Sunday, January 30, 2011

Comfortable Sitting Room in the Garden


HOW any area of the park at home We, creating the living room to mingle with the family can still be done. The important note the arrangement of space to sit in the garden well and meet their needs.

As known, the function of the park other than as a supporting element of the beauty of the house, as well as a means of air circulation and excellent light for the occupants of the house. Therefore, in order to maximize the function of the park, this area should not only be used as a means green at home, can also be optimized as a comfortable sitting room nan.


To make it, do not need complicated things. Take advantage of the park yangada to be the living room to relax and adjust to the concept that want to build.

Usually the residents of the house makes the concept of the living room in the back garden because they want to get comfortable and relaxing atmosphere after a day of work. Rear garden is an area of the right to create such an atmosphere.

However, the park remains the park. Wherever located, the front or back of house building, still in the setting there are some things that need to be observed. The first, the land area. Size of park land will determine the concept or design of the living room like what you want built.

To build a living room in the park, owned land should be broad in order to facilitate when choosing the location of the living room. Even if the land was limited, could still be made but the arrangement needs to be maximized. For example, designing the gazebo adjacent to the walls of neighboring houses.


If we want to get a different impression, make a gazebo altitude higher than the floor of the house so it felt like being on stage. With notes, the user feels comfortable with the visibility obtained.

The second thing noteworthy aspect is its location. Generally, an open sitting room was built in the area that a high level of comfort and privacy so often people use the back garden to build the concept. However, there is also a rear area that intersect directly with the outside area.

If so, we can do is to choose appropriate supporting elements. For example, choose plants that character can muffle the sound, like a tree or plant ketapan beautiful violin, broadleaf, and trunked medium. These plants can also be utilized as a fence that surrounds the area behind the house.


When the choice of land and its location has been determined, it is sensible to consider his view. If it turns around the living room view is not attractive or less eye-catching, you can create one yourself. The trick relies on the concept. If the concept that want to build natural and memorable experience, then choose the materials are natural materials and create the impression of a garden and living room are not as far-fetched. That is, the use of material should be supported with a maximum draft. Usually the park will increase naturally if there is a water element follows other supporting elements such as sculpture or pond fish.

In addition, should the option not to use the garden crop plants. However, a natural plant, in the sense of easy maintenance and does not need regular pruning. For example, types of crops Bali.


The arrangement made sure his garden was neat and pretty. For instance, a good garden design is selected, the park must be maintained should not be maintained, select a beautiful leafy plants, and blooming beauty, and most importantly, its composition must be precise.

Another thing that is important to note is, do not get stagnant rain water for too long in the park. In addition to the park so it is not nice to look at, users can also lazy to take advantage of the sitting room in the park.

Thus, an important control basin was made to direct water to drainage. Another solution, we can make a few points to holes biopori. To support the dramatic effects on our sitting room, do not forget to note about the lighting. That's because the open sitting room is used not only in the morning or afternoon. On any night we can take advantage of his view.

To that end, should be made more supportive atmosphere with good lighting for dramatic and romantic feel. Its location depends on the area that we want to cover with light.

The light that serves to accent lights, usually placed on the columns or pillars of the gazebo. For example, we want to expose frangipani plant stem, then make the lamp light is shone into the trunk. Meanwhile, light, light general nature placed in the middle of the gazebo roof.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Cool house with a garden



One of the functions of the garden at home to reduce the amount of heat that comes into the room. Therefore, the garden can reduce the heat to five degrees Celsius in the daytime.
Preferably before the heat of the sun directly touch the building, we should desist with anything that could reduce the solar heat, and the existence of a garden in our homes is one of the main ways to reduce the heat.


Park is an area that contains the components of hard and soft materials that support each other. Park deliberately planned and created by humans as conditioning zones inside and outside the room. By presenting our garden at home will make the air circulation inside the house current. In addition, the park can neutralize air inside the house so the air inside the home becomes more healthy and cool.


