I’ve seen these things before in houses and I always thought to myself…well, that’s odd…and what’s the point of that?!?!

I’m talking about those landings above doors in foyers in suburban homes that no one can reach without a ladder.

What’s going on up there…?

And it turns out that I’m not the only person who thinks this way because a lot of folks on Twitter have been talking about “inaccessible landings” lately.

One of my least-liked design elements of suburban design is this inaccessible landing I see in foyers.

Any creative solutions for "staging" it out there? pic.twitter.com/YCoCwF11LN

— Alan Corey | Real Estate Maximalist (@RealEstateMaxi) January 16, 2024

This person has seen it before…

This looks oddly familiar…
Rural Oklahoma pic.twitter.com/Ti7QNI6Lnw

— Dusty (@DarkSkynet) January 22, 2024

Another Twitter user shared an interesting photo.

We added a carved, illuminated, longhorn skull to ours as a focal art piece. pic.twitter.com/ZBp4iBJXBr

— Brian Erb (@brianerb) January 16, 2024

Another person had a different approach.

I would decorate it the same as any shelf basically. You just have to get the balance and scale right. Much larger items. You could even make it a focal point like this which I think looks quite nice. pic.twitter.com/0Xb4bQOoKP

— ❤️‍🩹 Kate (@theantiherokate) January 17, 2024

And then there was this idea.

I turned our space-wasting landing area into a kids fort, with a ladder and some lights pic.twitter.com/r5mJxZllx6

— Coleman McCormick (@colemanm) January 17, 2024

This became a trending idea, so Chipotle had to throw its hat into the ring…

please don’t lean over the glass 🤭 https://t.co/bneWn766ak pic.twitter.com/x6QEtMFyJQ

— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) January 19, 2024

Well, that’s different…

What do you think about this trend?