13 Ideas For Fantastic House Entrances With Stairs

In many cases, house entrances are designed with stairs and steps. Depending on the height difference, these can be two, three or four steps or even entire staircases. In this idea book, we have put together a few special entrance areas for you that have been designed with steps and stairs. Can you design a house entrance and front door with stairs? Yes, it works impressively! We'll show you how the house entrance stairs look modern and timeless. There is something elegant and impressive about house entrances with stairs: just imagine reaching the entrance and front door via the staircase. It's best to take a look at our staircase entrance pictures right away.

By the way: Here you will find tips and suggestions for designing the facade of your house. So it's best to read on.

In our first example, the residents and guests essentially walk on water. The beautiful entrance area can be reached via a long wooden path, which is bordered on the left by a small water bed. Due to the architecture of the path, the height difference is almost unnoticeable. And yet the path constantly climbs up to the front door. The lighting of the panels highlights the path particularly beautifully.

Let's continue with an example that only has to be a few centimetres between the ground and the building. This is a project that is usually very easy to implement. In this renovated house, the front door can be reached via two heavy concrete steps that were simply set into the existing gravel bed. The steps are cut to size and then placed on the door. The only difficulty is that modern insulation sometimes creates a cold bridge that has to be covered with insulation panels.

The residents of this rather classic building chose stone slabs for the entrance, which they used to cover the staircase. Several connected steps alternate with a straight platform. This means that going up to the front door doesn’t seem quite as tiring. The stairs are bordered on both sides by plant beds. Spotlights and floor lights line the stairs.

We came to a modern single-family home that was built on an extreme hillside. Because the front door could only be accessed from below, a long concrete staircase leads past the garage to the first floor, where the entrance area is. While the stairs to the right are secured by the building itself, to the left we see a combination of large natural rocks and plants securing the site. Small ground cover plants in particular quickly support the soil so that the ground cannot slip away.

This single-family home hardly has to overcome any height differences. Three rectangular natural stone slabs pave the way for the residents into the building. The entrance area itself is held in place by a layer of concrete, which is also part of the foundation.

Stairs can be used to accentuate house entrances particularly beautifully, as this example shows us. Ultimately there is no doubt where the front door is. The bright stone stairs lead directly to the entrance. Because the stairs and bannisters are made of the same material as the rest of the plastered facade, the result is a completely uniform look that is beautiful for the viewer.

We don't want to withhold this model of a very futuristic single-family home from anyone. Because it shows very nicely what kind of staircases can be implemented on slopes. Although this entrance area has to cope with differences in height, it is still barrier-free. The large white panels lie on a ramp that leads to the entrance to the inside of the building shell. Our tip: If we would rather integrate ramps into a house instead of stairs, we should make sure that the paths are free of ice, especially in winter. Smooth surfaces are always a safety risk.

Staircases in particular should always be adequately lit. Because in the dark, even seemingly flat steps can be misleading. Falls are then inevitable. The planners therefore illuminated the step on this path with narrow LEDs. This means you can immediately see where a step is located. Spots in the plant bed and on the house provide additional points of light.

This entryway has a wow factor, doesn't it? Two concrete slabs in XXL format have been used here in a very minimalist way, which is more reminiscent of a platform than a staircase. And yet they overcome the small height difference. Selected plants add green accents between the panels.

External staircases do not necessarily have to be made of stone. Depending on the architecture of the house, wooden stairs are a beautiful addition to such a style. The ecologically manufactured building in our example also consistently integrated a partially covered staircase—thereby creating a beautifully uniform effect.

The entrance door of this cubic single-family home is on the left side of the facade. A long staircase leads along the building to the entrance. To secure the soil, the landscape planners installed gabions with anthracite stones. They provide a nice contrast to both the white facade and the plant bed on the left.

These steps are anything but subtle. In keeping with the clear design of the building in the Bauhaus style, a very straight staircase leads up to the first floor of the house, where the entrance is also located. No intermediate platforms, plants, railings or lights interrupt the clear structure here.

Finally, we look at a single-family home that has taken a completely different path, although this is not always possible. The raised concrete house is located on a slope but deliberately chooses its entrance from the upper side of the street. To get into the building from there, a steel bridge structure was necessary. Elaborate but spectacular!