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Our Renovation in Provence: a Spiral Staircase

March 8, 2016 by ashleyt 13 Comments

Replacing the steep, narrow and dangerous staircase in our house with a space-effective spiral staircase was always part of our renovation plan. We looked online at beautiful industrial era staircases from Britain and compared those to the rickety plastic structures available at the local DIY stores. We also considered using a glass staircase too but we didn’t feel the space was quite right for this. Places like Pear Stairs offer this, so we might revisit the idea in a different space in the future. As always, it was also a question of price; we knew that this would be one of the biggest expenses of the renovation.

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Filed Under: Sourcing Reno Materials Tagged With: blacksmith in provence, DIY, escalier en colimacon, hand made staircase, iron staircase, Renovation in Provence, spiral staircase, stone provencal wall

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