Create a relaxed, comfortable home for you and guests

Forget using the front door or eating dinner in the dining room. Today, we live in a casual, no-tie-required fashion where we dress down for work, put our feet up on the coffee table, and entertain in our kitchens. We no longer sit down to a formal dinner, but rather fire up the barbecue on the back patio. Our lives have become increasingly informal, and now our homes are following suit.

The 24 houses featured in The Barefoot Home reflect today's barefoot times. From a long, low house on the Kansas prairie to an adobe home in New Mexico and a New England cottage by the sea, these homes capture the essence of barefoot living.

You'll find ideas to make your home as comfortable as a pair or well-worn jeans.