Beach Towel Summer Home

Many have summer homes that are more expensive and larger than their primary residence. Some summer homes are architect-designed, some are indigenous simple houses built by local craftsmen. For me, I like the position of the drifting cowboy, a home is where you put down your blanket. When a summer home is a beach blanket, the construction is simple. The materials and site are still important. A beach towel can embrace many of the tenets of a home that makes us happy. The summer home pictured is comprised of two overlapping Artiga beach towels sited on sand near the top of a slight incline, out of danger from high tide. Sun shines in from four different directions, gentle breezes sweep off the sea. This is a good example that the amount of land that one’s home is on is not as important as what it is next to or across from. Here, the sea is in front, the Pyrenees are the backdrop, with 15th to 19th century Basque homes making up the architectural landscape, punctuated by fishing boats departing and arriving. This summer home is sited in a friendly neighborhood where people run, walk, play or un-self-consciously sunbathe. The site is connected by bike paths, walking paths, boardwalks, and is within a kilometer of Le Kaiku, a fabulous Michelin Star restaurant, a fish market, fruit, cheese and meat markets, and a boulangerie. And best of all, a beach towel summer home is affordable. A place to eat, sleep and read. Post is tribute to sept 4 release of book Joyful @ingridfetell
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