WTF to do with Servant Stairs

[Anonymous]

Our new old house has those small servant stairs that lead to and from the kitchen. Do people normally take those out or live with them? They are too steep for the kids, I could make it up and down but do I really want to keep in something that was built for SERVANTS?!

[Anonymous]

I don't know what you mean by your last line, but I love ours.

[Anonymous]

Call them back stairs instead of servants’ stairs and they’re fine.

[Anonymous]

I suppose tyou could close it off and reclaim that space upstairs and down (in terms of a larger kitchen (or dining room?), more floor space upstairs, etc), but honestly, a second set of stairs in the back of the house can be very convenient. Maybe not if your kids are very small, but I think I'd live in the house and see the flow of daily living before making any drastic changes.

I think it's not uncommon for them to be boarded up and getting floor space on the second floor and just enclosing them on the main level until you decide what to do with that space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our new old house has those small servant stairs that lead to and from the kitchen. Do people normally take those out or live with them? They are too steep for the kids, I could make it up and down but do I really want to keep in something that was built for SERVANTS?!

Sure. Why not? Just call them what the rest of the world calls, them..... stairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Call them back stairs instead of servants’ stairs and they’re fine.

This. And rejoice in having such a comfortable life that this issue is what causes you to freak out in life.

[Anonymous]

Get a servant and put the stairs to use?

[Anonymous]

This is OP, sorry I see I had a typo in my post. I meant do I want to keep stairs that were expressly built for servants, that seems wrong!

I could just call them stairs, but I would always know they were really meant for maids who were to not be to seen on the regular stairs. That's just kind of gross to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our new old house has those small servant stairs that lead to and from the kitchen. Do people normally take those out or live with them? They are too steep for the kids, I could make it up and down but do I really want to keep in something that was built for SERVANTS?!

Sure. Why not? Just call them what the rest of the world calls, them..... stairs.

Yeah. Or "the back stairs."

Also, what the hell is wrong with servants? I mean, I now just use a cleaning lady, instacart, daycare and ubereats, but its just another name for the same job(s).

[Anonymous]

Turn it into an in-house elevator.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our new old house has those small servant stairs that lead to and from the kitchen. Do people normally take those out or live with them? They are too steep for the kids, I could make it up and down but do I really want to keep in something that was built for SERVANTS?!

Sure. Why not? Just call them what the rest of the world calls, them..... stairs.

Yeah. Or "the back stairs."

Also, what the hell is wrong with servants? I mean, I now just use a cleaning lady, instacart, daycare and ubereats, but its just another name for the same job(s).

I don't think it is quite the same as having someone scurrying up and down back stairs because they weren't good enough to be with the rest of the people in the house.

[Anonymous]

If you use them like regular stairs then they are no longer meant for SERVANTS.

[Anonymous]

If you ever have a fire in the kitchen, they could be a life saver. It is always a good idea to have 2 ways to exit a kitchen. In a lot of modern kitchens, if there's a fire between you and the door, you're trapped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our new old house has those small servant stairs that lead to and from the kitchen. Do people normally take those out or live with them? They are too steep for the kids, I could make it up and down but do I really want to keep in something that was built for SERVANTS?!

Sure. Why not? Just call them what the rest of the world calls, them..... stairs.

Yeah. Or "the back stairs."

Also, what the hell is wrong with servants? I mean, I now just use a cleaning lady, instacart, daycare and ubereats, but its just another name for the same job(s).

+2 I’m not sure why OP is so hung up on the prior name or use.

Op, are you going to enclose your back door because it was the only one servants could use back in the day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our new old house has those small servant stairs that lead to and from the kitchen. Do people normally take those out or live with them? They are too steep for the kids, I could make it up and down but do I really want to keep in something that was built for SERVANTS?!

Sure. Why not? Just call them what the rest of the world calls, them..... stairs.

Yeah. Or "the back stairs."

Also, what the hell is wrong with servants? I mean, I now just use a cleaning lady, instacart, daycare and ubereats, but its just another name for the same job(s).

I don't think it is quite the same as having someone scurrying up and down back stairs because they weren't good enough to be with the rest of the people in the house.

Oh for the love of god.

Ok, remove the second, useful set of stairs because of some assumed value judgment you have assigned to some previous occupants you don't know, haven't met, and whose perspective you know nothing about.