Umpqua house rail
Umpqua house rail
This is a design that I came up with to utilize a whole bunch of fall off from another project. In fact, most of this deck is recycled/recovered from multiple different jobs.  This is our guide shack. Don't laugh, we own it outright.
vertical rail
Vertical rail


This is a standard vertical rail. This clean look is very common.
Horizontal rail
Horizontal rail


Horizontal rail designs can be made with any combination of 2x2 or 2x4 pickets, evenly spaced or staggered and grouped.


 Vertical rail
Vertical rail


This vertical picket rail has the 2x4's layed flat, top and bottom of the pickets so as to hide the fasteners. Then it's capped with a 2x6 screwed from below.


Vertical rail
Vertical rail


Wrapping the stair case around created a cozy nook below while granting access to the upstairs bedroom.