Thursday, May 20, 2010

Home Decorating With Flowers

In addition to decorating the outside (outdoor) house, the flowers turned out nice also to be used as decorative elements inside the house. Interior decorating (inside room) home with flowers can provide beauty and graced the house and its inhabitants mood. Wide range of flowers available in the market are imported and locally, but that does not mean the interest of your own garden can not be used as room decoration home. You can string the flowers are so beautiful views and the light emanating from the florist flower itself without decoration.

All you need is good will and courage to be creative in choosing a container (pot or vase), flowers, fresh leaves and twigs. Flower color is also very positive impact in your life. When selecting, consider the psychology of color, think back to what the impact will affect the mood of a person.

If you choose the color red, it will make the house more and more exciting atmosphere and warms the body, increasing heart rate and respiratory path. Yellow color represents an energy source that can stimulate your memory and increase the spirit of a family. Green and purple is the color balance, peace and help ease his depression.

If you want a softer color or muted, blue is a good choice because it has the effect of increasing the reflection as well as relieve stress. To give a sense of spirit and soothe tired, use orange flowers. Pink color also gives you peace and free from anger. While the white color is a symbol of purity but also provided peace in your heart.

Various media can be decorated like tables, walls, lighting Chinese lanterns, and other media. You want to create a creative space that can be looked relaxed and casual, and if you want to be inspired by such an atmosphere of casual clothes bali nuanced.

Similarly tips this time, congratulations to create ..

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Six Easy Tips Room Decoration

In decorating, there are actually many things that must be considered to produce the maximum space and design. You'll want to concepts, ideas, and the shadow of your dream home a reality. Home interior decor fit your style and taste, accessories and furniture to your liking until a comfortable atmosphere that makes you want to always be at home.

Ideally the work should be submitted, and decorate the room handled by people who are experts and professionals in their fields, an interior designer. But use the services of an interior designer would require an extra fee, and not everyone can afford to set aside the budget to hire a professional interior designer. Create your bored with the look of the room and want to change it, here are some tips that will help you decorate the room.

1. Install accessories with an odd number. This affected the balance. Accessories with odd numbers will be better and nice views compared with the even number.

2. Match your decor with your lifestyle. If you frequently move, choose furniture that is neutral, because the decor is neutral match any decor. If you have children or pets, select a rug that is easy to clean and can camouflage the dirt color.

3. Make the paint to minimize the weaknesses and highlights the advantages of the room. For example: bright colors to make the room look great. Dark color to make the room feel comfortable (cozy).

4. Put a picture / painting of your eye-level view. By hanging on my level eyes, painting / drawing will be more enjoyable. This will also make the painting more harmonious with the sofa or chair.

5. Use the wallpapers and customize to your home. Use wallpaper with bright textures and small-sized pictures for a smaller room. Instead use the wallpaper with a large image and a dark background for a large room.

6. Collect pictures of rooms you like. We often difficult to define and create a room that we like in the words. See the photo to determine kesamaan / similarity. Is it the same color, same shape, the similarity of furnitue, etc.. As you can specify one by one, you will be easier to describe and concluded style / style what exactly to you.

By following a few tips above, then you can decorate yourself an interior room in the house you. Congratulations Decoration ..


Healthy Environment For Your House

If you will buy or build a house in the near future, you should think about and consider a few factors. Several factors are: strategic housing location, ease of accessibility and transportation to and from regular destination, such as markets, shopping centers, workplaces, places of worship, school or hospital.

For those of you who chose the house at the location of scattered housing in the suburbs and rely on public transportation, consider the available means of transportation, ranging from motorcycle taxi motorcycles, bajaj, city transportation (public transportation), mini buses, intercity buses, to trains. Hangout, shadow terminal, terminal or station and the scheduled departure to ensure the vehicles please note the departure time to go and return to the workplace or school that requires timeliness.

For those of you who have personal vehicles need to learn the routes the main route, alternate routes, and roads leading to the shortest rats various places of work and school purposes. How much time it takes to reach their destination routine. On how the peak hour traffic density, which is susceptible to regular traffic jams take place.

