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Natural Shape: When it comes to furniture, shape and materials are key in a country-style room. Here, a round Table with a chunky pedestal looks pleasingly rustic, especially when painted a pale shade, as here. The chairs have a more contemporary shape, but their wicker bases help them feel natural shape and countrified. The old glass-fronted Wall cabinet has plenty of personality and works as both storage and display space. Two matching tall tables in either corner make an unusual addition, but look gorgeous, providing storage space for wine bottles and dining room bits.
THIS INFLUENCES design considerably. Few plots are symmetrical, but that really does not matter. An L-shape or a triangle can even offer more design potential than a rectangle. Perhaps the most difficult shape of all is a square, particularly when it is too small to subdivide as in many yards in front. A design for an awkward shape needs to be carefully thought out. A long thin area, for example, can be divided into contrasting sections with barriers across its width, but by leaving a narrow view running through from one end to the other you create an additional sight line. Furthermore, by placing an ornamental feature like a statue or seat at the far end, you gain the full benefit from the site's length while the screens minimize the disadvantages of its shape.
The shape of the geoid is defined by its departure from a "reference ellipsoid" which fits most closely to the shape of the earth; in this case, the average level of the land and sea is taken as the norm. Mountains are then higher and sea-floors lower than the surface of this ellipsoid. (An ellipsoid is the regular geometric shape obtained by revolving an ellipse round one of its axes.) |
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