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 mental 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. Shades 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 green 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 should 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.