Quite corners
Anyone who had a secret hideaway or tree house as a child instinctively recognizes the indoor, grown up counterparts of these sanctuaries –secluded window seat, attics, and lofts. Such spaces, specially reserved for your private relaxation help you recharge your energies and view the world from a detach perspective.
On the following pages you’ll see hospitable refuges that are deeply appreciated by them owners. None of the retreats is a full pledged room that can be shut off from adjacent living areas, yet its carries out the owner’s desire for a little respite from the clamor of modern life.
Sitting areas of masters’ bedrooms, like those shown pages, make excellent private areas. In both cases the owners have carefully blended the décor with the rest of the room. Notice that the sitting area is not architecturally distinct from the rest of the suite –the furniture arrangement is all that set it apart.
Any unused or wasted space in your house is a candidate for a quite zone. Screens or partitions could be used to sections off a corner of a room. Sliding panels and folding doors can shelter you temporally from noise in a nearby room.
Take a hard look at your attic –it may have just enough space for a small meditation area or reading nook. Adding a loft is another possibility. Even odd angles created by the roof can be turned into retreats. Best of all the stairs or ladders may discourage the visits. Loft and attic retreats duplicate the lure of the tree house getaway. When you can be the master of your own life for a few precious minutes. The lowered conversation pit retains its identity as a quite zone though is open to the rest of the suite.