Barefoot Homes is excited to be part of the 'All Stars Home Expo 2009' which benefits the Relay for Life Campaign. Barefoot has two homes on site in 'Iridium at site 51' which I call 'Area 51'. The Home Expo is located on four sims this year, just over the hill (as it were) from my home base in Snafu. Including Iridium, there is Platinum, Rhodium, and Palladium. Barefoot Homes has the 'Shorline Cottage' and the newly released 'Pend Oreille Lake Cottage' (pronounced POND A-ray) at the Expo this year. Both home offer features that are not common on homes in Second Life (TM). These homes feature exterior color changes by the owner and functional blinds on the windows and doors. Not an easy trick. My good friend and colleague Dellybean North of True North Designs managed the scripting and I then tweaked them to fit the needs of each house. I am not a scripter and only work with scripts if I have too.
CLICK on pics to see full imageThe Shorline Cottage is a two story design that has crisp clean lines and inspired by the contemporary look of the late sixties. Rolled glass textures, large windows, and wood floors. The Shoreline can change to eleven different colors by using the 'Control panel' located on the main floor.
The Shorline offers functional blinds on both floors and each door on the second floor has blinds that can close too. I have been accused at times for using photographs for some of my textures, not here. The blinds are designed and created using Illustrator and Photoshop. I rarely use actual photos for textures. Both homes offer custom textures created by Barefoot, no photos were used.
The Pend Oreille Lake Cottage was inspired by some of the cottages I have seen at Lake Pend Oreille (POND A-ray). Many are built right on floating docks. They are small, compact yet have character and are warm. Many are used only during the summer months while some are lived in year around. This design was actually a re-vamp of a two year old design I had created for the Relay for Life Home Auction. That didn't go off quite right and I simply put it away. I found it again two months ago in my ever growing inventory and decided to work it over. One of the things I noticed about my designs was they all had flat roofs. I decided it was time to get away from that and started work on a cathedral ceiling. Not as easy as it sounds. Basic geometry doesn't always work in world so working with angles is a real challenge. But, after some work and lots of math, we did it.
Building the Pend Orielle using 'Skidz Primz' toolI went on-line and did some research on different types of ceilings and came up with this, inspired by some beach shacks located on the east coast of the USA. Large over hangs and medium pitch. The design came off nicely, bit heavy on the prims, but acceptable. The new roof design gave the look of a warm lake side cottage that could be used anywhere. The foot print of the cottage itself is only 20 X 20 meters and will fit on a 1024 parcel comfortably.
Pend Oreille Lake Cottage ad. Now in the current issue of Prim Perfect MagazineThe Pend Oreille offers a color choice of twelve colors and functional blinds on all windows and doors. I am very happy with the final design. Both the Pend Oreille and the Shorline are located at the Expo site. Both homes are furnished by True North Designs and the wall art is provided by Nexus Arts owned by Cinders Vale, C.E.O of Barefoot Designs. This will be a great time for Barefoot Homes.
Coming soon from Barefoot Homes is the new 'Oak Park Mansion' and at the other end of the prim spectrum, the new 'Redondo Beach Shack'. The Redondo is a low prim starter home for the small 512 parcels, great for the first home. Only 32 prims and will feature functional blinds on the windows and locking slider door. Ok, its a box, but a classy box. It is now available for viewing at the Barefoot Homes Display Platform, will be ready for the market soon.
The Pend Oreille Lake Cottage on display at the Home Expo
Another day, another Linden, another cup of coffee. I love my job!
