Aug 24 2010

Ethnic Style Wooden Furniture

Category: home gardening plant @ 10:49 pm

Luxury and simplicity in occupancy can be created through the types of furniture. Furniture models and materials can also give a different impression in each room.

To obtain the desired impression on a dwelling, the selection of furniture should be appropriate and in accordance with the concept of the building. For tropical minimalist house simple and minimal ornamentation, the right furniture is a practical and functional.

Not promote wealth detail. Natural shades and ethnicities for example, can be obtained through the material of the timber. By ‘soul’ ethnic owned, wood furniture appear increasingly bersahaja.Tidak simply unpretentious, for the sake of a sense of art, many people are looking for wood furniture that has a carved design with a touch of ethnic. The famous carving is carved from the city of Jepara.

Crafts carved from a town in Central Java is famous to many countries. Regarding the type commonly applied to wood filler room furniture, teak, Merbabu, and camphor is usually an option. For typical Jepara carving, although it was expensive, teak is still to be excellent because it is more powerful, durable, and easy not porous.

Teak wood is good with quality teak super 1, 2, and 3. To get a good teak wood, old wood becomes important things worth noting. Is the wood including wood species because of old or young age will affect the appearance of wood furniture that is produced. The reason is, the older the wood going to get better quality. Meanwhile, to see if the wood is old or young can see the diameter of the tree circumference.

If the age old wood, will be out platinanya. Platina is a kind of oil that comes out of the timber and serves to maintain the outer layer of the wood. Now, in addition to visible ethnic and strong, if you want to create teak furniture looks more luxurious with a glossy display can be used ambalo – a kind of tree sap that is processed – to create so much red wood color.

However, today, to make it shiny teak furniture can be coated with melamine. With melamine, other than teak wood furniture becomes more shiny, also makes you more durable furniture. Strengthening ethnic nuances in residential, wood materials are often used as a main ingredient. In fact, the selection of wood furniture which is aligned with other accessories to make housing more space forming berestetika.

As a companion accessory for wooden furniture, you can add a traditional form of batik cloth fabric or woven fabric, put kelambudi wooden bed, or accessory ‘smell’ other nature, such as the masks on the wall. Effect of yellow light from the bulb can be presented to give the feel of ethnicity, who want to present.

Regarding maintenance, ethnic-style wooden furniture is more difficult because it has a lot of detail and dent carvings and ornaments that have the potential to be a place of dust.

To clean, use a dry brush with a thickness and hardness that is sufficient to raise dust on the carving. However, charm is more charismatic ethnic wooden furniture in the residence, is not it?

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Aug 22 2010

Natural Atmosphere with Parquet

Category: home gardening plant @ 3:24 am

Floor not only serves as a place to stand. Display floor can also strengthen the design of the interior of a dwelling or room. Floor of many kinds of materials, so that could be chosen according to taste occupants of the house.

Floor material can also be aligned with the architectural concept. Not necessarily always ceramics, parquet floor (board) could be an option.

Parquet floor is of increasing interest because it has a natural aesthetic value. This floor also offers the convenience of being able to make the room is warm and natural. If you are interested in changing the look with a parquet floor, you do not have hesitated to do so because this wood floor suitable to be applied to all styles of buildings; minimalist, modern, ethnic, Mediterranean, tropical, and tropical minimalist.

However, to apply the wood on the floor we need to consider the pattern of the floor. This is related to material type, adjusted for the activity or activities in space. First of physical activity, determined what material can be applied. After that, to meet the psychic needs to be secure and comfortable chosen the most appropriate material.

Local wood materials for parquet type usually teak, merbau wood, coconut wood, wood sungkai, wood sonokeling, Bengkirai wood, and ironwood. Of the many existing wood, ironwood is a type of wood is expensive and somewhat difficult to find. Meanwhile, imports of various materials parquet oak, lime, cherry, walnut, or maple.

Parquet forms also vary. There is a square, rectangular, and triangular. Nevertheless, parquet can also be ordered specially, such as the shape of the curve or circle. There are three types of parquet, namely solid parquet (parquet solid wood), laminate parquet, parquet and veneer. In solid wood parquet, all parquet floors made of solid wood pieces with a thickness of about 1.5 cm.

In accordance with the price that is far more expensive than laminate parquet, solid wood parquet refinishing can be as often as possible. In fact, you can enjoy a luxurious look and soft. Unfortunately, for certain types of wood, solid wood parquet susceptible to termites and weather.

If you want a more resistant to termites and weather, you can choose to use laminate parquet. Therefore, the material was not of parquet wood (faux wood). Parquet laminate material derived from fiber that is processed to resemble wood, sometimes covered with plywood on the bottom.

