Tuesday, March 31, 2009

COMING HOME: VANISHING THRESHOLD

Often when I'm hired, during the initial phone conversation, a client will say, I hate coming home. A sentiment understood. I, too, used to hate coming home. What changed? Jung, Life is about getting our outside to match our inside.
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It's literal & metaphorical.
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CHOOSE TO LIVE A CERTAIN WAY. Garden & home flowing in a Vanishing Threshold of beauty-energy-grace with life.
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Above, so rare. A magazine shot of an interior in vanishing threshold with its landscape. Peek out windows & doors of interior magazine shoots. Closely. You'll notice they've airbrushed the outside view.
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Vanishing Threshold begins in thought, then inside your home, then outside in the landscape. In that order.
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Landscapes begin inside the home. Not outside.
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Photo, above, is a masters class in Vanishing Threshold. It didn't happen by accident. The owner CHOSE to make it happen. Why don't you?
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Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
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Thank you La Dolce Vita for posting this pic from Traditional Home.
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4 comments:

  1. EwaMarch 31, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    This is so much true. If inside is matching outside we feel harmony - then we go further and meake inside of the house matching the garden - its a lifetime project.

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  2. Things That InspireJune 12, 2009 at 10:19 AM

    Lovely, inspirational picture. This really rings a bell for me. I hate wood decks - HATE THEM - possibly because it is all but impossible to create a vanishing threshold with an ugly wood deck. Do you think a walk out back yard is necessary for this? I have a preference for an walk out backyard, which is not a given in Atlanta (Buckhead) given the hilly topography.

    If you have a moment, please check out my post on a house on King Rd:
    http://freshpalette.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-on-market-beautiful-atlanta-home.html

    I didn't focus my pictures on the flow between the inside and the outside, although it was very good. The architect had created good positive space outdoors, in the form of a beautiful courtyard in the back, and a pool area; in the front, he created a lovely guest parking court to encourage (or force) guests to enter through the front door. It was magnificent.

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  3. Maria KillamAugust 18, 2009 at 9:20 PM

    OMG a blog this awesome should definitely be on my blogroll (can you add me to yours if you feel so inclined once you get there?) I simply adore this post and I look forward to more (and getting to know your blog). Here from Things that Inspire, one of my favourite blogs in the blogosphere!!

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  4. LaurenAugust 21, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    coming over from Things That Inspire & am so glad that I did... This post definitely gets me thinking & very aware of how much work i have yet to do!!! ;)

    I'll be back!!!

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