In addition to the chaos caused by urban planning, location selection kekurangcermatan house without considering the subject of transportation can cause a family father, mother, and even children had to leave very early (at 5:30) and arrived during the night (21:00) every business day Monday- Friday. Practical house only serves as a place to sleep mere ride, without a chance to enjoy a comfortable life in the house.

Notice the sharp housing conditions surrounding environment.


Is the location of housing and flood free environment in the present and future? Surely not just affordable housing, middle-class home-end and high end are still prone to flooding. If a site near the terminal, observe the level of noise (pollution), sound, pollution (polluted) air, and prone to crime. Crime-prone location near the market, the risk of air pollution (odor), and the mounting trash. Location near the industrial area at risk of heavy plant air pollution, water, and sound. Location near the area of high voltage line is also affected by pollution potential of electrical energy and electromagnetic fields dangerous to long-term health.

The concept of environmentally sound residential and settlement should be in harmony with the surrounding native environment. Beautiful environment, fresh air, clean water availability, and securely. Beauty of the neighborhood atmosphere can be seen and perceived exactly when consumers pass and entering the housing area. The atmosphere can only be created by the shade of large trees that grow optimally, which follow the topography of land surrounding natural topography, availability of neighborhood parks with attractive design.

Living in the tropical countries like Indonesia, with hot temperatures and high humidity throughout the year, will inevitably need a home atmosphere and a shady neighborhood. Shade is not only a refuge in the house, but how to create shade in our own neighborhood.

After studying the atmosphere, the next step is to check the availability and quality and feasibility of drinking water, hand pump, or pump machine. Is water difficulties, especially in the dry season.

Do not take for granted about the garbage. Learn how to manage and transport waste, whether administered alone or in temporary shelters provided. Do not also choose the origin of affordable housing. There are things more important than that. Safety and comfort are a few things in between.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Choosing Paint Colors For Your House

By the time you looked at a house, the first thing of interest to you is the color (color scheme) house, and then design the building architecture. As one of the main components of a house, the color also brings good effect the poor quality of houses, design houses and buildings look interesting, and characters that affect the psychology residents.

Research shows that the selection of the appropriate color house capable of providing some good effects for the residents, stimulating, calming, soothing, clear, heal the physical health and mental health of residents. With the right color selection, then the house and also the rooms that there can exit the setting for a place with various kinds of functions.

Psychological color


It was said that color is a safe harbor and cheaper for our ment
al health moorings. Through exploration of color, residents can create a quiet space character, peaceful, sunny, stimulate healing, and spiritual. Now the technique of medical therapy with color (color therapy) has been widespread, ranging from hospitals and health clinics, which are not predominantly white, until into the halls of private rooms.

The right colors can create a soothing atmosphere, stimulating, soothing or inspiring for the whole family. With color, residents can build a house as a place to escape, refuge, or simply meditate alone in the middle of the hustle and bustle of metropolitan life.

The sensitivity of intuition in harmony combine colors ranging from fencing, tile roof, exterior building walls in the rooms, doors, windows, ceilings, furniture (tables, chairs, cabinets, couch, until a vase of flowers or ornamental statues), and the types of plants (flowers , leaves, and fruit) will unite the whole atmosphere of the house. Mix color matching on all parts and contents of the house will result in harmony, both to improve the quality of home health care and its occupants.

Color selection should be tailored to the needs and functions of each space.
Cool colors of green and blue shades create a soothing effect on the den, reading room, or bedroom, according to the current occupants that need to be "chilled". Bright shades of yellow, orange, and red stimulates a dynamic activity in the family room, playroom, living room, kitchen, porch, and carport, according to residents who need passive "stimulated". Purple color that is calming emotional healing can stimulate the household, which can be used in the family room.

Earth colors (earth tones) such as green leaf, brown soil, red brick, gray sand or stone, it is now more interested to create an atmosphere of natural approaches. Shad
es of brown The selection of land in the living room and family room, with a dark color for the floor (the symbol of the land / earth), the color is on the walls and furniture, chairs, tables, and cabinets (symbols of trees, hills, mountains), and the ceiling light ( symbol of the sky) is an effort to bring the outside world into the house. Natural atmosphere of calm and comfort are able to eliminate stress.

