Netscapes: 9 Stairwells with Nautical Enclosures and Rails - Remodelista
Spotted lately: ropes, netting, and tension wire cables as stairway enclosures and balustrades. In a tucked-away stairwell that leads to a loft, a rope acts as railing. In the Karst House by Dekleva Gregoric in Vrhovlje, Slovenia, a system of cables and nets encloses an upstairs bedroom. Photograph by Janez Marolt. In their garden house in Viksberg, Sweden, architects Tham & Videgard enclosed the stairwell in a steel net. In a Connecticut summer cottage, a rope enclosure surrounds stairs with a nautical blue stripe; see Remodeling 101: Nautical Stripes on the Stairs. Photograph by David Mastalka. A1 Architects in Prague used netting as an elegant safety enclosure that extends along the upstairs hall. At The Mountain Rental: A Holiday House in the Italian Alps, a simple rope railing leads to the second floor. Tarred seine rope creates a low-profile guardrail when strung through an iron frame. Photograph by Miran Kambič. For a house in Kamnik, Slovenia, architects Dekleva Gregoric enclosed both sides of a stairway in dark netting. In the renovated hay barn of a traditional farmhouse on a small island in the North Sea, Stockholm architect Karin Matz created a stair enclosure using blue polypropylene rope.