What Does Your Garden Look Like from Inside?

I've read articles about the concept of extending your home into your garden, and making sure the view from your home out into the yard is pleasant as well.  I thought I'd see what there was to this and take a few photos.

Luckily, my house has strong architecture that I can lean on, and we live in a rural setting with a lovely backdrop of trees, so most of the work is done.  In a subdivision setting, there are more things out of your control, such as your neighbor's refusal to maintain their yard.  Yes, I speak from experience.

What I found most interesting about this study is that what I can capture with the camera lens was only a fraction of what you actually see, but it made me study the views more and think about them differently.


I'm standing in my mudroom door looking out at the porch.  I love how ferns look on a wrap-around porch; they are icing on the cake.  I also love the diminishing railing line with the decorative cutouts fading away.  The rocking chair beckons you to sit and enjoy the view.

I don't know about you, but the chair was specifically talking to me... so I sat down and took another picture, looking out the other side of the porch.  I like the cozy feeling of a space with a ceiling.  One thing I would like to do someday is plant a hedge of hydrangeas, or some other blooming bush, along the edge of that tree line on the right, and curve around just to the corner of the street, to hide my neighbor's workshop.

Sometime last year, I realized that if you are standing directly in front of our front door, and it's open, you can see straight through the house.  I think you can see part of this view from the street, which might explain the sometimes slow traffic drive-bys in summer.

 

This is the back window, the one you saw through the front door of the previous photo.  It's a great view.  It got even better last year when Eric and his dad chopped down a bunch of trees.

This has already given me ideas for a handful of changes and projects I'd like to start to enhance my view from the inside.  I encourage you to try this too.