Strategy to Light Make Over Your House

September 21st, 2011 Posted in home gardening idea
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You begin to get bored with the look of your home? Have more funds to create a more fresh and “alive”? Please do make over of your home according to taste as well as the funds are available.

We should not blame the ennui that is present in every human being. Feeling tired or bored is the expressive nature of man as a rational human being. However, prolonged boredom or boredom can kill one’s creativity and motivation.

Similarly, saturation of the surrounding atmosphere, such as the house (the residence), which will impact on the quality of human life.

Deterioration of quality of life by itself will pull down the quality of work and ideas that we can produce. Maybe you need to make reforms at home. Here are suggestions that some reforms can you do to make your life more refreshing:

Replacing Fences

Based on its location on the front line, of course, the fence has added value in improving the character of a house if they are designed according to desires and tastes of homeowners. The impression is created of people who want to pass in front of the house and see a fence you can choose from. If the fence is good and interesting, it will make people look directly interested in looking further into.

Tiny house fence design should not be too complicated and colorful. Choose the shape is sleek, simple, and proportional to the house. The size of a high fence, large, and looks “manly” would be nice and fit to house a large and extensive as in the homes of the elite. Because, although the high fence, but because his house is also large, then the sight of the house will remain clearly visible from the outside. While for the house tiny type, you should not use a high fence. Later the house will actually closed all. Select only the fence is too small or transparent.

Changing the Home Garden

As representations of nature park can you present to the house. You can bring the natural environment by creating parks, both in front, behind, or beside the house. Should select plants that easy maintenance and care. Note also how fast the plants grow and develop, plus how many plants that need sunlight and water to be able to grow optimally. Thus, you can decide whether to use a special gardener or not for its maintenance phase.

Changing the Frame

If the form you’ve seen the door jamb out of date, replacement of sills can be an alternative. Selection of the type used on the doorframe of a house can give the image of the occupants of the house. Is friendly, warm, and open or arrogant, cold, and closed?

To the extreme, you could take the example of a white door with materials made of aluminum and glass transparent, it will certainly give the impression of an open and friendly. Conversely, a steel plate without a cavity door painted black to give the impression of a sturdy, rigid, and closed. Impression of a sturdy and can also be created by giving architrave on both sides so that the door to appear larger than the original. Merging with other elements, like unto a wall of natural stone or granite is hard character, will help create a rigid and sturdy character of the main door.

Color Changing Paint

Color is one important element in our lives because of the color can change a person’s mood or feelings, creating an atmosphere, and increase the passion or spirit of work. As is common on the creatures and plants that exist in nature, in general we can choose to use color to achieve two states.

The first one to disguise, and the second is to expose, to attract attention, or highlight a state of the environment. So, in order to create a new atmosphere, but in a way that is most easily done and has a high economic value, change the paint color of your house. It is more often done if we are getting bored with the look of the house, but we do not want to spend too much.

Changing Facade Materials

As looking exterior, it would be good if you use materials that are relatively resistant to weathering. Choose a natural stone that has a porosity / small holes and hard character such as andesite, granite, or stone. It will reduce the possibility of damage, mildew, and moss. Do not forget to give the coating / special coating of natural stone, so the colors remain natural and do not easily fade throughout the year due to moisture and heat.

To view or exposed brick exposed concrete, should be coated with coatings. Similarly, the choice of brick used for the exposure is different from ordinary bricks. To view which has acian can use a waterproof exterior paint that can be easily obtained at the nearest hardware store. Not to forget, for a side and rear layers of paint are waterproof to avoid the pervasiveness of water that can cause damage.

For the use of ceramic, marble, or granite, you can choose a relatively rough surface that is easy to clean but not slippery. Choose a slightly better quality, so it is not easily damaged and faded. Better yet, if using homogeneus tile, marble, or granite that is relatively durable. All of the above will eventually be returned to you each. Apart from compatibility issues and tastes, new nuances that appear around us will always give a new spirit and nuances that are identical plus thick with things cleanliness, updates, also the creative spirit.

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Update the Exterior Paint Color

August 25th, 2010 Posted in home gardening idea
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Ideal home is not only able to suggest interesting, also has an attractive exterior design. Paint on exterior walls, roofs, and fences come play.

Each color of paint can create an impression that we want. We know the colors like brown, white, blue, green, and so can cause a different impression. That is why, determine an appropriate color for occupancy is required.

Take the example of tropical nuances. You who want a theme design can choose the color green exterior, or combined with a color gradation. While for the house is minimalist, the application of gray or brown. Soft colors are able to give the impression of a tiny area of the dwelling.

Choosing paint for the exterior becomes more difficult because of walls, fences, or roofs will often intersect with the outside weather and climate. One chose the paint, attractive appearance on the exterior of your home certainly would not last long. If it this way, the process of painting will be in vain.

