Trademark Stairs

We are looking for experienced Installers and welders! As we grow so must our installer family. We have also loved taking in more welding jobs and want to expand that area as well! Please share if you know anyone who might want to join our team! Please send any info and pictures of previous work, resume and references to [email protected]

LOOKING FOR EXPERIENCED INSTALLERS!!!!

We are looking for experienced stair installers to join our installer team. Can’t wait to hear from you!

**If interested please email inquiries to [email protected]**

Simple and clean with a nice touch utilizing Tuscan

Modern farmhouse cable rail staircase at its finest!

Part Two: How it began-Collaborating with the home owner on what he wanted and helping make it work with the space and length of the balcony, with its curve, we created a design that came out quite stunning! See part one!

Part One: The finished product. An open look at an open view, elegant, curved, circular staircase, with a radius balcony. We used metal balusters with a simple pattern and box newel. The balcony over looks the open floor plan of the house and the large windows that over look their backyard which is a lake view!

Steven Sanders- Steven (owner) has always been into building. Having the opportunities in high school and college education at Erie community college as well as years of work in hardware inventory, building experience with stair companies, friends and family needing work and sales experience, gained him the knowledge he needed to build this company. Stair design and the ins and outs of how they’re built are his passion and it shows through his work and leadership with his team.

Kelly Sanders-Kelly’s first job at 15 was at True Value Hardware in Buffalo NY. He later on got a Business Marketing degree at Greenville Tech. With a like minded passion in building he was brought into the company 8 years in. Gaining the management skills through other jobs as well as the ability to work well with his brother, being present through other businesses, he continues to be an asset to the company.

Jordan Powell- Jordan is an engineering student who joined the company a few years ago, starting with deliveries and now manages the shop. Delivering, measuring, crafting parts, installing and taking in more responsibility as he learns the ins and outs of the building process. His drive for experience with passion and dedication to the company makes him a valuable team member.

Kaitlin Langdon- Towards the end of 2023 more jobs, meant more people to follow up with, more paper, more organization, which brought in Kaitlin as an office manager. Helping keep files in order, entering bills, answering calls and emails as well as keeping the social media up to date as well as other jobs around the office, has been a fun challenge as the company grows. Having a BFA in Film from Savannah College of Art and Design has helped working in a creative field and learning more about the business and the facets that come with the job, inspires her to be a valued employee.

If you’ve ever been by our shop or met us you know our Fur babies are around a lot and are the reason the Sanders met both Jordan and Kaitlin, having fur babies of their own. Meet the shop dogs:
Pistol (4 years) and Rebel (1 year in march) are owned by Kelly and Amelia (7 years) and Elanor (1.5 years) are owned by Kaitlin.

Looking forward to seeing the end result of this complete. We Designed it, then it was built, shipped and unloaded into the house as one piece!!! Glad to work with the companies we do to be able to make installs like this happen! We have a great collaborative team working to make this magic! Stay tuned for follow up pics of the finished product!

We have talked a little about Heart Pine in one of our previous posts, but there are SO many options when it comes to choosing which wood you want to use. Ultimately it comes down to style and price depending on your budget.

The two most common woods used are Red and White Oak. There are many other options we offer though. Here are some of the differences between the woods.

-Red Oak has a unique grain and finish that makes it easy to shape and mold, but strong lending it to fight against moisture and fungus.
-White Oak is harder and can be easier to match due to its more moderate grains
-Maple is incredibly strong, a light beige color creates a nice base to easily stain and clean.
-Cherry has deep rich tones that lean more towards aesthetic purposes.
-Mahogany holds straight grain, reddish-brown leading to high quality finishes.
-Hickory with its honey golden tones holds natural character.
-Pine has a light yellow color that is easy to stain depending on your project.

All woods are great options it all lands on the aesthetic of the home and what you dear to dream up for us to create.

Which will you choose?

Our story begins with the core of the company, the owner Steven Sanders. Steven has always been into building and had the opportunity to utilize the vocation program Mckinley High School, in Buffalo New York, had to offer. He took advantage of the program all four years of High School and continued his passion for a little over 2 years at Eri Community College. In his last year of college, he began working at Chase Pitkins (a hardware store that eventually lost to Lowes and Home Depot.). During his time at Pitkins he gained a vast knowledge of hardware inventory in his 4 years working there; on the side working small remodel and build projects for friends and family. About the time that chapter came to a close, his family relocated to Greenville, South Carolina. He attempted a few different “Normal” jobs outside of the creative world, but nothing really stuck and his passion for building outweighed the typical 9-5. Steven had some friends working for Classic Stair Works and got a job there starting from making parts in the straight stair division to eventually running that department. After about 5 years or so the opportunity for growth was outside of the company and so he decided to move on to a new company (a division of Plymart) called Image Design Staircases, where he worked sales. Having an abundance of knowledge in both building and products he was an asset to the Greenville branch gaining them the title of Top Sales in Greenville for 2 years! Unfortunately, in 2008 Plymart shut their doors, so they intern also closed. This gave Steven the chance to branch out to do his own thing. With the help of friends, family and past co-workers he created Trademark Stairs as a corp., with a co-owner. Though the demand and business was there, the co-ownership ended up not being the best fit. After 2 years again with the help of others he took on Trademark solo. Utilizing the installers, builders, friends and family and their knowledge and assistance he was able to create a real company out of Trademark Stairs.
Trademark Stairs truly began in 2010, Steven’s previous experience in sales, really helped the growth that was needed to make the company a reality. As growth continued and the company gained a higher customer base Kelly Sanders (Steven’s brother) was brought into the company around 2018. Kelly had worked with him through other businesses and had the management skills, ability to work well together and trust needed to continue the success of the company. Their father was also brought on with his experience with the more logistical components.
Having reached a point of consistent work, the size of the company meant bringing on a couple extra hands. Our now Shop Manager Jordan joined the company, starting with deliveries and now manages the shop, delivering, measuring, and taking on more responsibility as he learns more and more about the ins and outs of the building process. Due to growth much organization and keeping up with the worlds demand of updates and social media and all the other little things that easily can be put to the side someone was needed to be in the office to handle these things; thus the hiring of Kaitlin commenced and as of 2024, she now runs the office full time. Any emails and most of the phone calls you can expect to hear from her.
It has been quite the journey, and the trail has not ended, only solidified and opened new paths and doors. Due to trends and the ability to deliver more options to our clients with our own quality control the end of 2023 brought the opportunity to add metal work into what our company now offers. Metal will give our homeowners more options depending on the style of their home and the stairs they/you envision in their home.

Custom elliptical staircase, built on site! The customer chose antique heart pine treads.
Heart Pine is old growth pine mainly procured from old mills.

More pics and info on our materials and stair lingo will be posted weekly. You can expect informative posts on Wednesdays and Pics of our stairs on Fridays. We were excited to share how this project is coming along!

Hey fellow crafts people! We are looking for carpenters and Stair installers with experience and the ability to grow in this field.
Send your info, resume and anything else you'd like to share if interested!!
Visit our website: www.trademarkstairs.com

Send info to Email: [email protected]

Trademark Stairs, Stair Construction, Design, Woodworking, Greenville SC With over 20 years of combined experience in woodworking, trim, stair contruction, design and sales, TradeMark Stair Design, Inc!

Hey fellow crafts people! We are looking for carpenters and Stair installers with experience and the ability to grow in this field. Send your info, resume and anything else you'd like to share if interested!! Visit our website: www.trademarkstairs.com Send info to Email: [email protected]

Clean Straight Lines

Modern Open rise with cable rail... Finished Pics soon!!!

Clean and Simple.

Modern cable rail with wood cap.