I have those stairs with that carpet.
π―% this is looking down to a mattress at the bottom of the stairs.
Conclusive evidence:
Looking Down
Looking Up
(Sorry I was too lazy to get the low perspective)
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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Who the hell puts carpet on their stairs? What year is this? 1973?
People who are too cheap to refinish old stairs. Source: I bought a house that had carpet on the stairs, and when we pulled up the carpet we discovered a worn out eyesore that cost thousands to update. In our case the previous owners were a cash strapped family of two young kids with a third on the way. They needed a bigger place for their family so I don't fault them for going cheap on the stairs. The all-white paintjob and industrial grey carpet in the photo scream "landlord special" to me, so I'm less inclined to be forgiving in my assessment of the stairs in the photo.
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top. you can see part of the handrail on the top left of the picture
I think that's a heavy duty banister bracket, like this one:
Some banister brackets have a swivel type arrangement so that the bracket can be vertical underneath the handrail, no matter the angle of the handrail. Basic heavy duty brackets like this one are completely fixed in orientation, so they're installed with the vertical support at an angle to support the handrail. I suspect the bracket in the photo is at a 45ish degree angle and only looks vertical due to the perspective. The banister has been deliberately cropped out of the photo to make the perspective as confusing as possible.
Personally I think the photo was taken from the top of the stairs looking down, based on the wear in the carpet.
Up and down are manmade constructs, so I assign the direction thatthe mattress is as the top of the stairs. Move the mattress to the other end? Well that's the top now, just how it has to be /j
Yes
I think it is the bottom of the top of the stairs because of the lighting to the bottom left of the mattress. That should be in shadow from the mattress if it was at the bottom of the stairs.
Could be that there's a door or window that's contributing a lot of light down low, spilling under the mattress.
Not if the mattress is coming in from an outside door. That light could be daylight. In fact I believe this to be the case.
Curses!
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bottom, as we only can see the treads not the risers (that small inset underneath a step).
I think it's bottom too but I don't agree with your reasoning, I've seen steps without that bit.
Edit: actually now I think top, I've been convinced by the daylight argument plus the realization that is a single mattress folded in half (I previously thought it's two mattresses).
Edit: changed my mind again, made a top level comment
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From the wear patten on the carpet I would say bottom, but the handle to the side makes me think top !....
Itβs a curtain rod to a window midway up the stairs. Weβre looking down a flight of steep older stairs. The mattress is lit by the window that is (mostly) under the rod, and by an open door at the bottom of the stairs.
Could be a sconce instead of a weirdly placed handle.
The handrail probably has the hangers perpendicular to the railing instead of plumb to the ground. Just the cheapest ones you can get.