A beach house should allow its guests to disregard life as it is usually lived, and instead provide a whimsical haven for the imagination as well as place to rest and recreate. This beach house, known as Casa Flamingo, seems to do this quite well. It is incongruously painted entirely in pink and trimmed in white, as well as guarded by a pair of enormous plastic pink flamingoes. I crop in on the twin staircases leading to the front door, which is on the second floor of the building. Because the barrier islands of South Carolina frequently must absorb the wrath of hurricanes, the homes here are often built with the main entrance on the second floor. (The lowest floor which is first to flood, is often used for storage or parking.) This house, more than likely, is a summer vacation rental, as are many of the other houses on the Isle of Palms. The twin staircases, along with the flamingoes and the pink paint, team up to invite our imaginations to enter the image and take it from there.