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Inspiration for a mid-sized craftsman side yard stamped concrete home design remodel in San Francisco with a fire pit and a roof extension

4' 0" Diameter Oak Kit. Optional balcony condition landing rail, newel posts, well rails and post at balcony. Design "V" with 1¼ square spindles stair

For this project, we built a new pressure treated deck with Westbury Aluminum rail. We also built a new Unilock Holland stone paver patio. A new rail in porch was also installed along with 12V LED Lighting.

Photo-Jim Westphalen
Staircase - mid-sized modern wooden straight glass railing staircase idea with wooden risers

Michele Lee Wilson Photography
Trendy rooftop rooftop deck photo in San Francisco with a fire pit and no cover

Cottage open concept concrete floor and gray floor living room photo in Portland with white walls

For this project, we built a new pressure treated deck with Westbury Aluminum rail. We also built a new Unilock Holland stone paver patio. A new rail in porch was also installed along with 12V LED Lighting.

Inspiration for an eclectic bedroom remodel in Austin with multicolored walls

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Inspiration for a mid-sized craftsman front yard stamped concrete home design remodel in San Francisco with a fire pit and a roof extension

Photo: Ten Ten Creative
Wet bar - transitional single-wall dark wood floor and brown floor wet bar idea in Dallas with shaker cabinets, black cabinets, black backsplash, subway tile backsplash and gray countertops

Transitional backyard patio photo in Minneapolis with decking and no cover

Living Room and Sun Lit Stairway O McGoldrick Photography
Living room - coastal living room idea in San Diego

14 x 34 Premium Lumber Deck with Maintenance Free Roof and Vinyl Railings

Resort Modern in Frisco Texas Photographer - Jimi Smith
Huge minimalist backyard rectangular pool photo in Dallas

Example of a large eclectic guest carpeted and green floor bedroom design in Dallas with multicolored walls

Single front door - large traditional medium tone wood floor single front door idea in Bridgeport with yellow walls and a white front door

“Compelling.” That’s how one of our judges characterized this stair, which manages to embody both reassuring solidity and airy weightlessness. Architect Mahdad Saniee specified beefy maple treads—each laminated from two boards, to resist twisting and cupping—and supported them at the wall with hidden steel hangers. “We wanted to make them look like they are floating,” he says, “so they sit away from the wall by about half an inch.” The stainless steel rods that seem to pierce the treads’ opposite ends are, in fact, joined by threaded couplings hidden within the thickness of the wood. The result is an assembly whose stiffness underfoot defies expectation, Saniee says. “It feels very solid, much more solid than average stairs.” With the rods working in tension from above and compression below, “it’s very hard for those pieces of wood to move.” The interplay of wood and steel makes abstract reference to a Steinway concert grand, Saniee notes. “It’s taking elements of a piano and playing with them.” A gently curved soffit in the ceiling reinforces the visual rhyme. The jury admired the effect but was equally impressed with the technical acumen required to achieve it. “The rhythm established by the vertical rods sets up a rigorous discipline that works with the intricacies of stair dimensions,” observed one judge. “That’s really hard to do.”