Casual living with elegance

Mary and Robert Bairstow downsized from a 4,500 sq. ft. house to their 2,500 sq. ft. 3-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath home on Northside Drive. "Everything was a whole lot smaller than what we had before, which was the part that was interesting to me because we wanted to live in every spot in the house - which we do," adds Mary. SEAN DRAKES/AJC Special