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The red light is not the favorite color of occupancy. In fact, if applied appropriately with the appropriate color combination, red-colored elements can be an attraction to your home.

Red properties that can manipulate the space, especially the small size, making it less favored. The color red can mean the fire, courage, and spirit. This color is also often described as something that “hot.”

Hence, this element has properties disebutsebut hot colors enhance the spirit of the human psyche. Only, not infrequently even the nature of these colors makes some residents are afraid to apply it. In fact, if you know the portion of its use, slick feel of the space would be created.

Exact red color applied to the living room that requires an atmosphere or theme of bright, cheerful, and spirit. For example the study, children playroom and workroom. While the bedroom is not advisable to use red.

Red elements can affect us for enthusiastic in learning and working. Therefore, appropriate when applied in the study and work. However, this color is also properly used in other spaces, only the portion should be smaller. For example, manifested in the form of paintings, wallpaper, furniture, or other room accents.

Shades of red can be initiated from the yellow or orange to dark red, including pink. Furthermore, more than the old red, that is the direction of purple and brown. The colors have started entering the wall color.

Color selection is very influential on the theme of the room. Therefore, the required accuracy in choosing the color of the interior so that the effects both for the occupants. Effect created by color in a room can vary. Take for example, if you want to impress a cold, then use blue, green, or brown. Because, the color? Colors are indeed often referred to as a group of cool colors.

In addition, the colors were also going to reinforce the natural character of the theme of space so as to produce a comfortable feel in the bedroom, or creating a relaxed atmosphere in the family room.

While groups of hot colors, are yellow, orange, and red, which can strengthen the character of the active space theme. Hot color this group seems to fit well applied in the dining room.

The effect was not half-hearted, is that it can increase appetite.

The application of red palette is not only true for the wall color, but can also dikreasikan through various kinds of furniture, such as the following sofa pillows.

Nature has made a bright red color is even used as an oriental theme nuanced space. You can combine it with yellow. Or it could also combine the red with neutral colors, like white, because of its lightweight. You also may apply the red color of black so chime impress firmly in the room.

To show the impression of a romantic, can be applied to the color red and pink as a gradation, and combined with white.

In essence, all colors should be used in a balanced way so that a harmonious result. Well, now you no longer need be afraid to turn red as main color of the room. Appropriate portion of origin, must have beautiful results.

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Bamboo trees are not only interesting when set to decorate the park. Slender trunked tree that also contains a useful philosophy for human life. We can find cheap bamboo trees in the surrounding environment.

Very distinctive appearance, leafy clump with long stems and leaves that looks like grass. When the wind blew, the sound of the friction characteristics of bamboo leaves emit its own. Trees can cool the house garden holds the philosophy that it’s either not known to many people. Bamboo, a change in “its form” slow, actually have the power at the root. One to three years, tree growth was considered too slow.

But, in fact during that period, the roots of the bamboo is growing rapidly so it has tremendous power. The growth of new bamboo looks significantly after four years, with roots that also thrives. In its fifth year, after growth of roots is completed, then the stems will appear.

Growing soared into the sky. The process of the bamboo tree of life contains the philosophical meaning for humans, ie, how strong foundation is necessary. According to the classification, bamboo plants belonging to the grass. However, bamboo is a grass spectacular. The height can be stretched from 30 cm to 30 meters. Bamboo is a grass plant is unique. Well, here’s the lesson. Although set in the grass plant, bamboo become different because of his character.

Usability and how to express themselves bamboo, making it a different grass plant. In the life of any background, we in fact is not decisive, but how we seek to express their own potential, no matter our background.

That is what eventually makes us incredibly personal. Bamboo trees also teaches us about flexibility. We seldom see a bamboo collapsed. In the midst of the fall of other trees whirlwind attack, remained rigid stand of bamboo.

In addition to its strong roots, the trunk is also able to sway with the wind. As a result, in bad weather and high winds, trees and bamboo can be swayed to the rhythm of the voice hissed out the wind. While other trees that have a larger trunk, just not the strength to face the wind ganasnya. This is called flexibility.

Bamboo pertained gramineae family, also called the giant grass berumpun and consists of a number of stems that grows gradually. Start bamboo shoots, young stems, up to adults who reach the age of four? Five years. Segmented bamboo rod shape-book or segmented. He’s also the hard-walled, and in each ruasnya overgrown buds or branches.