Types of plants that can be planted in planting also varies. Able to apply an indoor plant or an indoor garden, live how we choose the way of application. Want to put a potted plant or other plants are planted directly into soil? The main point to note is, whether plants absorb pollutants and environmentally friendly or not?


The house is healthy and environmentally friendly penentuny one of the main factors is the selection of species of trees or plants planted in the garden. Plant is environmentally friendly that can be the lungs for the occupants of the house. Plants are able to absorb quite a lot of air pollution.

First, trees are environmentally friendly such as broad-leaf trees such as ketapan, violin tree, or a kind of family of teak trees in the park. The trees used for reducing the evaporation of water into the air. Trees can be planted in some parts of the house with a combined design of the park.  Other tree species that we can use the tree sri rejeki, hanjuang plants, and yellow palm. Plants include the most absorbing of air pollution inside and outside the home.


Second, the park should be fused with the lifestyle of the owner of the house. That is, the park that you create must not "endanger" our family. Like not using thorny bushes, the area should be larger, and do not plant trees that the branches easily broken and pulled out the sap.

Third, the protective barrier and is one of the elements to create an environmentally friendly garden. For example, if our house is facing west, then put the plants that can protect the occupants of the house follows the sun during the day.











Sunday, January 23, 2011

Comfortable Living Room



The living room is a very important part because the living room reflects the character of the owner. Reforming the guest room design with varying sizes is a challenge. In addition to deserving guests, the design of this space must be set for comfortable and memorable are not full.


Minimalist type homes in addition to deserving guests, the design of this room should be arranged in such a way so as not to spend too much room. Even for the sake of practicality for a small house, some people deny interior guest room in the house or living room function is often combined with other space. For example guests are welcome to enter in direct intimate family room. Meanwhile, other guests quite welcome on the patio home. For homeowners that is wide enough, this certainly would not be a problem.


Here's arranging techniques for interior design living room seemed neat and comfortable :


1. Do not meet the living room with furniture.


Simply provide two-seat sofa, one sofa single seater, and a small table. If there is more room to add a corner table. interior design furniture that is if possible lies propped against the wall for the room look more spacious.




2. The flow of air circulation

Laying buil interior furniture not to disrupt the flow of circulation to the other room.



3. Sofa Selection

To avoid monotony, combining two different sofas are very interesting. The difference here means different shapes, different designs, or color differences. To find the common thread linking the two, for example in the form of a matching color.





4. Choose the furniture in accordance with the living space


In the spacious living room with a limited, more suitable interior room is filled with a mild form of furniture, seats are thick, such as a sofa gives the impression of weight. But the selection of the right sofa can make interior design living room was not fully impressed. Neither with a large living room.


5. Living room decoration

To choose a small room interior design in the form of glass or a mirror for the room look bigger and not excessive for the room is not impressed full and messy.









Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Creating a Comfortable Bedroom


Rest is one way to cool off from fatigue after a full day activity. Not just any sleep that can restore the vitality of a person for the better, but quality sleep. Sleep quality sleep is characterized by a sense of shape when I wake up and all day the body remains fresh.

The benefits of quality sleep is to improve the human immune system so that makes us good quality in the future. Besides, quality sleep can hone intelligence, improve accuracy and creativity, as well as increased mental ability and emotional. Sleep quality can also rejuvenates the body's cells function and improve the function of our body's metabolism.


Some impact is felt if we did not get quality sleep or poor-quality sleep is reduced memory, concentration and thought to be declining. Lack of sleep also can lead to obesity or overweight. Because someone who sleep less tend to look for sweet and fatty foods. When overweight obese person's body will trigger the emergence of the disease high blood pressure, cholesterol, uric acid, and so forth. It also can increase blood sugar in the body, or diabetes.