In addition to weather-related, the selection of exterior paint must also consider aesthetics. You certainly do not want the facade of your home look unattractive because one choose paint colors, right? If the problem is to paint the exterior walls of your house is dull, do repainting could be the solution. To do so, is highly dependent on the wall surface to be painted.

New wall paint (aged less than one month) is different from painting the walls of the old ways. New walls are still filled with pores that can suck the paint. Therefore, to save the paint, we recommend that your new wall lining the walls with water-base sealer or solvent base of good quality.

Once coated, the surface of the wall will become more smooth, flat, and ready to be painted. Before doing the painting, notice the humidity caused by the wall material used as a mixture of basic material of the wall.

Instead the old wall, much less frequently painted, the pores are closed so sometimes difficult to stick to fresh paint and looks bloated. If you find that you want to replace the old paint with new paint, either with the same or different colors, you should first keroklah entire surface of the paint was peeling off the walls. Sand the entire surface of the wall next to the remnants of old paint worn out. Then clean with a damp cloth and dry.

Clean the wall surface must be completely clean of dust and other dirt. Brush base paint on wall surfaces. You can use a roller. It’s just one layer. Allow to dry approximately 1-2 hours. Mix of exterior paint with water as much as 10 percent of the paint.

Stir until well blended. Pour in the bathtub to paint. Dip the roller into the paint, then scroll roller at the surface until the paint does not drip. For the final step, brush the paint on the wall surface.

Use a brush to paint the walls or trim the edge. After the first coat dries (2-3 hours), continue to paint the second layer over first layer. Also, if you have a problem peeling paint, you can fix it in a way repainted. In order for maximum results, you better do it in one time. Exterior wall paint (exterior) that peeling occurs because early treatment is wrong.

Therefore, the final paint layer can not be strong glue. Actually you can do to prevent the peeling paint with no pretreatment before painting. Perform the entire painting process correctly, including selecting an appropriate paint. In addition, despite using a special paint exterior, we recommend retaining the base paint to paint the end of a strong glue.

Base paint also helps prevent attacks contained in the alkali-water mixture semenpasir (wall-forming material). Before giving the basic paint, the wall must be completely dry and clean. Paint the wall with one color should be done within a one-time execution. Before the paint on all surfaces polished walls, do not stop so that the color is no different.

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Cozy Guest Room

August 25th, 2010 Posted in home gardening idea
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The living room is a public area that is often seen people outside the household. Thus, the arrangement should be as good as possible so they can become focal points of occupancy.

There are some things to consider before you set up the room. The first is a function of the space, whether to be used as living room, family room or other space? Therefore, occupancy is comprised of several rooms.

If you already know the function of that space is a living room, the second step of determining the concept of space. Concepts or themes that were taken tended to follow major themes of the house. For example classical or Mediterranean.

After that, you can determine those things that support this concept, one decorative element. In designing a room requires a balance between functionality, concepts, and supporting elements are formed so that the space looks nice and comfortable.

Thus, application of furniture, decorations, or accessories in the living room area should be more careful because the laying of furniture in determining the comfort room. You must be good at determining the needs of the space. You do this by making a comparison between the furniture and the proportion of air circulation and light into the room.

If the room is small, it is better to minimize the furniture that you can eat a lot of places. Because, furniture that is too large or many impressive rooms would be full. For example, you can use the couch with the holder of four seats. The mount is designed for guests and the rest for the hosts.

In contrast to the living room in size, certainly needed the right quantities so that the room couch so not impressed too roomy. You can select a set complete with a sofa table.

Principle, to make room to be comfortable and appropriate, the important thing is how do you change a small space seem not to be too narrow and wide spaces do not become too roomy. That way, there is a balance in that space.

In addition to space requirements, you must also consider the character of the space in question. You do this by viewing the concept or theme that is carried by the housing.  Clasic, Mediterranean, or a minimalist? If the room has shades of classic characters, you can apply to the use of furniture and accessories are also undeniably a classic.

The main element is the interior walls, floors and ceilings. To get an impression of a comfortable dwelling, you should be able to combine these three main elements. After that, you can apply the furniture selection was based on three elements.

There are two kinds of walls, the interior walls and exterior walls. Well, we’re talking about this time of course because it deals with the interior wall of the living room. You can create a beautiful impression on dinding. There’s only painted using paint interior walls, some are using wallpaper. Wallpaper increasingly popular because of their use of simple and practical.

This wallpaper can be used as a differentiator antarruang who do not have a separator. To display colors on the walls, actually choosing wall paint is very easy. You already know the origin of the colors that stand out in the living room. For example, a sofa that you use the red, while yellow accessories.