Bamboo-shaped roots and rhizomes berbuku segmented. Each book will be covered with fibers and shoots that can grow as rods.

Bamboo is a unique plant that is similar to the type of grass. The growth is gradual, but very fast. The tree has a tall stem. The leaves are like the grass has its own unique impression.

If we plant these trees in the garden, tropical shades will be created. Occupancy would have felt even more cool and comfortable. In Indonesia there are 160 species of bamboo. A total of 88 bamboo species of which are endemic or unique species of bamboo found in an area. All types of bamboo that has a different value for the benefit of human life.

In addition to housing needs and household utensils or decorative plants, bamboo is one type of tree that is very good for the environment. As a function of the best environmental conservationists, we can prove that whenever there is a bamboo grove there, certainly there are sources of water.

So many unique bamboo trees that we encountered. By type, there is a type of bamboo bamboo rope, bamboo shoots, bamboo Gombong, Wulung bamboo, Japanese bamboo, and bamboo china.

Japanese bamboo trees usually have short stems, tend to be rare or not clumped. The high too easy for you set up.

Author: | Date: August 24, 2010 | Comments Off

The existence of libraries in the home will motivate families to be more happy reading. Libraries can also create an atmosphere of eager to learn.

For that, need to create an atmosphere that supports and able to give comfort in doing the activity. Now the question that arises is how to create a room or a good library?

Some important things that must be considered in the present library in the house. First, the availability of space and needs of family members. Do we still have unused space or utilized properly? If still there, we should take advantage of the room. If not, we just use one corner of the room that was empty to be used as a library.

Reference such as this, whether we need just a reading room in the corner but is still associated with the activity of another room, or we really need a place to isolate themselves, relax, and concentrate escape from fatigue of everyday activities, as well as to store collection our family book. That way, we will feel at home writing and reading for hours.

Second, the location of the library. If we want the room can be used by all family members, should not be placed in the bedroom. Because it will make other family members feel free to come to the area. It’s good we place its location adjacent to the musala or workspace. Usually these areas are better able to create much-needed silence while reading.

To reduce the risk of moisture that can damage the book and the presence of termites, we should put the library on the second floor. Especially now that the rainy season sometimes has the potential to flood, especially in the Jakarta area. To further increase the sense of aesthetics, we can also put a reading room / library that has viewke garden or pond and fountain. This condition can add to the silence and the atmosphere relaxed.

Third, make a regular basis. Obviously you will lose the enthusiasm to read if you saw a room cluttered with books scattered and stacked irregularly. Organize your collection of books regularly through naming you have designed yourself. Is based on title, author or interests. Sometimes more often is based on the size and thickness of the book because it’s easier placement.

We often remember the size of the book than the title or author’s name. For placement on the shelves, then we can set up with a collection of his father on the top shelf, then a collection of the mother on the next shelf, and so on. Do not forget that the books most frequently read should be placed on the most easily accessible areas.

In this case, we also need to establish cooperation with other family members. There must be at least the listing of books borrowed, so do not blame each other if there is a collection that is lost because of someone else, or borrowed is not returned to the original.

Fourth, the furniture. Furniture that became the main requirement in the reading room or library is the closet to store books, chairs, and tables for reading. It is important to note here is material for the manufacture of furniture.
We recommend to the feet of hardwood bookcase used as teak, kruing, camphor, or merbau relatively more resistant to termites than Borneo. Can also be the timber’s give fluids or lentrek antirayap as a second coat before painting. For bookshelves, need not be made too high and need not be made too formal so that makes us uncomfortable.

Fifth, lighting and air circulation. For lighting in the library during the day, usually rely on sunlight or general lighting or general lighting. For nighttime, we can use a reflector lamp or director who can we put in a table or wall.

Meanwhile, in addition, we can use a downlight that can be placed on the ceiling.
Sunlight coming into the house during the day also helps reduce humidity. If possible, we can use air cooling to keep the room temperature so that the room is not too damp. The walls also should not be adjacent to a bathroom wall or the laundry room which potentially raises the humidity.

Sixth for accessories. So that the room feels more personal and homy, we can put things that have an emotional attachment with ourselves and forget the personal collections including paintings, family photographs, or other artwork. If you are lover of plants, potted plants can be used in order to feel more green.

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Bathrooms do not always have a closed meeting. You can try the open bathroom concept that relies on the sky as its roof.

Novelist Ayu Utami have a bathroom like that. A bathroom open to the sky and is often illuminated at night by moonlight. The sensation was so magical and romantic. Bath back into the past, where the outdoor shower is something plural.

