The Simple Home: The Luxury of EnoughTaunton Press, 2007 - 249 páginas For everyone who craves a simpler lifestyle, not only in how they live but also where they live, The Simple Home features 21 houses and presents six different approaches to creating a home that realizes its full potential both simply and elegantly. We are living in complex times, in a commodified, virtual, and overstimulated culture. One response to high levels of complexity and overstimulation is to look for yet another gadget or closet organizer to simplify our lives. But the answer lies somewhere else. The road to a simpler more satisfying life begins with a clear-eyed examination of the choices we are making for our time--and that includes choices about where we want to live. The Simple Home presents six paths to simplicity, each illustrated by human-scaled, unadorned homes with straightforward floor plans and forms. These are open, light-filled homes (with rooms or spaces that are often multipurpose) that express their beauty in their utility and practicality. Simple homes are low maintenance and often green, designed for homeowners who wish to embody a different set of values in their housing choices than the run-of-the-mill starter castles littering the landscape. The 6 Paths to Simplicity: 1. Simple is Enough 2. Simple is Thrifty 3. Simple is Flexible 4. Simple is Timeless 5. Simple is Sustainable 6. Simple is Refined |
Contenido
Contents | 2 |
Down to the Bones 30 Simple in the City 40 Little White House on the Prairie | 48 |
The StuccoGabled House 64 A Simple Barn 72 Simple Addition | 80 |
Brooklyn House 94 Three Gables Are Just Enough 102 A Farmhouse in the City 110 Simple in Spirit | 118 |
Creole Simple 132 Timeless Modern 142 The Courtyard House 152 Gulf Coast Simple | 160 |
North Shore Cabin 178 A Sonoma Farmhouse 184 By a Factor of 10 | 194 |
The LShaped Cottage 210 A Simple Compound 218 The Creekside House 226 Simple Times Seven | 236 |
Términos y frases comunes
adobe Apalachicola River architecture barn basic bathroom building built built-in cabin cabinets chairs clerestory color comfort complex connects cooking cool cottage counter courtyard cozy create daylight deck dining area dining room energy façade FAIA farmhouse feel fireplace floor plan French doors furniture gable garage garden green aesthetic guests heat Hugh Newell Jacobsen indoor air quality inside interior island Ken Anderson kids kitchen kitchen/dining light living area living room loft Lopez Island luxury master bedroom materials metal Minneapolis modern mudroom multipurpose neighborhood neighbors Nicola nook owners painted palette pantry Principal architect recycled renovated roof scale sense side simple abundance simple home simple pleasures simpler simplicity skylight solar chimney space stair steps storage strategies street studio sustainable design textures thrifty timeless tion TOM BROKAW townhouse traditional trim upstairs vernacular views wall window seat wood