I began by fashioning a porch overhang between the tent and the aviary wall. This innovative treatment successfully established a more intimate feel to the tent, and provided the eye with a welcome contrast to the crisp, clean interior lines of the tent. As I added twigs, my assistant was inspired to add a wire platform so I could expand my porch off to the side. I instantly moved the platform and re-hung it so it was on a slant. Apparently there was some sort of zoning restriction, because my assistant kept straightening the platform, but I kept putting it back on a slant and eventually I won that battle.
Good design is worth fighting for.
The slant allowed me to add more twigs on the top AND on the bottom of my porch as I extended it, despite the natural slope of the roof line. Darling, I carried that tunnel theme right on into the tent, ending it just inside the tent, so that you actually make a turn inside the tunnel in order to enter the tent. It creates a wonderful feel of security, just what you need to escape into after a busy day of city life. From there you step down into the open, roomy all-purpose room, with a thick, very densely packed white carpet underfoot, perfectly picking up one of the accent colors from our tent fabric. I would say the carpet is at least one and a half inches deep and so thick and dense that you don't sink into it at all.