Saudi Arabian Frescoes: Asir regions Colourful painted stairways

Asir Region: Painted staircase

Bin Hasmsan House, Asir , photograph by Eric Lafforgue

Painted Staircase, Asir, Saudi Arabia

Asir Region Painted staircase: Saudi Arabia

Aren't these painted staircases something else? They are all situated in the Frescoes (houses) in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia, where although the men are responsible for the building of the houses the women are responsible for decorating them.

Although I have just focused on the staircases the whole interior of these homes are decorated inside and out and a definitely worth a google xx

A Certain Vibe: Big plants and Natural Staircases

The home of Gwen and Gawie Fagan

The home of Architect Ken Mefran

Over the years that I have been blogging my tastes have changed from cluttered and cozy to light and almost sparse. I have cleaned out a lot of my clutter (although I still have a lot hidden in the loft) and tend to make choices that incorporate natural textiles and forms.  I have a tiny little 1960's house but one thing I love about it are the huge windows throughout giving it a sense of openness.... they are also great for a house plant obsessive like myself..... the one thing I can not go minimal on.

Painted Stairs.....

A beautiful Painted Rainbow Staircase

Photo by Jonny Valiant found here

Painted Stairs

In the UK it is traditional to carpet the stairs but I love these painted staircases. Whether it is rainbow or gradiented like above or block colour like below, painting the stairs is a cheaper option than carpet and adds a bit of fun and pop of colour to an otherwise plain and hard to decorate part of the home.

All the homes in the pictures I have chosen are so different and yet the colour instantly transforms  the homes, especially in the 3rd image, which (in my opinion) looks really sterile apart from the fun stairs

Yellow Painted Staircase

Blue Stairs

I really love the blue stairs in the picture above. Such a fun entrance to a child's bedroom/ secret world :)

What do you guys recon