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Sep 21 2011

More Life with The Natural Home Decor

Category: home gardening plant — @ 1:13 pm

Everything comes from nature and made from natural now much sought after, not least in the residential setting. Natural shades may provide coolness and comfort for the occupants of the house.

Who said something that simply does not look natural and beautiful? In the context of house construction, natural concept is increasingly popular. With more present in the natural atmosphere in the shelter, it will make us always feel comfortable staying at home. Fatigue after a day of work would be immediately vanished as he looked at the cool natural decorations in the house.

Rather than look for decorations and ornaments are too many knacks, something simple was able to make the residence look special. For example making a path with a sprinkling of gravel in the garden area surrounding a house or a vase of fresh flowers. It could also put the fish in a glass container or small kurakura placed in the terrarium.

This alone can give peace to the home environment. The key is to select multiple objects as a focal point (focal point) for each space, and you will create a calm atmosphere as well as sparkling derived from nature’s bounty.

To bring a cool and unpretentious atmosphere into your home, start by letting the sun is shining.

A window in the room like a pair of eyes to look natural atmosphere. Nothing is more natural shades of light in the morning sun that streamed through the kitchen window.

Beautiful colors derived from the unexpected nature, such as the color of the sun behind the leaves and the yellow of the citrus fruit or a big bowl of daffodils. The colors are the same modern and bright like something that you can print on one sheet of paper.

There are so many elements of home decor that can be obtained free of charge. As a piece of bark, twigs of trees, birch trees, or a flower beautiful white dogwood in large glass bottles. Even a strand of purple seaweed that is placed in an opaque box can show a memorable and unforgettable nostalgia while on vacation to a romantic beach.

A free object can look very cool.

It is recommended to explore the coast to get the stones are, roughly half the size of a soccer ball, to be a doorstop. Doorstop is a booster that is placed under the door. Or you can also collect seashells that have been damaged to heaped around the base of ornamental candles.

For shells, better if you own it. No need to buy on the internet or in a department store.

Do not forget to buy a small decoration like a real soap made by local artisans while traveling to an area. When something is authentic and relevant to the case, it would change the whole atmosphere.

To bring home the feel of natural grass can be established garden with towering trees on the patio of your home.

Outdoor furniture not only looks really nice, but it is really useful.

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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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Jan 22 2010

Green Oasis Garden

Category: home gardening plant — @ 3:08 am

Dwelling in urban areas sometimes seem barren and dry. The presence of hard elements (hardscape) more comfortable home environment atmosphere.

However, do not mean you should give up on that state, is not it? Section, which impressed the heavy environment can intelligently laid out by presenting the elements of the software (softscape) as a counterweight, such as plants and water.
As a result, your home will be a great place because there is a green oasis.

To make your page like a green oasis or a soft rug baby play area, especially if it’s not the presents, petite green plants. Yes, the grass can turn into a beautiful element with dual functions; enhance your home faces, the base stand and play comfortably, and provide shade and natural impression in the home environment.

This green oasis you can spread out in the garden or yard. No need broad. Page or a little vacant land can also be transformed into a playground of soft bath rug in a family neighborhood. However, keep in mind is the selection of space with the type of grass will be planted.

It’s important to do so the park does not look full of grass. He gave an example, for a small space, a suitable type of grass is planted elephant grass mini. Grass species has small leaves with leaf growth is slow, so it does not need frequent pruning.

In addition to the mini elephant species, other grasses can be planted in a narrow land is grass and grass golf japan. Meanwhile, for the vast land, elephant grass can be selected. Grass is often called elephant grass usually has large leaves with rapid growth. Therefore, if you choose this type of grass, need routine maintenance.

In addition to land use, intake of sunlight are also required to be taken into account. Minimum half-day, grass should get sunlight for photosynthesis.

The location is ideal to plant grass on the east west. The reason, the sun radiates its rays began in the morning until noon in the east, the next day until the afternoon turned to the west.

Planting media and the porosity of the media shall also be noted that the grass is not easy to die. Do not plant grass in the soil was too dry because the grass will die. The presence of large trees, also should be reduced because of the shadow tree will banish the sun toward the grass, which incidentally is located at the bottom and small.

If the carpet has been laid on the grass of your garden, care and maintenance such as watering, fertilizing, and pruning, should be routinely performed.

In addition, if there are other plants or some kind of weeds in your lawn, you should immediately be revoked because it may interfere with the growth of other grasses, can also damage the appearance of the carpet life.

Meanwhile, not all types of grass suitable for all land. Grass is the most “stubborn” because it is easy maintenance is a mini elephant grass, while the type of grass that has a high degree of difficulty in treatment is a type of grass golf.

The main thing that is important to plant grass is considered in land use, namely a minimum of 5 x 10 meters. In addition, the grass certainly should get enough sunlight to survive. The presence of grass in the park shelters will be a green oasis in the wilderness of the concrete jungle city that increasingly fierce and barren.

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