Glass Staircases with Lights

At First Step Designs, we’ve mastered the art of integrating discreet lighting into bespoke, glass balustrade staircases, not only illuminating the way but enhancing the home with subtle ambient light and a soft, welcoming glow.

We work closely with homeowners to design and fabricate high-end, modern staircases featuring clever LED integration and seamless glass detailing. We brighten bespoke homes with bespoke staircases that glow, day and night.

Whether designed to be out of sight or seamlessly blend into the treads, adjacent wall, or stringers, integrated lighting adds charm and character to any home after dark, all for a marginal increase in cost. Carefully placed LEDs highlight natural textures and finishing details, show off architectural lines, and bring a subtle feeling of luxury without overwhelming the space.

Discreet staircase lighting works exceptionally well with glass balustrades. Clear glass allows for maximum light flow and minimal disruptions to sightlines, creating a sense of openness during the day while bathing the space in a soft glow at night.

At First Step Designs, our award-winning design team takes great care to incorporate lighting that not only enhances safety but also highlights your home’s architectural features and deliberate design choices. From under-tread lighting that enhances the floating effect of a cantilever staircase, to motion-activated wall lighting that reacts as you move along the stairs, reach out to First Step Designs for bespoke staircases with innovative and personalised lighting integration.

With a growing portfolio of nationally recognised work, including being featured on Grand Designs and winning the 2024 Build It Award for Best UK Staircase, we’ve built a reputation for design precision, engineering excellence, and high-quality, modern staircases of exceptional quality.

Our design and engineering teams rely on cutting-edge design and fabrication tools to craft staircases with millimetre accuracy, skillfully hiding joints while allowing aesthetic details to pop. Our staircases are designed to last for decades and are covered by industry-leading guarantees and a generous aftercare service, another reason why homeowners, architects, and interior designers across the UK trust us to deliver.

Reach out to our design team to learn more about how our team can help you enhance your home with a bespoke glass staircase featuring integrated LED lighting. No shortcuts and no off-the-shelf compromises—it’s the First Step Designs way.

We exclusively craft custom, made-to-order staircases, designed hand-in-hand with our clients to ensure that every last detail is a considered choice that contributes to the overall harmony and impact of the design.

From concept sketches to final design plans, we iterate through various styles, material choices, finishing details, and optional accessories to give our clients full creative freedom.

If the small details matter in your home, choose First Step Designs to guide you through the bespoke design journey—one where every feature, finish, and detail is tailored to your space.

We understand that it can be hard to visualise a staircase with glass balustrades and LED lighting in your home. This can be even harder when the home exists only on paper.

Working with architects’ drawings, our design team draws up accurate and detailed 3D images to help homeowners understand how their investment in a bespoke staircase will affect their home, both aesthetically and functionally. Relying on professional software, our renders show how light and glass interact with each other at different times of the day, how surrounding finishes and textures complement the design, how the staircase will sit within the space, all before spending a penny.

This approach gives our clients the confidence to move forward with their build, safe in the knowledge that the largest piece of furniture in their home will feel as if it belongs, creating a feeling of flow and balance throughout the space.

Take the guesswork out of beautiful, modern stairs with First Step Designs.