You can create gradations of color by combining two colors so that it produces a lot of bright colors derivative. The colors that you can select and apply on the parlor wall. Moving on to the floor. Besides used as a foothold, first floor room also serves as an attractor.

To make the floor into a comfortable and unique, there are many choices of materials, coatings, and floor accessories. One of the carpet. Normally used as floor coverings, carpet, but later changed to the extent the function of an accent.

Carpet has two functions. First as floor coverings, both as a floor accent. So placement of the carpet only partially in certain areas. For example, the carpet is used only at the bench and coffee table.

Floors can also be artistic impression through the application of ceramic or marble-patterned and no. For example tile Dutch era.

In addition to containing the value of history, the Dutch tiles are also able to give the impression of coolness in the dwelling. The ceiling, serves as a barrier between the roof space and space that we use everyday.

The most common problem is the ceiling height in a residential or too low. To anticipate it, use an accent can cover the deficiency.

Suppose the living room ceiling is too high. You can use horizontal lines are useful accent to disguise it so that the impression of the high ceiling is missing. Vice versa, the ceiling is too low can be disguised by a vertical line accents.

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The Idea Modern Tropical House

August 6th, 2010 Posted in home gardening idea
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Modern tropical house design is appropriate for those living in tropical countries. How to build it in order to become an ideal dwelling?

Design houses such as what is your favorite? Does classical design, ethnic, minimalist, or modern? Although the design of the house entirely in the hands of the owner, it is useful when building a house, the owners pay attention to the environmental conditions around her house.

If weather conditions are there only knew two seasons, or the tropical heat and rain, it helps if the design tropical house combined with modern design made guides. Although in accordance with environmental conditions, it does not mean a house can be built directly. There are also some things that must be considered if you want a modern tropical home truly comfortable.

The tropical climate means gaining the abundant sunshine, high humidity, and rainfall is quite high also. Effects that can arise from this is that the room will be stuffy and hot if there is no good air circulation. As a result, bacteria and fungi can develop a less good for human health.

In addition, the wood becomes susceptible to decay and termites. Similarly, the flow of torrential rain and stuck in congestion and not concrete or puddled in the gutter will be prone to cause leakage.

For that, need to do some things to menyiasatinya. First, to overcome the problem of lighting in the afternoon sun, made opening skylights or light on the roof and upper walls. Can also be made a variety of window openings and large glass doors, make ruangruang open in the house, either park in the middle of the room or in the back of the house.

Another alternative could be the use of glass block and stained glass and make a void area of the second floor and first floor with window openings besar.Dengan enough so, the basement can be much brighter.

Another possible step is to organize and try to direct the direction of the sunlight falling on the building. How to create shadow effects within the room by way of trying to control the direction of light falling through windows or skylights into the building.

Then set the building back and forth in order to get the effect and depth teranggelap building facades. Another thing that can be done is to create an opening in the building and its effect on buildings such as doors, windows, skylights, balconies and wooden pergola and lattice below the canopy.

Alternatively could use the material with the severity of the effects of light such as natural stone, concrete, wood, and glass or metal. Can also do the trick of light effect through the dark building and forth and the depth of the building. Although sunlight is good for health, does not mean harmless excessive sunlight.

Because it needs to make a canopy to prevent glare and reduce tempias. If necessary, make a lattice of wooden or iron as a secondary skin or sunshading to reduce excessive sunlight.

Or try to make curtains or a horizontal or vertical blinds to regulate the incoming sunlight. It can also make the building does not frontally facing westward but is a bit askew.

To get a high enough humidity, make opening the windows or doors facing each other with each other. The goal is that there is good air circulation through the system of cross-horizontal or vertical. Or try to put the sunlight into the room directly, either through the wall or through an opening in the roof with a minimum time of one hour in order to avoid moisture.

Next, make the holes the wind well above the sill and the side wall of the upper air circulation in order to become more fluent. Alternatively, create a window of a multifunctional and can be used for two things. So, if homeowners want only light coming in, jalusinya can be opened but the wind did not go in, and vice versa.

Other steps, choose wood that are resistant to decay or termites, or by providing the layer to make it more durable. Finally, the issue of high rainfall, try to drain as quickly as possible rainfall into the soil surface and by choosing the steep slope of the roof.

Do not forget to select a tile that has a straight groove and depth so that water flows faster. Install the vertical gutters are many and great, especially for the use of flat roofs, can also be done.

What also must be considered is not to make a lot of jurat in the roof that makes a puddle of water and potentially cause leakage. No lag, attach aluminum foil that can help reduce the heat under the roof and can help reduce leakage. For exterior areas frame materials, aluminum and select wood weatherproof. For finishing the outside, choose wood with polish.

Do not use melamik because it tends to be easily damaged. Select also paint the walls are more resistant to climate extremes of weather outside as well as mold and mildew. It is ready to build your dream house modern tropical?

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