Laminate parquet prices are cheaper. However, this can not be on the parquet-refinishing, and had to be replaced if damaged. Although not made of wood, because of technological sophistication, the motive parquet laminate can be shaped to resemble a bamboo motif. Which is a combination of solid parquet wood berketebalan approximately 5 mm at the surface with low-quality plywood or wood underneath is vinir parquet (parquet veneer). Parquet vinir finishing can be restarted, but not as often as solid parquet.

If at any time you intend to buy a home with the lure of the parquet floor, check the type of parquet and parquet when they are installed. If it is made of solid wood, the older the more expensive price. If the laminate, the older age of the installation, spend Get ready to replace him.

Parquet floor of this privilege is applicable in almost any home design or interior decoration. Starting outside terrace design, design foyer, living room design, design family room, dining room, bedrooms, up to home theater interior design. Because, in addition is made warmer room, parquet floors also become a symbol of luxury and elegance of a dwelling.

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Aug 20 2010

Home Grown Concept

Category: home gardening plant @ 12:02 pm

Limited land to make some people think shelter mengonsep them with home grown style. What kind of details?

Home grown architecture means that the building could have evolved or have additional space. There are two kinds of development, ie grow upwards or sideways.

Growing up means, we will build another floor on top of existing buildings. Usually for a limited land area. There is no other way except to build upwards. While growing to the side, meaning the ground that we still have ‘rest’ to be built, there perluasan.  No addition to the above because our land is still quite large.

Usually the concept of home grown adjusted to the lifestyle of their owners. Typically also, they feel the need to prepare the home for the next stage. Suppose that because there are estimates of family members increases or limited land. The concept is basically whatever the house is to be comfortable and functional occupancy.

However, in terms of architecture, home grown require “handling” is different. For example, in terms of construction. This is important especially if the home conceptualized to grow upwards.

The structure is not only a foundation that must be prepared to receive the load of the whole building is planned to be developed. For example, if we plan to create two-storey house, but the new one first floor is level, then we create a foundation, columns, and beams that support for the two since we first floor building.

While for the house to grow sideways, it’s worth considering the space plan. At the core housing, the need for major ruangruang priority. Such as for the living room, family room, enough room, bathroom, and kitchen. Spatial layout also needs to be designed as such. For example planning where stairs, toilets, parks, reservoir, and so forth.

In this case, the initial design factors are critical. After a core house is built, then the next house development can be done. If the remaining land is still quite large, can be used temporarily for the park. Outside view is very important. Raul Renanda suggested that the budget for outside larger exterior.

Make your home exterior is simple, powerful, and does not leak. Someday when there are more funds, the elements of “decoration” can we fix the exterior and slicked up. Different home grown “half-finished house.”

In addition to its exterior, the interior also needs to be addressed. However, the principle is appropriate. The concept could follow the concept of growing interior exterior. In a sense, more flexible interior space, can be replaced, modified, and styled with ease. Interior interior home grown just like a regular house. Can be adjusted with the function of existing space. For example the living room filled with furniture for sitting, reading, and so forth.

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Aug 20 2010

Know Your Air Conditioning

Category: home gardening plant @ 11:54 am

Today air conditioning is no longer a luxury item. From the cheap to a lot of helpless small watt on the market.

This time we will not talk about the design of the house, but more directed at the question of how should the AC at home. Recently, some literature has ever made a topic often presents a high level of comfort at home. But, be careful! Not all the information referring to the tropical climate. Moreover, different temperatures in each city. Even so, whether or not using air conditioning machines (air conditioner / air conditioning) should be considered.

The main reason to use air conditioning, divided into four factors, namely temperature, pollution, space design, and poor circulation. Whose name is the temperature that’s not necessarily. Sometimes cold, sometimes hot. Hence, more air conditioning is needed. At least the hot air can be cold. Room temperature also became the most common reasons people use when her home was in hot climates.

Second, pollution can also be the right reasons. Not only air pollution, noise pollution can be addressed by AC. Air-conditioned room sealed indirectly restrain the voices that came out and walked into the room. For example, if you have a house adjacent to the factory, in addition to air pollution, the sound of factory machinery often disturbing the peace. Another example, if your home is close to the smell of river flow or the house on the edge of a noisy highway. AC could be the perfect solution to muffle.

Third, the design space could also lead occupants to use the AC. Suppose you were forced to create a room that has no sides in contact with the outside area, do not automatically have access to fresh air. Another example, if you have a basement at home, inevitably rely on the creation of conditioned air.

