My staircase at the beach

Wonderful clean lines both in the stairs and in the statue! And it looks nicely cool in the heat:-)

It is,as I to.d Amelia in hot countries the simpler is the cooler.

So plain and simple. and cool - of course.

Cool indeed, in hot countries the simplest is the best.

I like the pure simplicity of the limited color palette. It emphasizes the shapes.

My minimalistic taste…

Simply beautiful. I love the staircase also, - it looks like marble.

It is, see my answer to Keith underneath

That's a gorgeous staircase Isabel............and Ilike the statue as well. Both have simple, clean lines and work well together. Are the marble?

I like the PiP, but much prefer the main image!

In my house floors are marble and walls in the bathrooms too. We have marble quarries in Portugal so marble is quite comon on houses and appartments.

I thought so. I'm guessing that it's much cheaper as well............it would be terribly expensive to do over here. Even a marble kitchen work surface is expensive!

It must help to keep the house cool as well.

We could not stand tapestry... so most houses are floored with marble or tiles...

excellent Isabel
Happy Sunday evening!

Obrigada Annamaria, have a nice week

marble steps, it is allmost always wood here

Different climates…

I think the main image cropped to remove the statue would also make a great image relying on the lines and subtle margins of the marble

The reason for the PIP version… obrigada Peter

Superb shot!

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Obrigada William

I love thé min8malism…and I am sure the steps provide cool relief to feet in the heat. Live from -2° winter to what I read is a horrible hot summer in Portugal and Spain.
Keep cool ❤️❤️❤️

I think the real and big problem is that we had scarce rain in winter… and without water…
About high temperatures news are making it worse than it is, we always has heat waves and very high temperatures in dry season. Maybe a little more waves than some other years but nothing to justify journalistic sensationalism… and in our areas people know how to deal with temperatures, what is new and alarming is the lack of water.
Hugs fron thirsty land!

Beautiful cool marble, with the lovely tones through it.

Obrigada Gillian

Jolie prise!

Obrigada Pierre

NICE MARBLE !

Portuguese one...

It looks an expensive staircase Isabel....beautiful!!!!

No, marble is quite common here as we have marble quarries in our country…

My fireplace is Portuguese marble. It wasn't cheap, but I love it.

Marble was imported, so intermediaries and taxes made it dearer...

A fine composition, Isabel: verticals, horizontals and diagonals, all well-balanced. An interesting sculpture, too.

I fell in love with the sculpture many years ago once I visited Belgium...

Interesting. I think I prefer the staircase ;-)

Well...

I'm sorry to be late for comment, back after a short break. Impressive stairs Isabel