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Shelling Out Beauty - The Garden Studio as a Private Haven

Shelling Out Beauty - The Garden Studio as a Private Haven

By Francesca McGlone on 1st September, 2010

Nature provides an array of shells that serve as a protective casing, as well as an attractive package of colour, pattern and texture. Eggs are a prime example of a protective layer, used to incubate a developing chick. Shells appear on tortoises, crabs, snails and molluscs, to name a few. Their shells are their defining attributes just as a butterfly's wings or a flower's petals are essential to its functionality and beauty.

Other shelled organisms, such as coconuts, conkers and oysters have rigid and distinct casings that house treasured contents. The presence of a shell usually signals the value of the contents. The anticipation of taste is often heightened by breaking the exterior of a shell beforehand; the act seems to contribute to the experience of flavours, such as lobster and muscles. Anything that invites exploration, unwrapping a present or opening a locked door for instance, intensifies its appeal.

Decorated Shed garden studios act as private havens, just as snails and tortoises retreat into their own personal spaces when they feel threatened; a garden studio also serves as a fixed escape from hectic schedules. A shell or exoskeleton provides an alternative compartment or space that is immediately available. The location of a garden studio means that it is integrated into the grounds of your home and is therefore immediately accessible. A shell is an extension of an organism, an integral piece of a whole. It could be said that the garden setting encases the garden building, while the garden building itself encases a homely expression of self.

Shells come in a variety of shapes and sizes which adds to their eclectic charm. Decorated Shed also offer a range of designs, including bespoke options, which means that individualism can take shape. A garden studio can act as an ornament laid on the surface of a polished garden, just as shells' ornate potential is realised in jewellery and furniture design. Shells are collected by beach combers and curious children who marvel at their colourful exteriors, as they examine the sounds of the sea that rush around the hollow interior.

Decorated Shed garden studios are not just hollow shells but are filled with atmosphere and light. The sleek exteriors package interiors that are brimming with homely warmth and comfort.


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