Color is also capable of creating a space full of spiritual meaning. Strength element white as a symbol of purity and mental clarity when combined with green can improve spiritual healing therapy. Gradations of blue as a symbol of water (the source of life) can also provide quiet effect. The colors are commonly used self meditation space, starting from the prayer room, bedroom, up to a private bathroom.

Tip dye house

Specification requires the function of color selection that is consistent with the type of main activities and user space. Color selection ranges from the primary colors red, yellow, and blue, the secondary colors orange, green, and purple, and tertiary colors are the colors mix primary and
secondary.

Choose the right color. Mix colors that match the personality of the inhabitants could raise the energy, convenience and quality of mental and physical health of residents. For citizens who daily metropolitan traffic and pressure of work, the presence of much-needed color to eliminate stress, depression, frustration and tension at home.

Before determining the color of choice, first consider who will use the space, how the average age of users, and how the general character of each family member. For example, parents' master bedroom, den or living room can select the colors soft and cool, while the bedrooms of children, game room and study, using a bright color bright light. For the living room, dining room and kitchen is a mix of soft and warm colors, or can also use the earth colors are more neutral.

Effect of natural resources as well as artificial light on color appearance should be considered. Sun (color) or light (white / yellow) to the colors will produce a color effect different, in the morning, afternoon, evening or night. The selected color will also affect small big impression and look of the building space. Dark colors will make a limited space tend to be narrow feel. Bright color contrast to give a broader impression.

The trend started many earth colors used in house building looks. Protrusion of the window frames and doors, and roof carport wood brown colors of beige-brown areas of young mixed concrete columns and robustness of the fence massive walls of gray, making the house minimalist look harmonious and strong. Meanwhile, some are wearing a mix of moss green and gray make the house look cool and shady. Front garden looks natural elements to compensate for building structures.


Accent color used as a focal point in a space view. The selected color is a contrasting color from the dominant color in the room. If a living room, family room and dining room dominated by bright colors maroon, yellow, ivory or orange, the accent can wear cool colors of green or blue, and vice versa.

Orange on the floor, walls and furniture, white fused to the ceiling, doors and window frames, will present a twilight atmosphere (sunset) is full of peace and solitude that gives a soothing effect on the family room or bathroom.

Green shades of color are often used to reinforce the impression of fresh and experienced in homes, especially in the living room, dining room or patio. This arrangement can be strengthened by the park or garden front and rear with various matching flowers, and laying pots of plants that spread from the front porch to the corner of the room service.

The use of red, orange, and brown in the living room, den or living room, can create a romantic, exotic, and mysterious imaginative lure anyone who enters the room. Family photo frame display, or other special moments, paintings, and a sign of respect for the wall space will reinforce the colorful memories of the way residents live.

Bright color mix of red, orange, and yellow, and white interspersed will warm the room clean kitchen (pantry) with adjoining dining room and "invite" residents come to eat with the family.

Do not forget to be careful choosing paint available on the market. Choose paint with a clear brand, good quality, do not contain toxic materials (written, toxic free, no added mercury) and the original color choice a lot (not oplosan).

For followers of feng shui fanatic, use of color in decorating the house requires a fairly strict limits. For the moderates, the house is an instrument coloring the personality traits self-exploration and were free to express your passions better health in the home. Happy creating.



Above building roof garden

To help prevent or reduce the level of the rate of global warming, increase the green open space with a garden on the roof of the house, storey buildings, hotels and offices is one effective way. Although the condition of most urban area of fill-storey building, the designers (architects, and landscape architects) to create a green open space to add plants that have been taken over when the building was built.

By making the park above the roof, storey buildings can still have a gree
n open space, because there is space efficiency. Park above the roof (roof garden) is as an alternative reforestation to improve the quality of a large city environmental health. Currently, only a few five-star hotel in central Jakarta which has a garden on the roof (roof garden).

Making the park above the roof (roof garden) is not cheap and need structure and specific roof construction. Even for optimal results, the construction of the roof to the garden was designed from the beginning, before the building was built. However, this investment can come back in a few years later, because the cost of electricity for air conditioning is reduced, and increases the economic value of the building.

