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Picture this: You’re on your way to the front door, arms full of gear, groceries, etc., and your cell phone is ringing while you fumble with the lock. You manage to get inside without dropping anything, but you have to make a mad dash to the toilet because you’ve been holding your water for the last 35 minutes because the traffic was terrible. Now you’re inside and dump everything and kick off your shoes and get to that bathroom…

Whew, ok, so now back to the entry area to take care of things. Was there a good drop zone for those grocery bags or are they on the floor now? Are you able to stow your shoes and coat neatly, or are there already too many shoes and coats cluttering up the place? And what did you do with the keys? Are they in your pocket, or still in the door lock, or did you carry them with you and then accidentally leave them in the bathroom?

It was hectic out there today; you’ve been out in the rush and bustle of the world and now you land on your doorstep and need to transition to the sanctity of your home. The entry is where we move and decompress from the public space of the outside world to the personal private space our home.

This transition space for our arrival and departure is inherently a high friction zone. Just as the wheels of an airplane screech and smoke as they synchronize their rotation to the ground as the plane touches down, so too, in a way, do we have a moment of adjustment when we move from one zone to another.

You’ve probably experienced coming home with too much stress of the day on your shoulders, only to have that burden cause strife and friction with your loved ones. A good transition space can help us downshift and leave more of that tension behind, take a deep breath and relax into our home. With Conscious Home Design we create a well-planned entry, a buffer zone that helps us decompress and leave the bustle and hustle of life at the entry door so we can step into a relaxing, rejuvenating sanctuary: our home.

The space in our home has a different feel than outside. The difference between public and private is distinct. If you just walk right into the living room or other part of the house right off the street it’s very abrupt. The foyer allows us a space to shed some of the “armor” we wear in the street. It is our buffer between private and public areas, or what architects (sometimes exaggeratingly) refer to as “sacred and profane” spaces.