An important part of my plan to keep the downstairs un-cluttered is to lean on attic storage. As a result, I expect to be making multiple trips upstairs (or up-ladder in this case) every day. A conventional ladder would be inconvenient in that you need at least one hand to help negotiate the ladder, so carrying stuff would be a real pain. I obviously don't have room to spare for a conventional staircase, hence, I've built an alternating-step ladder:Pictures are one thing, but the below below is probably much more instructive. Note that I'm hands-free going up and down. (For illustrative purposes, I should have held an ice cream cone in one hand and an open beverage in the other.)
