Stairs. Most of us use them every day without thinking. Nearly every home has a set or two; from steps into the house, steps getting us into the basement, or even the staircase that takes us to the ...

When my wife and I bought our house a few years ago, we were delighted by its century-old charm. Then I fell down the stairs—more than once. Upon sober inspection, it turned out our vintage stairs, ...

Amateur carpenters who have laid out the cuts in a stair stringer (the zig-zag structural support for the steps) know the queasy feeling that bubbles up at the prospect of this job. There’s the simple ...