However, memories do not nan fair teasing done today. Norms for adults are not allowed to do so at this time. However, for some people, there is always a justification for “violating” norms so that they are “desperate” to design a private bathroom with an open concept.

Ideas should be open bathroom in harmony with the character of the nation. The problem is with the Indonesian culture. Do they want to take a bath in open water
In principle there are two open bathroom concept. First, the roof is open, as well as the views in all directions. The first concept is suitable for houses in the area so dense horizontal view is very limited. That is, the bathroom shower was actually normal, but we open the roof and provided with a safety just like bars of iron.

The second concept for large area and gaze out in all directions. Bathroom as if made on the roof of our house. Or on the balcony near the bedrooms were upstairs. Sure we could use frosted glass or latticework barrier to protect the privacy of view.

Such an open bathroom had a surplus. Among them, the scenery almost every direction, up, down, left, right, and maybe front and back, coupled with the breeze blowing.

Bathing in the moonlight definitely romantic. However, bathing in the hot sun, whether good enough? Of course not. If classified as sensitive skin, can be installed in bathrooms, modern awnings can be opened and shut automatically. Or if the walls of concrete or natural stone as the walls are too rigid, can be replaced by a glass box.

Usually the bathrooms in Indonesia’s dark tuh. Yet the bathroom was the best light. Open bathroom concept would meet the need for light. Another idea is to choose light-colored interior paint.

Open bathroom concept in accordance with the nature of tropical climate in Indonesia, is also the issue of global warming. With openness, sunshine bathroom so that dry quickly. Also to be noted that good air circulation, so there is no fungus.

Open bathroom should not only aesthetically beautiful. However, should also consider the health of supporting factors such as water and air circulation. Water channels should be made as carefully as possible, followed by water consumption savings.
Dry bathroom is the best type and hygienic. If there is a wet area like in the shower, should be made approximately 2 cm lower than the dry areas so that water flows more smoothly. As a substitute for a shower or bath tub, shower Naning recommend usage.

Interior an open bathroom ideally not too much trouble in the process of cleaning. If direct focus on the concept of thinking back to nature, there is nothing wrong.

Bathing in the moonlight, foundation soil or natural stones, as he sighed over the choice of aromatherapy soaps and room fragrances, beautiful is not it?

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Installing marble on the floor material can be a symbol of luxury residences. Scintillation arising from the unique structure of the pattern really cute.

However, do not forget the phrase “do not know it is not love.” Before choosing to apply to residential, let us learn more about this natural stone.

Marble is actually not only be used as floor material. Accent wall, table, until the seats are also many who use natural stone is a metamorphosis of this limestone. However, as you know, over the marble floor of the favorite because, other than luxury, is also capable of lowering the temperature of the room. Excuse for energy saving as well!

Initially, marble so expensive because of scarce goods and depending on the natural results. While other factors are making the process itself that passes through the cutting, the selection depending on the type of motive that its natural resources, and finishing the end of the manufacturer.

For the differentiator, which is expensive and cheap marble comes from the selection system manufacturers. Grouping based on this class is determined from the patterns created and the scarcity of its kind. Although we used marble is the result of domestic production, could not mean cheap.

Let’s start step marble applications on your home. Starting from the stage of choosing, there are three things worth noting, the first is the content of the material elements must be balanced. Usually the producer dared to do the technical test of the product.

The second step by considering the texture. Marble with natural texture is more exclusive than the hand made. While the third step can be generated by looking at the cracks. This method is easy, you only need to look at the display surface, can not you?

For the choice of local marble, much has been made worthy of your floor. In addition to cheaper prices than imported marble, locally made also tend to be more natural.

Marble Lampung, for instance. This species has a gray base color glossy, veins white and gray-black. It looks fine without holes, transparent, hard, and is the type of crystalline marble. Then marble Ujung Pandang, slightly creamy white color (beige), white and red muscles of young, loud, too shiny. While marble Tulungagung, primary colors are red veining accompanied kremnya and brown spots. The characters are not much different from other areas of artificial, that is hard and shiny.

Next marble from Bandung. Same color as the marble Tulungagung, but he has a yellowish base and a blue vein. The last of Poso. Marble Eastern Indonesia region of origin is a little unique in greenish color rather than the kremnya. White veining and is characterized by brittle crystalline marble. This species is not so much on the market.