Dream home

Tips to Install Natural Stone

2010-01-20T21:32:00.000+07:00

Install natural stone not much different from installing ceramic. But there is little difference. Here are tips to install natural stone:

1. Before installed, first soak the water into the natural stone. Because natural stone has pores that are large so that when the paste is usually easy go straight.

2. When will be installed on the wall, peeled random (wounded with a hammer so that the uneven surface of the wall) so that natural stone will be stronger against the wall.

3. Use the special cement or cement instant that natural stone will be stronger stick.

4. Natural stone has a less precise fit. Deviation measures on natural stone can reach 5 mm or even 1 cm, using experienced craftsmen.

5. Relative weight of natural stone so you need more cement, sand quality is good and clean water as the glue pasting.

6. Do not let the former cement on the surface of the stone to dry. Stone has a porous nature (sucking water) so that when the cement aged stone surface to dry, it will be very difficult to remove.

7. After installation, brush and dry stone surface. And then coated with a liquid coating. If surface water is often exposed to anti-fungal rocks and moss and shiny until half years. If the course will dry much longer.

Closer to nature

2010-01-13T22:59:00.000+07:00

With this condition, the only way to prevent the bad effects of all kinds of chemicals that the residents of the house is trying to minimize its use, study their properties, seeking and using substances or technologies as well as a balance factor antidotes adverse factor was the health benefit to all back to neutral.
Attempt to balance these two factors on a lot about the design of the house itself. And, the easiest way so you can remain healthy in the building full of hazardous materials that are returned by residential architecture imitating our ancestors very much in air and sunlight into the room, With the meaning of this traditional wisdom, the problem be slightly resolved.
"Arrange by increasing air circulation vents" said John and Lynn in the Healthy House Institute site. "Make sure every room has good ventilation, and if necessary install exhaust fan".
For a limited space, you can remove the plasterboard to the room will seem more spacious. With this condition, you can replace some tile your house with glass tile. Also, replace some solid wall with transparent glass walls, so your room will be bright in the daytime without the need for lights.
The presence of sunlight will also create better air circulation. But you still have to be careful with sunshine that contains UV (Ultraviolet), because several studies have shown the dangers of UV skin. To be safe, but still light and efficient, your home glass pasted with UV protection. Choose UV protection that is proven to be able to prevent danger to the health of UV light.
To avoid the use of air conditioning or fans for air conditioning, ventilation and other large windows, you can also design a green environment even with limited land. Plant fruit trees or flowers, so the atmosphere will feel comfortable and calm. The smell of flowers and leaves are usually more fragrant in the evening that day, will undoubtedly make its inhabitants slept soundly and woke up the next day fresh.

That you care ....?

2010-01-12T22:32:00.003+07:00

Others in Bali in Jakarta or other areas. Outside Bali, building materials came from the store material. Either where it came from no one cares. Including not care whether the wood was stolen or legal timber, whether it is contraband or ceramic tile official. Furthermore, very few care whether the building material adverse health, both long-term or short term. The important thing is good quality and normal price.
Whereas materials and equipment more modern homes and compare a variety of conventional homes. Among all this, not least that it contains hazardous materials, or at least the potential to be a nest or where the development of "creatures" health predator.
You know melamine, right? Who would have thought that ordinary objects covered buffet or kitchen cabinets to make it look neat and clean it easily contain toxic compounds used in the call formaldehind. Ordinary glue you use to attach the wallpaper to the wall of your living room into a beautiful, also, but not in conscious threaten your family's health. This glue produces a kind of natural gelatin which is in the favorite scopulariopsis brevicaulis fungus in humid air, and flourished tryhydride out of gas, phosphine, arsine, and stibine deadly.
The most popular and is a type of fiber called a lot of polyurethane material used for furniture, room divider, and the roof. This material allegedly as a producer of hazardous materials similar cyanide.
That new building materials which have become a permanent part of your home. Not to mention the tools of his intention of households to increase comfort like air conditioning and fan angina. Humid air from the AC will make the levels of carbon dioxide in the air becomes unbalanced. As a result you can get headaches often.
Floor cleaning fluid aerosols, as well as mosquito and cockroach repellent or pesticides that have become everyday needs, as well as joining in the midst of disease spreading your house.Read next post...

