This staircase -- or, more aptly, set of steps -- offers great storage, looks sleek and modern, and probably would even be a fairly simple project for a carpenter.
Via: Purple Area
Image: Elle Interior via Purple Area
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Its just a modern-day Tansu.
the steps are too high.
Still, it's very cool. Where is she going, I wonder?