Windlight Magazine-March 2016 Issue Volume 2, Issue 3 | Page 56

“If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work.” That Hanh [Vietnamese Buddhist Monk] houses date back in history to the Middle Ages with Franciscan monks’ tree rooms for meditation. Eliza has wrapped an elegant resort around a beautiful Banyan Tree. The tree itself occupies the northeast corner of the estate flowClose your eyes and imagine a ing with greens and browns in the private place, away from all the growth that is uniquely Banyan stress and the mundane that can be tree. in the every day routine. Imagine that place rests nestled Hitting a new high in her creations, around a lush Banyan tree and built Eliza has brought us an estate that by an expert in design and design is both richly flowing and cozy at comfort details. If you have the same time. Arrival at Patron visited Eliza Wierwight’s Patron Banyan House Edition finds me at house and Keiki House you have a two large double doors. They are a taste of her designs. You cannot majestic rich wood that convey walk around her grounds and elegance and power. These doors homes without realizing her c open to a beautiful courtyard and reactions are made of love. You can open air designed floor plan. The feel her considerations and banyan tree is inside these grand thoughts in all aspects, from the doors beyond the rooms to our far smallest detail to the overall right [NE corner]. On the courtyard feelings and views. Even the music we see one of the first of many d stream is perfectly fitted for the etail touches Eliza has provided; sunbeams cascading down on a experience. [in footnotes] sculpture of the Winged Victory of Who hasn’t had a fantasy tree Samothrace, also called the Nike of house in their mind as a private Samothrace. I recall seeing this at getaway at some point of their life? the Louvre in Paris in at the top of a Tree houses are the things of stairway in grand view. This piece fantasy as we’ve seen in “Swiss reveals much about Eliza’s Family Robinson” and “Peter Pan”. thoughtful design. It is the perfect Though for most of us, tree houses piece to welcome visitors. are places in our imagination. Tree 56