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30 May 2012 ,10:36 Even Escher would be envious

By Jody Rigby

I love a grand staircase. It breathes stately arrival or lends to the idea that this is the precipice and the whole garden is beyond. Even in small sites that have to combat level changes, I believe a wider, stylised set of stairs has a lot of impact. Wider stairs mean they can double as impromptu seating when guests arrive. They really open a space up and make it feel less ‘pokey’.

You can be creative with the shape of your stairs, like the soft scalloped ones here made from recycled brick, or go warmer with timber

sleepers.

For a more classic look, you can’t beat a rendered block stair with the tread following the paving already in the garden but with a bullnose edge.

Adding wide stairs to another area of the garden makes it feel like a new destination or different space so you can change themes on different levels. Whatever you choose to build out of however, there are safe tread widths (the part you put your foot on) and riser heights (the upright part of the step) so look into these to make your stairway to heaven a comfortable one.

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