The barefoot home : dressed-down design for casual living. / txt
Marc Vassallo.
- 218 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ; 26 cm. book
The Barefoot Manifesto -- Barefoot Dreams -- Letting the Light In -- House and Garden Are One -- Barefoot under a Big Roof -- Opening Up in New England -- Alfresco Oasis in the City -- Barefoot Cubed -- Building Upward and Outward -- Open to the Breeze -- A Plan for Coming Together -- Farmhouse on the Beach -- Barefoot Out Back -- Growing Barefoot over Time -- Barefoot on the Prairie -- Living Room as Town Square -- Slice of Life -- A feel for Natural Materials -- Barefoot Casita -- A simple Summerhouse -- The Warmth of Sun and Earth -- Barefoot Garage -- Stay-at-Home Summer Camp -- Barefoot by Choice -- Uncluttered Home, Uncluttered Life -- Architects and Designers --
As our personal and professional lives become more demanding and hectic, people have reacted with a more casual, relaxed, and open way of living at home. Kitchens are no longer just for cooking but serve as entertainment hubs; barbeques on the grill have replaced formal dinners. As our lives at home have become increasingly informal, the "barefoot living" lifestyle has emerged and there is increased demand to carry this attitude over into home design. Relaxed, open, filled with light, and intimately connected to the outdoors, barefoot houses make living at home feel like being on vacation 365 days a year. The 24 houses featured in "The Barefoot Home" reflect today's barefoot times. From a long, low house on the Kansas prairie to an adobe home in New Mexico and a New England cottage by the sea, these homes capture the essence of barefoot living.