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Stairs, like ceilings and doors, are a basic design feature of most buildings. And yet, somehow there are designers out there who still manage to mess them up… sometimes in spectacular fashion. Whether it’s a visually confusing layout that makes you unsure where to step or a geometry-defying design straight out of MC Escher’s wastebasket, these god-awful stair design fails will make you shake your head or break your neck.
1. This invisible kicker
2. This visual mess
3. This shop class-looking booby trap
These stairs in my in-laws summerhouse. We have parties here so going down these stairs drunk is a challange.
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4. This 45 degree nonsense
5. This step that isn’t a step
6. This plaid-patterned death trap
7. This actual Escher come to life
These stairs are bad
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8. This top of the stairs speed bump
This death trap in Thailand at the top of a large set of stairs, WHY!?
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9. This dystopian holo-staircase
I've seen some crappy stairs, but this one takes the cake
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10. This waste of concrete
11. This irregular jumble
My friend's stairway to his bedroom
byu/JickityJackJJ inCrappyDesign
12. This trap
My legally blind friend (he can still see a little) pointed out to me that the black line at the bottom of this staircase makes it look like there's another stair. Classic state schools.
byu/theReubenator1 inCrappyDesign
13. This slippery mess
These tiled stairs that are a nightmare in winter and rain
byu/donut_ghostie inCrappyDesign
14. This…thing
15. This stairway that’s not quite on the level
This stair set with a wonky step at the top of it. I nearly fall every time I go down it.
byu/Liamxyy inCrappyDesign
16. This surprise ending
Nearly died carrying a box down these basement stairs
byu/BlackJPI inCrappyDesign
17. This visual nightmare stair
Not a good carpet choice for stairs if you ask me
byu/scienceyeaux inCrappyDesign
18. …And this one
19. This staircase that would kill you if you could access it
Well thats one way to make stairs
byu/Sebaris04 inCrappyDesign
20. This sobriety test
These stairs
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21. This opportunity to use a fire pole instead
The guy who lay the carpet on this stairs must have been drunk
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22. This railing that’s not helping
My house( a rented one) has this. I’ve… fallen down the stairs a lot
byu/idk-what-to-put-lol1 inCrappyDesign
23. This miscommunication
I am amazed by the very existance of those stairs
byu/strawberry-pancake inCrappyDesign
24. This carpet-covered design fail
This set of stairs at my relative’s house. (I almost fell)
byu/Light58 inCrappyDesign
25. These stairs for the brave
26. This art project
These stairs popped up in my timeline on FB. Actually kind of cool design but I would certainly die trying to go to the toilet at 2 AM.
byu/mrsbaltar inCrappyDesign
27. This head banger
yeah just don’t walk up the right side of the stairs
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