In Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water, interior designer Nina Freudenberger gives readers a glimpse inside the bungalows, trailers, cabins, and beach homes where surfers retreat after a day on the waves. Here are houses of both longtime enthusiasts and dedicated newcomers that reflect not just a sport or passion, but also a way of life.
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In Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water, interior designer Nina Freudenberger gives readers a glimpse inside the bungalows, trailers, cabins, and beach homes where surfers retreat after a day on the waves. Here are houses of both longtime enthusiasts and dedicated newcomers that reflect not just a sport or passion, but also a way of life.
The twenty-six surfers’ stories that are brought to life by writer Heather Summerville include artists, designers, and creatives who have all found a way to intersect their love of the water with their entire way of living. Locations and aesthetics range from a desert hideaway in Ojai, California, a coastal cabin in Bells Beach, Australia, and a mountain house in Hayama, Japan, to a farmhouse family compound in Malibu, California, a converted B&B in West Marin, California, a houseboat in the Rockaways, and a Nordic A-frame in Montauk, New York.
Glimpse into the world of surfers and surf culture through their domestic environments, and beautiful photographs by Brittany Ambridge capture the lifestyle, architecture, interior décor, and details of these like-minded surfers from around the world. With more than 250 vibrant photographs of room details and bright beaches, Surf Shack captures the soulful milieu of a lifestyle we all aspire to.
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- Written by Nina Freudenberger and Heather Summerville
- Hardcover, W 8.24 x L 11.26 x D 1.19 in, 272 pages
- Published by Clarkson Potter
- Published in 2017