A stair basket answers a specific problem: the pile of items that belong upstairs but keep being left at the bottom. This one is stepped to sit on two treads so it stands level, measures 16 inches high and 16 deep, and lifts away by two handles.
The base is shaped to rest across two steps, so the basket sits level on a stairway instead of tipping forward the way a flat-bottomed basket does. Standing 10 inches wide, it leaves most of the tread clear for feet, which is what makes it a fixture rather than an obstacle.
Handles on the body let the whole basket be carried up at the end of the day, so collected books, house shoes, newspapers, and small everyday items travel together in one journey. Setting it back down on its steps is where the next round of collecting starts, with nothing to reset.
Handwoven seagrass over a durable metal frame keeps the shape of the stepped base under load, which a frameless weave would lose within a season. Seagrass is a renewable material, and its natural color suits farmhouse, coastal, and country stairways where painted risers and wood treads already set the palette.
Handwoven water hyacinth basket standing 17 inches tall, open at the top for blankets beside a sofa.
Small grey paper rope basket with a hinged flip-top lid over a metal frame, 11.75 inches long.
