Clever ways to use the space in and around your stairs

In a previous post I collected photos of beautiful staircases. But the space under, over, in or on the stairs can also be used for other purposes such as storage, an office, a vanity room, a cloak room, an art gallery, a prayer room, an entryway, a play area, a library or whatever else you can come up with. Check out these clever uses of stairs.

How would you use your stairs?
Shobha.

  {1} Basement pantry

  {2} Home office, from freshome.com

  {3} Library, from sliceoflifedesign.com

  {4} Library, from measuringtape.tumblr.com

  {5} Photo gallery, from Best Pins Ever! by Cherelle Gellert

  {6} Cloak room and reading nook, from daisypinkcupcake.blogspot.com

  {7} Display, from freshome.com

  {8} Another beautiful reading nook, from wanelo.com

  {9} Bar, from chictip.com

{10} Storage, from Home Design Ideas by Monique Summers via deriba.co.uk.

{11} One more cloakroom, from chictip.com