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    Barclay Butera
    Barclay Butera
    Barclay Butera
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    Barclay Butera

    By Barclay Butera

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    Renowned designer Barclay Butera takes his signature style of pattern-on-pattern and transitional charm to the coast. Using a distinctive balance of vibrant colors and sunwashed hues, he fashions cheerful, elegant, and relaxed yet refined living spaces that never compromise comfort or style. Barclay Butera offers a collection of inspiring cottages, beach houses, and sophisticated homes that capture the essence of and embody the beach lifestyle.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGibbs Smith
    Release dateMar 1, 2012
    ISBN9781423624462
    Barclay Butera
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    Barclay Butera

    Barclay Butera is the author of Living on the Coast; Getaways and Retreats; and Past, Present, Inspired. He has also appeared on NBC’s Today Show, Extra!, CBS, ABC, Fox, Beautiful Homes & Great Estates and HGTV; and has received press in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, House Beautiful, Traditional Home, Veranda, House & Garden, Elle Decor, Western Interiors & Design, Luxe, Robb Report, Esquire, and 1stdibs.com.

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      Barclay Butera - Barclay Butera

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      Introduction

      As children, we’re all taught that oceans cover 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. To me, an even more compelling companion fact is that all of this saltwater has conspired to create an American coastline of some 6,000 miles, more than 12,000 miles if the chilly shorelines of Alaska are fully included. This seemingly endless ribbon where the sea meets the land, these beaches and shores and cliffs comprise an incredibly arresting American landscape: of deserted dunes and shingled houses, of fishing ports, of surf towns overrun with rambunctious young people, of elegant resort enclaves, of national parks. I love each and every local manifestation of life along the water.

      From the rising and falling tides to the salt spray in the air and the magical quality of sunlight around water, very disparate coastal communities all seem to exhibit singular yet similar daily rhythms. In essence, there is a more gentle, more reflective and sensual quality to the coastline life.

      My own particular affinity for the beach began in grade school, in the semi-hippie 1970s Palo Alto, on the sunny side of the San Francisco Peninsula. Any car trip over the famous area bridges or a simple glimpse of the San Francisco Bay itself served as a reminder, if any were needed, that just over the hill and through a patch or two of fog lay another world entirely, the Northern Californian coastline in all of its rugged beauty. Growing up, I became intimately acquainted with any number of quirky beach towns along the old Coast Highway 101—from Half Moon Bay to San Gregorio and Pescadero and on southward, to surf-centric Santa Cruz, Monterey, Carmel and Big Sur heading north. For decades, like-minded beachcombers have washed up on the magical shores of the Pacific as well as the length of the Eastern Seaboard, the balmy curve of the Gulf Coast, the edges of the Great Lakes, the Outer Banks, and intra-coastal waterways and keys of Florida. Formality, structure and propriety seem to dissolve in proximity to the ocean. The rising and falling of its tides and unique beauty of its wildlife causes the senses to relax.

      I eventually changed from day-tripper status to permanent resident when I moved to Southern California, living first in the artistic community of Laguna Beach and then eventually moved up the Pacific Coast Highway to Newport Beach, home to Newport Harbor, the largest recreational boat harbor on the West Coast. Living on this sunny stretch of the California coast, I became familiar with the eclectic nature of its visitors and residents: dreamers, artists, beach bums, surfers and sailors. The coastal lifestyle is a mixed cocktail of energetic water sports, sun-and-sand-induced lethargy, lively tourist traps, and the peaceful solitude of private waterside residences.

      The aesthetics of seaside homes reflect a magical alchemy between the native and the exotic, the traditional and the whimsical, the mysterious and the familiar. There is a degree of artistic license that occurs within eyesight of open water. Practical considerations curb axioms of good taste to render what is now instantly recognizable as casual elegance. There is a more predominant use of wood near the coast; it has a softness and warmth that suits bare feet, wet hair, and sun-kissed skin. Furnishings are appropriately less ornate, and the pervasive presence of sand dictates a less cluttered and more casual approach to design.

      Much accessorizing of beach homes is derived from the beach and ocean itself—driftwood, shells, beach glass, buoys—these objects reinforce that which is alluring about the seaside

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