Environmentally healthy home

2010-01-12T20:03:00.001+07:00

Modern, sturdy, beautiful, and comfortable, that's anyone's dream home. However, be aware that without the inmates often disrupted health, be aware that maybe the call sick building syndrome.

To prepare a business building houses, you may be impressed with our brothers who live in the village Undisan Klod, Bangli District, Bali. Around 20 years ago, you still can watch them perform a ceremony with the aim of preparing and cleaning the wood materials will be made to establish a family home.
Preparation and cleaning was somewhat unique because the wood is not just the cut, cut, shaved, or carved, but also in prayer. Perhaps, you are initially only consider it as a regular tradition. As a tradition in other areas when a man who was making the house began to raise horses, usually on the mark with the binding of sugar cane, rice, bananas, and the flag on wuwungan. Or, start time for safety in the home.
But then Mr. Jro Gede Karang Undisan one resident recalled, that "clean" building materials is very important. Not just from the visible dirt, including termites or wood lice, but also of the impurities out of sight. Is not when in the forest wood is probably home to a variety of spirits that we do not know its nature.
Bali people do not want to take the risk, make the "nest of spirits" as a building material of their family home. Well, that's us in the siege by the creatures dong. They should be requested to go first. It was not until we are safe, healthy, and comfortable in the house. If not, maybe they will come, live, breed and even our home.
Result, there is rarely haunted house in Bali. And Bali is synonymous with all that mystical "Ghosts and the creatures remain in the forest, on large trees, or places that are on offer to them.Read next post....

Background and the room in the house

2010-01-08T23:27:00.002+07:00

Incomplete without discussing basic interior on a decorative arrangement of the background. That this background is not just about the wall. There are also floor and ceiling. The wall control the largest part of a room. Therefore, selection of colors to be crucial. In the room where to put the painting or decoration, usually white or pastel colors are still a favorite. As an effect of decoration, you can also use wallpaper, such as marble, leather, wood, cloth, paper, or metal.
Speaking of the floor, keep in mind about the texture of the surface. Can be smooth or rough, depending on where the floor is and what the function space. For the space directly connected to the outside, for example, it's good material selected by a rough surface, to conform with the natural surroundings and the atmosphere is more resistant to heat and rain. Slowly, it is suggested that further into the house, scrub the floor surface roughness in reduced. For the ceiling, usually painted with pastel colors or made more simple. However, there is no harm in also designed with special materials or desired according to the desired effect, such as for the children's room or playroom. If you want the ceiling that glow, can make it happen with the game lights.
Space planning further notice. Some are fairly crucial entrance, which is a transition area between the outer and inner. Impressed trivial, yes? Whereas, as a place through to enter the house, entrance hold an important role as a reflection of the room in the house and the style that will be encountered. Therefore, should set up a fairly dramatic decoration, but without putting too much furniture.
The family room is a gathering place for the whole family. Sometimes doubles as a place to have visitors if a house does not have a living room. Therefore, the family room very often as a forum to show off the owner of the house. If possible, it is suggested that the family room is a place with the best view.
Dining room, in addition to a meal, usually also doubles as a place to exchange thoughts, reports, and discuss the problems of everyday family. Therefore, the need to design that includes functionality, shape, size, and suggest appropriate, consistent, and comfortable.
Last is the kitchen. Generally divided into three parts namely the storage, preparation, and the cooking. Sometimes, the kitchen and used as a dining room. Kitchen planning depends on the needs and financial ability of homeowners. Ideally, the kitchen known for clean and dirty kitchen.But if not, should adjust the plan kitchen in the course of employment, beginning with the laying of shopping goods, storage in the refrigerator, cleaning the sink, preparing to cook, cooking, to put on the table. Flow that flows automatically to help keep the kitchen clean.
Well, it's a shadow, what will you do at home or layout of your new home now?

