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CHANNON AND BIANCA ROE ’s Ojai home where
aged furniture and textiles lend a lived-in look; Surf
Shack author NINA FREUDENBERGER (left) at a book signing in Montecito with Kendall Conrad and Calgary Avansino; Surf Haus candles ($34 each,
The new coffee-table book that’s making waves showcases surfers at home from east to west. In SURF SHACK: LAID-BACK LIVING BY THE WATER (Clarkson Potter, $35, Kendall Conrad, 805-886-8344, kendallconraddesign.com) not all the “shacks” are directly on the water—there’s even a spotlight on Ojai in “Desert Homestead”—but they all depict what the author calls “ease over elegance.” Nina Freudenberger traveled to 18 cities and four countries, documenting flip-flop wearing, board-carrying folks and the dwellings that echo their happy and relaxed lifestyles. For them, she found surfing to be much more than a recreational activity, but “a calling, a way of life that washed through every other aspect of their world.” Flip the pages for countless design inspiration—from rustic tabletops to relaxed living rooms, creative, colorful kid spaces to dreamy, nap-ready backyards. Each abode and the uncomplicated, unplugged lifestyle that goes with it is bound to take the blood pressure down a notch. J E N N I F E R B L A I S E K R A M E R
Kendall Conrad, 805-886-8344); SURF SHACK: LAID-BACK LIVING BY THE WATER .
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