Eustacia Marsales
This is an example of a farmhouse landscaping in New York.

Logan, Merrill
Huge mountain style home design photo in Miami

Concrete Countertop with rock face edge, one of our most popular. Solid pigmented base colors with acid staining for effect. Small amount of recycled glass mixed in.

Jason Ramsay
Inspiration for a modern home design remodel in Orange County

5" White Oak, Live Sawn Long Length - 7' - 12' custom site finish
Inspiration for a timeless medium tone wood floor home design remodel with white walls

Encircling a sleek pool, this garden for a growing family offers comfortable spaces in which to play, relax and dine. New raised planters and containers overflow with citrus, herbs and colorful Mediterranean plantings. Synthetic turf provides a soft, inviting play place in a shady area of the yard. Photo by Martin Cox

Example of a transitional garage design in San Diego

Bathroom - bathroom idea in Seattle

Rick and Frank, two designers with The Elements, invited the rest of the design team into their home - a relocated and repurposed 100-year-old Baptist church - amazing gardens and outdoor living spaces.

Scott Mehaffey, landscape architect
This is an example of a large traditional full sun hillside gravel formal garden in Chicago for summer.

Charles Thomas

Inspiration for a huge transitional full sun backyard stone garden path in Chicago.

Jozef Kiss

Jason Leeker
Example of an arts and crafts staircase design in St Louis

Snap Chic Photography
Large country front porch photo in Austin with decking and a roof extension

We're in the shop here today showing you an alternating-tread staircase that's' going to a job-site in Napa tomorrow. I'm standing on the landing which is at exactly mid-floor level. It's going into one one these 100-year-old houses with a steep roof and lots of attic space. The homeowner called me last month saying he wants to access this large attic area with something better than a ladder. He didn't have room for a conventional stair but this alternating-tread space-saving stair was a perfect fit. It's all Red Oak which matches the hardwood floors throughout the house. Once these are installed at the site we'll put a handrail on top of the stringers on the open side. I'll tell you a little about the alternating-tread staircases. It's built in a way that is nearly as easy to climb as a conventional stair. When we walk up a convectional stairway we normally use half of the stair tread at a time, placing one foot on the right half and the next foot on the left half. The idea of an alternating-tread stair is make half of each tread wide enough for your foot and then alternate the wide end of these paddle-shape treads from left to right. You still have your 10 inch minimum tread depth plus a 1 inch nosing projection. This give you 11" of support for each foot, just like a conventional stair. We normally make the risers a max of 7-3/4", but code allows us to go as high as 9 inches. This one is 7-3/4" which is very comfortable. We installed a metal bar across the middle of each open-riser to limit the open space to less than a 4 inch gap. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a quick shot of this. Tomorrow morning we get to go to the job-site and install this. I'd can't wait to see the look on the customer's face when we have this installed. I'll let him do the bragging :-) Last but not least, I'd like to give glory to God and special recognition to a Jewish carpenter named Jesus. I don't know for sure if He built stairways as a carpenter, but I am happy to say that He is my LORD and I want to live my whole life for Him. God bless you! And please contact me if you want any type of custom stairs. Clyde 520-895-2060 or 916-991-9700

Photo: Bonnie McCarthy © 2016 Houzz
Bedroom - 1950s bedroom idea in Los Angeles