A private hospital in Singapore managed to reduce electricity consumption by 50 percent, after a garden above the roof (roof garden). Although the roof garden was just a tomato plant, which is placed in the pot to cover the entire roof. Another advantage, the hospital did not have to buy tomatoes again.

In addition to the shade, the park above the roof (roof garden) can also be used to absorb toxic gases. Eg bamboo or palm can absorb formaldehyde gas and gasoline. While plant daffodils, in addition to absorbing formaldehyde gas and gasoline, as well as alcohol and acetone to absorb the resulting paint and so on. Vines also serve to absorb the gas acetate, ammonia, and other gases. Because of this function, widely used vines to the garden on the roof (roof garden) in foreign countries such as Singapore and Japan.

How to Build Roof Above Park


Before making a rooftop garden, first consider the construction of the building roof. Is it designed to support medium load of soil and planting trees will be planted on it or not. Because the park above the roof (roof garden) should be supported roof structures and strong construction.

The existence of the park above the roof (roof garden) will lead to increased load. Piles of soil and plants will increase the dead load, wind load, and the additional burden of water on the roof of the building. The building must have a drainage system that works well.

If the type of shrubs to be planted, he will take the roof load increased by about 650 kg/m2. Plus live load according to activity on the roof garden. For example, 400 kg / m 2 for sports, 500 kg/m2 for the party and dance, as well as 250 kg / m 2 for restaurants.

To plant a large tree, the location of the floor plate to the structural columns that supported the concrete plates do not collapse. In addition, retaining walls need to be made the ground because the tree requires a sufficient thickness of soil, or make a hole in the roof of the building, under a tree.
Construction of a roof leak-prone, and should be equipped with drainage channels. Drainage layer such as gravel, sand, and pumice stone should be added to the water easily flows into the drain hole. Filter made of geo-textiles or fibers to function under the water to keep the grain land but not to clog the drain.

To prevent damage to water-resistant coating (water proof layer), barrier layers must be added to the plant roots do not damage the waterproof coating and the concrete underneath.

Because the roof above the plants exposed to direct sunlight and the wind faster, watering s
hould be done regularly. Spraying water that it needs to be done manually or automatically.

For the planting media, the formula should be light but have the ability to provide nutrients and moisture. For example, by mixing sand with a layer of wood shavings added pine bark and manure. The depth of planting medium for the grass requires 20 to 30 centimeters, as well as cover crops. Meanwhile, shrubs and small trees require 60-105 inches deep. Large trees to a depth of almost 2 meters.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Decorative Family Room and Living Room Small Size

Redesigning or renovating (changing form) one living room and small room is a challenge. Do you live in apartments or landed house, decorating the family room and living room is small requires careful planning, creativity, and a good imagination. Is hard? not also, if you consider my proposals, you will see there are many options to decorate a family room and living room are small.

Select and use a type of decoration you like, of course, that also can help make your space appear larger. You also have to be careful to design a storage room (storage) so that larger, making it easier for you to put or store your belongings. Customize By Size

For placement of furniture in the room must be smaller than the room, so the room does not look cramped or claustrophobic. Maximize space with banquette seating than 2 large sofas for seating guests to sit with fun. What a great idea if you decorate the room with your fun style and combined it with a collection of items you are in the room, may also be combined with a small couch again and add a large mirror or a decorated so that makes the room larger and spacious.

Keep in mind, if you're decorating the family room and living room is small need to think also where you will place the accessories and furniture. you might consider the principles of Feng Shui when the set of accessories and furniture in the living room and your guests. Make sure your furniture does not close the door to keep it out of the door when opened and closed.

If you focus in terms of design approach, you should plan early on how to maximize the family room and living room. You can try using the way / style of modern decor, because it will make the room appear wider. Deciding which design style really be sure what you want to spend most of your time.

Use a stain technique

Color is one of the factors that influence the design of living room and your living room. If you believe that you should paint your small room with a white color, this is a good thing for you. You can specify the color that can make a space seem bigger impression by decorating colors that
reflect the same intensity, or use a theme.

