The Western Springs prairie.
An Art Deco geometric stair in a Prairie School idiom — open-riser oak treads, custom skyline rectangle balusters, and a faceted angular handrail volute.
Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago is not a metaphor. It's a building tradition with rules — horizontal lines, geometric ornament, integration of the joinery with the architecture. This stair speaks that tradition in a contemporary register. Open-riser, light oak, and a custom baluster pattern of stepped rectangles that reads as a skyline along every flight.
The baluster pattern is the project. Rectangle within rectangle, varying heights, stepping up and down the run like a Mondrian. It's not a stock detail — every spindle is shop-fabricated, every assembly welded and ground in-house. From the side, it reads as geometry. From across the room, it reads as rhythm.
The handrail terminates in a faceted angular volute — a modern reinterpretation of the traditional scroll. Instead of curving, the rail makes a series of crisp chamfered cuts into a small horizontal cap. Run your hand off the bottom and the rail finishes the way a piece of carpentry should — deliberately, not abruptly.
The treads are honey-toned white oak with a clear finish that lets the grain do the work. Open risers throughout — you see through every step to the run above and below. The stair is a switchback through three levels, and at every landing the rectangle pattern redraws itself for the new direction. Stand at the bottom and look up: the whole stair is one geometric idea, played in three movements.
From the side it reads as geometry. From across the room it reads as rhythm.
The full run from the entry — rectangle balusters stepping across the open risers.
Side reading of the baluster pattern — every spindle shop-fabricated, every assembly ground in-house.
Open-riser detail — honey-toned oak treads against a white skirt.
The faceted angular volute where the handrail terminates at the lower newel — a modern scroll.
Looking back up the run — the stair becomes one geometric idea across three flights.
Detail on the rail termination from above — the chamfered horizontal cap.
Underside of the cantilevered treads — clean joinery, no exposed hardware.
Tell us about the stair your house deserves.
The Western Springs prairie.
An Art Deco geometric stair in a Prairie School idiom — open-riser oak treads, custom skyline rectangle balusters, and a faceted angular handrail volute.
Frank Lloyd Wright in Chicago is not a metaphor. It's a building tradition with rules — horizontal lines, geometric ornament, integration of the joinery with the architecture. This stair speaks that tradition in a contemporary register. Open-riser, light oak, and a custom baluster pattern of stepped rectangles that reads as a skyline along every flight.
The baluster pattern is the project. Rectangle within rectangle, varying heights, stepping up and down the run like a Mondrian. It's not a stock detail — every spindle is shop-fabricated, every assembly welded and ground in-house. From the side, it reads as geometry. From across the room, it reads as rhythm.
The handrail terminates in a faceted angular volute — a modern reinterpretation of the traditional scroll. Instead of curving, the rail makes a series of crisp chamfered cuts into a small horizontal cap. Run your hand off the bottom and the rail finishes the way a piece of carpentry should — deliberately, not abruptly.
The treads are honey-toned white oak with a clear finish that lets the grain do the work. Open risers throughout — you see through every step to the run above and below. The stair is a switchback through three levels, and at every landing the rectangle pattern redraws itself for the new direction. Stand at the bottom and look up: the whole stair is one geometric idea, played in three movements.
From the side it reads as geometry. From across the room it reads as rhythm.
The full run from the entry — rectangle balusters stepping across the open risers.
Side reading of the baluster pattern — every spindle shop-fabricated, every assembly ground in-house.
Open-riser detail — honey-toned oak treads against a white skirt.
The faceted angular volute where the handrail terminates at the lower newel — a modern scroll.
Looking back up the run — the stair becomes one geometric idea across three flights.
Detail on the rail termination from above — the chamfered horizontal cap.
Underside of the cantilevered treads — clean joinery, no exposed hardware.