Sleep quality is influenced by several kinds of things, including the atmosphere and a comfortable sleeping arrangement of space to rest. To create a conducive atmosphere in the bedroom in order to produce quality sleep, need to be considered:


1. Color Options

Avoid the use of bright colors that stand out. Colors are like that tend to be "invited" us to be more active. In contrast, soft colors, like blue and green, more "calm". Pastelle brown color and a warm, also could be an alternative.

2. Room Lighting

As with color. Eye and the human body also reacts to light intensity. Bright light, tended to make eye and body fatigue. For the rest, should set the light becomes softer. Thus our eyes are more easily relaxed.



3. Avoid activities and crowd

Do not let television or audio device lights up, as long as we sleep. The sound it produces, even after you are asleep though, can interfere with the quality of rest. After all, the video / audio on solid waste electrical energy. If you do need the strains of soft tones as an introduction to sleep, then turn on the sleep function on the equipment. Thus, when you are asleep, the device automatically turns off.




4. Choice furniture and accessory room

The mattress is soft and comfortable, the sheets are smooth and made from cool, will make you sleep faster. Place furniture and accessories as needed. The room is too full of stuff, certainly far from feeling comfortable.

5. Adjust to your needs and tastes

One important point in laying out the room, are the needs and tastes. each person possess different needs and tastes. Do not fall for the trends from magazines or books interior. Adjust the arrangement with the tastes and needs.






Monday, January 17, 2011

Energy Efficient Home Design



At the market sold energy saving lamps claiming. The lights are indeed valuable in the initial purchase of relatively expensive, but if we ever think about the cost of his life? Poor quality lamps must be more frequently damaged and require replacement, and that means spending money, right? So when shopping for electronic equipment, try to choose a really energy efficient.



There are several things to note before installing compact fluorescent lighting to occupancy.

First, we have to see what level of voltage (power watts) that we want to wear at each point. Then, we must also see it for what application? For a reading lamp, room lamp, or light the bedroom? So much power lamp mounted tailored to their utility.

Second, calculate the number of light point you want to use, does one light enough for lighting a room or need two or even three with lights?

Thirdly, we must view the location of the installation of lamps, lamp height dressed to be installed. The higher the location of the installation of lights will certainly reduce the capacity of lighting the lamp.



In addition to choosing energy efficient lighting, ventilation also affect the energy-saving steps you want to go. Because, building material with skin or pelingkup the thermal conductivity resistance value that will most greatly affect the comfort room.

Similarly, shadowing aperture, glass, as well as its implications terrace with occupant thermal comfort of home. We must remember the hot sun affect the temperature in the room through three different ways: conduction, convection, and radiation.

The selection of materials, design shadowing and good ventilation openings will have implications on the comfort and energy, especially when we often use the air conditioner or fan.








Sunday, January 16, 2011

Creating a Healthy and Field House with Attic


The attic is an area or space that is located under the roof of a building. Usually serves to fill the space that lies between the highest floor ceiling with a roof of the building. The roof is often used generally sloping roof. Attic easily recognized because of the unusual space with exposed rafters and frame corners are somewhat difficult to reach.


Attic is a good way to optimize and utilize the remaining space that is formed from the roof of the building. Usually, with a height below the standard, the user must give extra attention to the arrangements for activities in the attic remains comfortable, except when the attic just want to be a warehouse.


Given its function, Attic not only serves as a solution for homes with limited land. However, in terms of health, Attic very useful to help control the temperature inside the house. Therefore, this area is not able to withstand the air moving. Hot air rising from the ground floor of buildings will be trapped in the Attic thus preventing discomfort.



To design it, there are some things to consider, among them the structure and framework of the roof. Secondly it is important and the first must be considered carefully. Therefore, to calculate the structure and framework of the roof, we must know first whether the use of Attic space has been planned from the beginning or is developing.


If you've planned from the beginning, then of course many obstacles that can be avoided. Different if we had not planned from the beginning, the structure of the floor and roof truss construction which would lead to unplanned or disrupt the arrangement of spaces in the Attic.

