The Barefoot Home: Dressed-Down Design for Casual Living
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.95 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001SARA7W |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 218 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jane Dyer Cook said Barefoot Home Lover. I stumbled across this book after reading a review in Coastal Living, and I haven't looked back. I am neither a designer nor an architect, but with carefully chosen text and clear, descriptive pictures, Marc Vassallo really opened my eyes and mind what it is that I am looking in a home. I've been trying to create my perfect (for me and my family) home for years, and while I realize that is a proc. "One of the Best" according to M. Wyze. This is an excellent house design book. It's a very functional book ,you'll probably examine your house plans in a new light after reading this.I appreciated the content of the book; excellent pictures, floor plans for every house (you would think every design book would include this, but no)and a range of house sites from coast to coast and urban to country. The author developed his topic (relax. Midwest Book Review said A lavishly photographed interior design and decorating guide. The Barefoot Home: Dressed-Down Design For Casual Living is a lavishly photographed interior design and decorating guide, with an eye for the laid-back lifestyle. Emphasis on openness, lack of clutter, serenity, ventilation, and ease distinguish these suggestions for everything from kitchens to studios to bedroom. Full-color photographs on every page, diagrams, and extensive writing not only abou
Marc has assembled and described, in his inimitable style, 20 excellent examples of houses that are both Not So Big in form, and decidedly Not So Formal in function. Marc Vassallo's The Barefoot Home should come with a warning label: "This Book May Cause You to Sell, Buy, or Remodel a House within Hours of Reading." Gorgeous photographs fill this book to the brim, and every page that is not covered with photos and mini house plans called "footprints" is full of smart, helpful, inspirational text. Anyone who is a fan of the Not So Big House series will almost certainly enjoy this book as well. Marc hits the nail on the head when he says that we no longer need formal living and dining rooms--it just doesn't fit the way we live anymore. He lays out the ground rules in the first few pages in his chapter called "barefoot dreams," in which he asks re
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. 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. 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. From a long, low house on the Kansas prairie to an adobe home in New