Skeleton Stair Sketches

This stair is part of the sketch-a-day series I attempted to start back in late January, as you can tell the once day schedule hasn't happened.  I think a weekly update is a more reasonable goal.

The past couple months have been consumed with some larger projects, a couple home reworking requests from family and friends.  I will get to sharing those as they move forward.

For now I present some sketches for a stair I have dreamt up.  These drawings are the development of a "napkin sketch" I did over a year ago.  The stair grew from the idea of tweaking standard house construction to create basic building elements while interpreting the Arts & Crafts movement of the late 1800's for today.

Early sketch

The Introduction

The art of making something useful beautiful thrills me. Even the most mundane item can benefit from some clear thinking and experimentation.

Enter me, a curiosity stricken meddler in all things physical, raised a carpenter, trained in architecture, and enthralled by the act of creating and building, the opportunities to explore are endless. As I step into the world of blogs and digital self-expression I hope to preserve the homemade, hand-crafted qualities I have come to value. Even though it took some convincing, I thought it was time to share my ideas with a larger audience, as an effort to foster new, more ambitious creations for myself and hopefully inspire others in the process.

So for those of us with unusual, tight, awkward, or excessive space issues I present projects to help out if you ever find yourself "In A Spot". I will highlight some projects for this first post that I hope to elaborate on in the future. And by elaborate I mean how-to instructions, design background,sketches, photos, and full resource disclosure. Down the road I see this as a useful, tangible resource not an eye-candy blog.  Although the goal is to make beautiful objects, the purpose is to get your fingers off the keys and into the built world.

Here are some preview images...I hope you are curious to create, enjoy.

Wall mounted CD storage:  Detail

Media storage unit

Adjustable corded light holder

Collapsible desk w/movable shelf units

Large map/poster wall hanging system