To color the room should be decorated with bright colors like bright yellow or orange, color matching, if you want a softer look can also wear bright green color. Painting the walls with black or dark colors will make the walls look narrow and seemed to move toward you.

To make a room look larger should be painting the walls with light colors (light), gray or bluish gray. If gray felt boring, actually can find a better tone fresh like green or blue color to get the atmosphere you desire.

With the methods above, a small room can be decorated in a simple way. Use your creativity and you will create a small guest room / little big and broad impression.





Thursday, January 7, 2010

Contemporary Kitchen – Filanta Combines Warm Wood and Strong Steel Elements

The Filanta, this is stunning contemporary kitchen. The combination of blond walnut wood and free system steel is ideal to emphasis the unique qualities of both materials: the comfortable warmth of wood and the reliable strength of steel. The straight, uncomplicated lines have a certain elegance that encourages focus on the serious business of cooking.
The doors of the cupboards and wall units conceal generous storage whilst functioning to retain the minimalist aesthetic. Yet, this is a kitchen that feels welcoming – cook books can be proudly displayed on the ample natural wood shelves rather than hidden away. A breakfast bar at one end the island unit will likewise help you to feel at home.




How to Decorate Your Interior Without Spending a Cent!

In the current world financial situation, money no longer grows on trees! Did it ever?

Money is a lot harder to come by, people are afraid of losing their jobs, worried about their financial future and less likely to be committing to making major changes to their home interiors, but that doesn’t mean we have to sit back and put up with the status quo. We can have fun and change our interiors without having to spend a cent. We just need to get a little creative! Here are some ideas on how you can make your home feel like it has had a makeover without spending a cent.

1. Shift furniture into different rooms, it’s amazing how a change of environment can make a piece of furniture look completely different.

2. Rearrange your artwork on the walls, reposition mirrors - these help change the light in your room and depending on where you place them, can make a room feel larger.

3. Clean your walls. I know this sounds too simple, but over time all the little knocks and bumps leave marks, from experience your existing walls can look like they have just been repainted if you give them a good scrub. I use sugar soap - brilliant stuff.

4. Take down your curtains and give them a vacuum (Hoover - or whatever you call it in your country) Spot clean them, and as for above, they will look much brighter and look as good as new.

5. Have a chat with your neighbor and see if they want to swap any home decor for a few months until you both tire of it again. This could be an area rug, artificial flower arrangement, decorative pots, sculpture, wall hanging, vases, coat stands, foot stools, cushions, basically anything that you are sick of looking at. Instead of storing it in the garage or throwing it away, share it and when it comes time to swap back, you may have created new feelings for it!

6. Some banks, stores and credit card companies offer rewards points or dollars. Have you thought about using those to get a few new decorative items for your home. An easy way to have the feel good factor of something new without having to part with any money.

7. Dig to the back of your linen cupboard and pull out the towels that never get used, bring them to the front and it will feel like you have new towels for your bathroom.

8. The same can be said for bed linen, sheets, duvet covers, pillow slips, cushion covers and bedspreads. We often have more than one but forget about them stuffed down the back of the cupboard, clean out the cupboards and see what you can drag out, mix and match them in your different rooms and you have a new look! Check for throw rugs and cushions that may have been stored away, drag them out give them a dust and find them a new home and store your existing ones back in the cupboard!

9. Look in the garage for things that have been put away. Pack up things in the house that you have had enough of looking at, and swap them over. These could be floor standing lamps, side table lamps, collections of glass figurines, children’s crafts that you just couldn’t part with, and could provide a talking point now they have grown up, a stack of vintage suitcases that you didn’t know what to do with, place a linen cover on top and use them as a side table, similar thing with old hat boxes.

10. Paint the outdoor pots a different color, let’s face it we all have paint lying around in our garage, take it out and give the outside a revamp, perhaps paint the front door a new color, or the letterbox.

11. Make a feature wall from spare wallpaper, if it’s textured you could always paint it to add color, or just paint a wall and make it a feature.

Well those are just a few ideas to get you started. You can take on the challenge and give your home a quick makeover by using some of these ideas, I bet you will start to think of more as you get started. If you do, add them to the comments at the bottom of this post and share them with us.

Have fun!