Color play

2010-01-07T22:09:00.001+07:00

Although the color is really only sheds light on an object to reflect our eyes, but when combined with illumination in, the result is a powerful alliance in the decoration. Any atmosphere can be created with color selection and proper illumination, such as joy, warm, cool, effects zoom in or out of the room. What is certain colors can make the occupants comfortable. Like humans, the color also has character. Red, yellow, and orange for example, with characters including a hot color. Conversely, green, blue, and purple, including a cool character. Applications Cold colors can create a romantic ambience. While the application of hot colors make the atmosphere more festive. Be careful, one can select the character to create a different psychological effect.

Color also know the value of the light-dark. The more white added, it will make the object or a surface look more bright and big. By contrast, applies to the addition of black. Therefore, carefully placed an object that has a value opposite to the background value. After knowing the character, it is time to know the psychological effects of color. The easiest way is to divide the colors into the several groups of green, blue, red, yellow, and neutral. Greens have a reassuring effect and friendly. Just as in nature, green colors are mixing good and easy to harmonize with the other colors. Blue has a calming effect, cool, and fresh. Usually used for sleeping rooms, where comfort is the need for deep sleep. However, when the blue color in the pair with strong colors, the effect turned into a warm-blood-ed. The effect of blue makes cool fit to match the sense of heat or hot sun. It also gives effect to expand the room.

Be careful to apply the red. This color has a tiring nature of the eye. Therefore it is not commonly used in the broad background. The key, mix with pastel colors; make it cool but not cool blue. Plus, even if only a hint or part of accents, red can turn any room. For example, in a living room dominated by white and dark blue, the red couch automatically become the center of attention.
Resembles a yellow sun. Therefore, if applied in small, dark room, giving the impression of sunlight in the room. Last is neutral colors, white or gray for example. Can be used as a complementary arrangement of colors or even control the whole room.Read next post...

Create Paradise in Your Home

2010-01-06T22:34:00.001+07:00

Comfort of a home not be perfect without the appropriate layout. Find out what you should prepare for home interior design.
You may not profession as an architect or not taking courses in interior design majors, yet it was not a hindrance to achieve a comfortable home like you wanted all along. Well, now that the house itself stood in front of his eyes, his time tinkering with the interior. Spatial presents a comfortable home will provide many positive effects. The more comfortable at home and might be able to reduce the cost of your spending for wandering.

Functional and artistic.

Principle, at every spatial planning, need to understand the function of each room is available in your home. It is useful to determine the preparation of the furniture in it. For example, in the dining room cutlery storage cabinets may be necessary in place adjacent to the dining table. In addition, there should be linkage of spaces available next to a continuous and harmonious feeling when you pass the room.
Second, about balance. If you want to paint one wall of the bedroom with striking color, the Balance of three other areas with pastel paint.
Balance problems are not only symmetric case. When the force rising asymmetric, may also apply, as far as your vision sensing balance. For example, you put a large closet in a room. To be consistent, try to put some other piece of furniture that is smaller as a counterweight. Balance problems are also closely related to the proportion. Goal to achieve harmony. In a small room, you certainly will not put the carvings showcase grandfather legacy is more suited in the place of his old building, is not it? This is to avoid the impression "of pegs instead of the pole". And vice versa, place a large furniture in a large room, too.
Harmonization can also be achieved through unity. This is evident when you take into account the placement of furniture, walls, floors and even ceilings so that when the notice as if there is the same on these elements. The red thread can be color or style of interior. However, could also seemed contrary to the unity, the theme of "hit-and-run", ie a straight piece of furniture that combined with bending or plain wall surface with a patterned, legitimate . Perhaps it is here, your artistry on the test.
The last but not least is the problem of traffic or circulation, both for people and goods. This is often the forgotten. You would not like it if has to go through a collection of chairs or around tables used to be able to reach the back porch? Make it simple might suit your needs.Read next post...

