Barnett Design Studio

06/13/2022

Watercolor renderings of homes and gardens.

12/27/2019

06/02/2018

Here's an example of island living with all the amenities, but completely off-grid. This house, owned by Monica and Jack McVickers, is on Keewaydin Island in the Gulf of Mexico, just off the coast of Southwest Florida. There are no full-time residents on

01/02/2018

New Year = New Ideas! I am available for consultations. I am happy to provide 3d computer drawings to help with your visualization of ideas for home design, remodels, additions.

09/09/2017

yes! tiny homes added to the protest against the pipeline! I LOVE THIS. Tiny house WARRIORS!

"As Kinder Morgan tries to force through a pipeline without our consent—risking polluting the land and poisoning our rivers—we are rising up to create a resistance rooted in family, community, and hope."

09/09/2017

this is from 2011 ~~ but really hits the nail on the head. The banks are still our puppet masters. There is still a shadow market of foreclosures the public is unaware of . AND the Banks just love that. Question is: how can they just sit on all of these foreclosures? Well that's because they got a bail out of trillions of dollars and they don't have to do one blessed thing to just keep rolling, rolling, rolling in the dough they stole from middle america!.

There will be no sustainable housing recovery until the shadow inventory is cleared out. As of April with the latest data close to 6.4 million loans are delinquent or in foreclosure. This is a massive number of homes. What is downright disturbing of the 2.2 million homes in foreclosure you

11/02/2016

here is what naples florida looks like in 2050. this is what our descendants will inherit. 2 different scenarios. 34 years from now. So imagine how much it will change! 1 ~ unchecked pollution 2~ extreme carbon cuts. Time to move to higher ground I think unless we change our ways!!

Climate Central has created an interactive, searchable global map to show the local consequences of high vs. low carbon emissions.

08/25/2016

Video: Simon Atkinson talks about the cottage behind his home in Raleigh, N.C. Atkinson and his wife Robin Abrams believe there is a place for the small residences in Raleigh neighborhoods.

08/25/2016

here is what is in the planes that kill the mosquitos. its extremely toxic to bees in particular. its a scary thing to me.

Naled is an organophosphate insecticide first registered for use as an "adulticide insecticide" in 1959 primarily to control adult mosquitoes ( Pesticides - Mosquito Control, 2007). Naled breaks down into dichlorvos in both animals and in the environment and has many health effects, both chronic...