Meanwhile, about the construction of the roof, we can use a lightweight steel roof truss for the shape can be arranged and adjusted. So, rather than a triangular piece, but stuck or triangular-shaped portal. The use of steel roof truss to create space under the roof to be more useful in an optimal fashion.



Another thing that is no less important note is the prevention of leakage problems and splashed. If we do not do, and consider carefully, it will cause many problems that would drain time and our minds. Especially for the latter designed Attic space and not planned from the beginning.

So even when I want to apply the opening or hole of light, preferably when the window that we created to deal directly with outside air or without the use of canopies, then you should use a glass window with metal frames or aluminum with a given crack sealant. Meanwhile, if using wood, you should select an adequate timber resistant to weather. For example, teak or merbau wood. Alternatively, it could be mounted exhaust two-way that serves not only as an air hole, also the light hole.



Currently the market is already available models 'exhaust' is commonly used in factories and issued with a version of the residence.

Alternatively, can make a gap between the ceiling under the roof with the able to stream or skipped by air. Finally, make a layer of heat shield or aluminum foil. Better yet, the aluminum foil that has a cavity of air in it to make it more able to reduce heat.





Saturday, January 15, 2011

Enabling the Furniture as a Room Partition

Limited land has always been a major issue when it comes to building houses. Various ways done in order to obtain a comfortable and functional occupancy. One of them is by using furniture as a partitioned space.

Bulkhead serves to limit or separate one room into two spaces with different functions. Bulkhead so important role in the home. For, through the assertion element and function space can be achieved. Bulkhead so important that it should not be forgotten in its design, among others, should pay attention to the aesthetic side, efficiency, comfort, and its needs.

Interestingly, insulation is not just a solid wall. Many elements can be applied as a barrier, including when we want to use furniture as an insulating space. Various advantages can be obtained, first to minimize the budget. That is, the cost is supposed to make the wall insulation can we cut. So we do not spend money twice. For the walls and furniture of the room.


Second, to maximize the dimension of space, with a note when furniture was made to move or shift. Third, for efficiency, with the presence of furniture space that functioned as an insulator, we automatically do efficiency. As the sealing room at once to make it as a place of storage of goods that are interior space. Whether its cabinets or just a simple limiting form that is more practical.

Fourth, we can freely creative with shapes, materials, and finishing, its function can be tailored to our needs, as we want.

While the shortcomings, if considerations negate the massive wall as a barrier only because of the economical budget, usually costs required to make furniture divider can be much more expensive than a brick wall.


In arranging the furniture as a divider, there are several considerations that need our attention. First of comfort, convenience can be created if we optimize the baffle can be appropriate and in accordance with needs. Second aesthetics, bulkhead arrangement should also refer to the design theme in order to determine the form of home furnishings.

Thirdit is no less Important is to determine the type of separator.. Bulkhead is wanted functioned like what? Would like to be moved within the meaning easily moveable wall or as a substitute for the function? Then wanted to partition high as what? What is the full height ceiling or below the ceiling? After a clear function and height, then we can choose the form of furniture that want to be a restraint. We can choose the form of furniture that will be used as insulation in accordance with the tastes and match the needs. 


The simplest form is thin indeed skesel character only obstruct the view at the same time establish flow. Can also other forms, such as TV cabinets of two faces. So, which side is placed facing the family room TV, on the other side can be used as bookshelf or display space overlooking the other. Other models are made from wooden poles are arranged in such a way and then combined with a mild form of cabinets, so it can function as a barrier moving.


Lots of furniture that can we create a barrier or partition. Importantly, our creativity in exploring the form of design should not be restricted.



Determination of character is closely related to the theme of furniture design and function of these seals. Because the furniture is part of the interior, it must establish harmony with other elements in the space. If necessary, it functioned as an insulation barrier between the two design themes in a slightly different space.