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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Punteha van Terheyden

Storage dilemma: 'I can't stand stair piles as nobody ever takes them upstairs' – this $50 solution works with the problem, not against it

Grand hallway with coastal accents such as wicker benches and seaside art on walls. The stairs are in view in the background, with an oval hallway railing and gallery view over the lower floor. The floors are hardwood and the ceiling is brigh with a matching oval window gallery.

The same way you might talk to your friends in a group chat, I have ongoing ones with my colleagues, and when I asked them last week what organizational problem is really winding them up at home, there was a standout problem: Stair piles.

Namely, that piles of 'stuff' accumulate so fast on the stairs, and nobody in the household ever takes them up. That’s why, as Head of Solved, I put my expert thinking cap on and hunted down the perfect home organizing idea to banish this nuisance mess-attractor once and for all.

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