in Newcastle...and now for my Kevin McLeod bit, "can the new build can live up to my expectations and the old house we left behind"? I'm not sure...keep watching my blog and you'll find out!!

Saturday, January 2, 2010

space saving stairs for the kids lofts

I've spent too long today rooting about on line in the hope of finding some clever design features.....The main focus of todays big googling session was to find suitable access / staircase ideas for the kids loft spaces...these are my favourites so far


Funky take on a spiral



"EeStairs have developed the 1m2® Staircase, a functional, stylish and safe solution designed to fit into openings of just 1m x 1m. Most spiral stairs pivot around a vertical post, and require an opening twice the width of the tread. The designers of this stair put the center post on a tilt, significantly reducing the size of the opening required.They are made of mild steel and can be powder coated in just about any color"
oooooh very clever!!



This set of stairs reminds me a bit of a climbing wall, I'm sure it's easy to climb up, not too sure about getting down? 







Another contender.....simple and practical.  With the addition of some balustrading this could be a winner for me..I'm thinking a contemporary run of safety glass up the side??





Another quirky design found at dwell






Keep watching to see what eventually goes in!!


Happy New Year to all,
Mrs C 


2 comments:

  1. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!!! I LIKE THE CLIMBING WALL STAIRS,THOSE ARE NEAT! I WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT YOU PICK!

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  2. Hi scot7, my kids agree with you they prefer the climbing wall stairs!!

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