My favorite kind of furniture is dual purpose furniture. This would almost be organizational overload because I would have to pick the perfect things for this perfect storage opportunity. BUT – How great would this be?!? (I found this product at eco-friendly inhabitat.com)

And, what if it looked like THIS?

This was paper Mod Podged onto the stair, but I think this might be a destructive method. Better would be wallpaper where there are solutions to remove it down the road, best would be paint, because you can always repaint.

pictures from design*sponge and inhabitat.com.