Beautiful Carport Design

2010-01-06T18:03:00.000+07:00

Overcome the toilet clogged

2009-12-29T10:52:00.000+07:00

If the channel in your home toilet clogged, do not need confused. Take approximately 1 kg of kitchen salt. Dissolve in a bucket of water, then stir until the salt was mixed with water and dissolve. Pour the salt solution into the toilet. Do not use the toilet for about 5-6 hours. After that, a lot of siramkan water with a strong jolt. Surely, the channel will return smoothly toilet. Good luck.

5 Tricks set decoration in the house

2009-12-28T19:51:00.000+07:00

5 Tricks set decoration in the house.

Set the decoration in the room needs its own tricks. What are they?

Many people are confused about how to put objects in the room decoration.
Placed itself, bad. Placed in groups, also seems strange. So no more confusion, just follow these 5 tricks.

1. If you put artwork, photographs or paintings on the walls, do not put on    top or exceed the height of the eye. Put just about 150 cm from the floor.    This way your photo or painting would be more comfortable in the view.

2. Use the ornaments appropriate to the scale of the room. Guidelines are    umumdi use, use 2 / 3 of the width of the existing wall to create. If you    do not have a big enough picture, try grouping several items and place    them close together to meet the scale of the existing space.

3. To avoid monotony, you should not put the decorations on tables and    shelves shelves on the wall were rows like rows of soldiers. The monotony    can also arise due to the grouping of things exactly the same. If you must    use the things the same, vary with height or size different.

4. There are guidelines that say odd better. So, if you want to do grouping    decoration, place the ornaments in odd number like 3, 5, and so on.

5. Keep in a group there is no texture or color differences are striking. The    best, group objects that have a texture or a similar nature.

Feng Shui Garden

2009-12-28T16:26:00.003+07:00

Park facing west or northwest.

West is the direction symbolized by the metals or metal, while the color represents the western direction is white. The park is facing in this direction should have several trees.
Tree types should be selected from fruit trees or tree form needs to remember ornamental. Yang, the size of the tree should not be so large that cover the entire front of the house. Scientific reasons the use of trees in the garden overlooking the west is, the tree will help reduce the heat of the afternoon sun or evening radiating toward the house.
Besides the tree, the other elements that should be owned by a park overlooking the west or northwest are a statue of the pair in the middle of the park. This statue should be made of white marble (remember: the west has a white symbol). But not just be on display statues in the park. Should avoid installing the statue that has a negative connotation or abstract form that is not clear. Do not also put a statue of a size too big so that it meets some of the park area.. We suggest choosing a size proportional statue.

The use of elements of rock or coral stretch of the path of stone slices will strengthen metal elements which is owned by the west. This is related to the relationships between elements in Feng Shui, where the stone that symbolizes the earth will support metal elements, as earth produces metal. Other additional elements that can be installed in the park overlooking the west or northwest is kelinting wind. Hanging in the wind Kelinting in the park believe will bring luck.

Feng Shui Garden

2009-12-28T11:54:00.002+07:00

Park facing east

Perhaps in saying that this is an ideal position garden overlooking.Garden eastwards will get enough sunlight in the morning, which is a ray with the best quality, both for the park and residents. Because getting enough sunlight, then this park is a very appropriate if the filling by bung-connection, because most plants like flowers and gardens require conditions sunny.
Flowering plants should be planted in the garden facing east is a plant fragrant flowers. Refers to the science of feng shui of the Chinese mainland, the example of the recommended plants are magnolia and peoni. Perhaps, these plants include species that require a considerable temperature of cold air to grow and adjust the climate flowering.Because in Indonesia could be on select plants other fragrant flowers like jasmine, pleasant evening, or Wijaya Kusuma.

