I got my first ever email forward from The Beautiful Wife (TBW) this week with the subject, “Far be it from me to do this.” To begin to understand TBW, you need to recall Groucho’s line about not wanting to join any club that would have someone like him as a member. TBW refrains from putting herself out there, from getting into any position where she might appear ridiculous. Of course, almost everyone has a dose of this particular affliction, TBW has the full-blown disease. So when she sent me an email with a bunch of funky photos of stairs, I thought I’d better post about it. Not that she reads these posts, but still…

The curvy stair pictured below gives a kind of walking on a boat feel.

Looking across the stairs gives an even odder sensation.

The stairs below have a fun angular quality that combines with the wood grain to be beautiful. Wouldn’t it be fun to trot up these stairs to bed each night? Especially for kids.

Below are some stairs that probably shouldn’t be in a Dementia wing…probably shouldn’t be anywhere in a retirement community. In fact, maybe they just shouldn’t be anywhere.

And finally, I’m always a sucker for cantilevers. Defying gravity rocks.