The Rewards of Having an Indoor Wall Water Feature in your Home or Work Place
The Rewards of Having an Indoor Wall Water Feature in your Home or Work Place
Add a decorative and modern touch to your home by installing an indoor wall fountain. Installing this sort of fountain in your residence or office permits you to create a place for your loved ones and clientele where there is little noise as well as minimal stress and maximum relaxation. Moreover, this type of interior wall water feature will most likely gain the admiration of your staff as well as your clientele. Your interior water feature will undoubtedly capture the attention of all those in its vicinity, and stymie even your most demanding critic as well. While sitting underneath your wall fountain you can indulge in the tranquility it provides after a long day's work and enjoy watching your favorite sporting event. The musical sounds produced by an indoor water feature are known to release negative ions, remove dust and pollen from the air as well as sooth and pacify those close by.
The Outcome of the Norman Conquest on Anglo-Saxon Landscaping
The Outcome of the Norman Conquest on Anglo-Saxon Landscaping
The arrival of the Normans in the second half of the eleventh century considerably transformed The Anglo-Saxon ways of living. Engineering and gardening were abilities that the Normans excelled in, trumping that of the Anglo-Saxons at the time of the occupation. But the Normans had to pacify the entire territory before they could focus on home life, domestic architecture, and decoration. Monasteries and castles served different purposes, so while monasteries were massive stone structures constructed in only the most fruitful, wide dales, castles were set upon blustery knolls where the people focused on learning offensive and defensive practices. The calm practice of gardening was not viable in these bleak bastions. The purest example of the early Anglo-Norman style of architecture existent today is Berkeley Castle. The keep is said to date from William the Conqueror's time. A spacious terrace intended for strolling and as a means to stop enemies from mining under the walls runs around the building. On one of these terraces sits a charming bowling green: it's coated in grass and flanked by an old yew hedge that is formed into the shape of rough ramparts.