As a variation, both also to plant trees in the southeast corner of the park, because in the southeast corner of the park has a small wooden elements. But growth needs to remember this tree should be proportionate and not dominate the park area.
Animal symbol "guardian" to the east is the dragon. Therefore if you want to bring symbols that represent this legendary animal in the park, then you can do so by cultivating the contour of the land in such a way as to create mounds of dirt snaking.

Garden Finials ? Complete Your Garden With Style

2009-12-26T10:08:00.002+07:00

Garden Finials, statues and weather vanes are all a great way to complete the look to your outdoor home.

Many people expand their homes from just decorating the inside of their house to also decorating the outside. It makes sense. If you are paying a mortgage on a yard and a home, why would you only decorate one part of this space and leave the rest unloved? Why not decorate all parts of your home, inside and out.

Inside the house, decorating is generally by the books. A bedroom will get a bed, dresser, nightstands and other pieces of furniture. In the dining room you need a dining room table, china cabinet and maybe a buffet. But, what are the decorating needs of your back yard?

If you are planning to create a garden escape in your backyard, you will need a number of elements ? furniture, plants, garden finials, and other accents that complete the environment you are trying to build.

When selecting the garden furniture to put in your backyard, there are many pieces to sort out to make sure you create a complete escape environment. While it?s nice to have chairs, benches and other places to sit in your backyard getaway, it?s also nice to have a series of focal points that you can enjoy looking at when you are sitting in your retreat. While flowers and planters are nice, there are other items such as garden finials and weathervanes you can use to add more impact.

Garden finials are decorative additions to the yard. If you aren?t quite sure what finials are, they were originally decorative accents put on the tops of fence posts around a yard. Then the idea came across to not just limit them to the edge of the yard, but to allow them to come inside. Finials then were placed on the top of tall poles so they could be put in the ground as an accent in any garden. Today?s garden finials come in a number of designs and materials to be able to be accent any backyard theme.

Weathervanes are another decorative addition that can be added to your backyard getaway. In days of old, weather vanes were as functional as they were decorative. These pieces of metal on open-rotating poles were a way for farmers of the time to be able to find out what was happening with the weather. In a day before television and meteorologists, they had to take all the information they could get from the air around them to try and determine what may be coming their way. Today, weather vanes are used more frequently as decorative touches in yards. Weathervanes can be beautifully cut pieces of metal that spin around with the breeze and offer a nice focal point.

While seasonal flowers are a great way to dress up your garden, it?s the final accents like weather vanes and garden finials that will create a backyard getaway you will love season after season.

Jesse Akre,author and owner of numerous home decor sites, offers online consumers his thoughts on purchasing outdoor accessories such as gorgeous garden finials, winsome weathervanes and a charming weathervane cupola.

Bedroom decorating ideas

2009-12-24T20:00:00.000+07:00

For many people, a bedroom is so much more than simply a place to sleep. A bedroom can be a refuge, a place to escape the demands of everyday life and a place to find that sometimes needed silence and solitude. Simple bedroom decorating ideas can help you turn your bedroom into a beautiful but relaxing retreat.
Updating the look of your bedroom doesn't have to involve costly renovations or major purchases. By creatively using accessories and smaller pieces of furniture, you can create the look you want on a budget. Here are our top five bedroom decorating ideas.

Home sweet home

2009-12-16T13:42:00.000+07:00

The house is ideal for everyone as a basic requirement. In addition to residential homes as well as a place where we gather with all the family members. Really happy if we can have a house as we want and desire according to our tastes. We can arrange decorations, shape and appearance of the house in accordance with our free ideas. Homes as a source of inspiration of all our lives, is longing for us today. Many people who have a place to live not just a house, but many also in the form of apartments or flats. This is because it advances the development progress, especially in big cities that are difficult to obtain housing land in the middle of town. So that the build apartments and flats to be able to overcome the density of cities also for the needs of the business world.