Fourth, poor circulation. Expensive land prices in Jakarta, forcing people who inhabit the dense residential area. The distances between houses very close together. Whether it sideways, forwards, or backwards. Worse yet, sometimes the only air circulation from the front of the house. Because it is necessary to expedite the circulation of conditioned air.

Watch Care

In order for air-conditioning equipment to produce the ideal temperature and humidity, would need maintenance. One of them with clean air filters on air conditioners are a vital component.

For home air conditioning, minor routine maintenance should be made between two weeks to a month. The duration of treatment time is very dependent on the location of the house. If the location is close to highways or in crowded environments, light treatment should be done every two weeks. Similarly, if the weather was very hot. Because usually, followed by a lot of dust.

When the house was in a relatively clean environment, routine maintenance can distance is longer, about a month. The complete treatment can be done in three or four months.

Major maintenance includes cleaning all indoor and outdoor components. Freonnya pressure checked at the same time to determine whether or not a leak. AC treatment becomes a very important part to fungi, viruses, or bacteria do not nest there.

For hygienic, air-conditioned room and equipment was also suggested leaving small vents for air circulation. The replacement air can minimize the spread of germs. However, should the air hole is not too large so that the AC did not work hard and wasteful of electricity.

Choosing Freon

Use air-conditioning refrigerant, or more commonly known as freon also must not be indiscriminate. To use AC house, which is widely used is Freon R22.

Freon charging should be done after the air filter cleaning and maintenance. Never use a special freon to a car at a local air conditioning because of the pressure difference can be an explosion.

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Aug 20 2010

Saving Energy with Green Architecture

Category: home gardening plant @ 11:41 am

Alignment of human life and nature is summarized in the concept of green architecture. Concepts that are being promoted in the life of modern man.

Green architecture is an approach to building that can minimize a variety of harmful effects on human health and the environment. Green architecture includes more than a building.

In its planning, should include the main environmental sustainability. For a basic understanding of green architecture (green architecture) that is sustainable, including landscapes, interiors, and in terms of architecture into a single entity.

In a rough calculation, if the house is a spacious 150 square meters, with the use of land for the building is 100 square meters, then the remaining 50 meters of green land should be fulfilled by empowering potential around. Nirwono example, the concept of empowerment roof and green roof garden wall. Wall rather than concrete or natural stone, but can be overgrown with vines. In addition, our ultimate goal is to create an eco green architectural design, eco-friendly architecture, architectural, natural and sustainable development.

Green architecture is practiced by increasing the efficiency of energy use, water, and materials, reducing building impacts on health through the layout, construction, operation, and maintenance of buildings.

Mathematically stated, the consumption of 300 liters of water must be restored fully to the ground. For example, vegetable washing waste water can be used to wash the car. Or make absorption wells and biopori.

In terms of aesthetics, green architecture lies in the philosophy of designing buildings in harmony with nature and natural resources around them. Use building materials that are developed from natural materials and renewable building materials.

Utilizing renewable sources such as using sunlight through passive solar and active solar, and photovoltaic techniques using plants and trees through green roofs and rain gardens.

The concept of green architecture strongly supports energy conservation programs. Tropical-style house with lots of openings, formed to reduce the use of AC is also enlightening. However, it will not run smoothly if the surrounding houses are not beautiful. Aperture a lot of hot air will only enter and make their owners to install air-conditioning equipment.

Garden and yard in green architecture also does not just pay attention to aesthetics. With the food crisis, the idea could be a pharmacy roof garden or vegetable garden of life. No time anymore to make the park in terms of aesthetics alone. Vegetable Crops arranged as neat as possible, and then consumed by the owner. Some plants that are suitable for roof garden is a betel leaf, pandan vegetables, kale, and others.

People talk of green concept, but not jelly around with. Energy crisis arising out of human weaknesses in meeting the needs. Human awaiting the arrival of foodstuffs from outside the city. Tomato vegetable can be planted in the yard, not be the first choice. Prefer to wait for trucks carrying vegetables from out of town. Just think, how much energy is wasted.

A German company launched the product in environmentally friendly bricks. In fact, the product was not so friendly environment if the sea should be taken by boat out of Germany. We should be able to use the brick itself, with cost and less energy waste opportunities. Indonesian original building structure is already implementing the principles of green architecture.

In terms of interior design, green architecture requires the decor and furniture do not need too much, better sanitary ware, kitchen clean, energy efficient design, ease of clean water, area and number of spaces according to needs, quality building materials and construction is stronger, as well as water channels. To handle the waste bin, biopori hole can be a solution.

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