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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Minimalist Home Design

Home stay healthy and beautiful is the hope of everyone's dream, a good home can be seen from the exterior and interior arrangement,

Comfortable house is a house that can create good air circulation and can make residents feel at home linger in a room. A healthy home is a house designed with attention to the importance of health for the owner. Dream house is a house that is realized in accordance with the owner's dream.

Then the design of the house should be able to dive into the life of the owner, this needs to be passed so that the house can be occupied and enjoyed with a long time. So the house can realize most of the owners expectations.

Some elements which form the basis of a current design is the home of light, transparent, move-able, simple, multifunction and colorful, these elements can be born from anywhere.

The house with minimalist concept is becoming a trend.

The main concept of a minimalist home is actually like to add or increase the value of a room so that the resulting function more leverage without having to use a lot of furniture, artifacts, and accessories in it. So the room became more spacious and air circulation and natural lighting for the better.

Lighting or lighting is also very important in minimalist architecture. Simple-shaped lamps (eg squares). Also, black and white are very common. They are usually the basic color of a minimalist home design. Sometimes, the dark wood is also used for flooring. The roof is usually flat, not like a regular house. This is to further create a simple effect. This attention to cleanliness of the joint wall as well. This is another reason why a minimalist design makes use of flat roofs.

color minimalist designed home. Bright colors like white, red orange, yellow, and provide an interesting contrast and aesthetically pleasing design with the whole house. They usually take the form of vases, artwork, or a simple piece of furniture display.

Minimalist home not only in the form of outside (exterior) alone but also the inside (interior) is also a minimalist concept, the following are points to consider in designing a minimalist home:

Outside or EXTERIOR

Minimalist Houses usually have geometric shapes and lines who firmly. and dominated by looping lines vertical / horizontal.

Minimalist house has a large aperture, large windows provide a view out more freely.

The arrangement is also a minimalist landscape, the use of a large plant just as vocal point only.

Minimalist Houses usually have flat or nearly flat roofs.

INTERIOR The interior of the room or the minimalist

More open space / minimize wall insulation.

Interior ornaments such as the use of cornices, ornamental carvings are not applied.

Furniture is more simple, clear, plain (not carved)

Usually for a minimalist home to avoid the impression of monotony, using games or light (artificial / natural) for dramatic effect, game colors (2-3 colors) are also applied.

Some examples minimalist house picture:

Minimalist Home

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Designing a Wooden House

Wooden houses are special, when the evening was warm and when the day was cool. Currently the home of Modern Wood began much in demand. The desire to get closer to nature to be the reason. Presenting a beautiful natural atmosphere at home is the way people who live the big city to continue to feel the comfort of the countryside, to feel the cooler air, and natural which is currently more difficult to find, especially in the urban big design. We can choose according to taste us, there is a modern type, minimalist, java, asia, Norway, Europe, and America.

Of course we already know the basic properties of wood. Woody material as strong as concrete or steel. Wood even had many weaknesses. So, we must be very clever to get around. Because the end result of high aesthetic value, sometimes a lot of people could not help but be willing to risk it. For example, termites eat wood, discoloration and wood structure when exposed to heat and rain, damp, and others.

Some things to consider in building or designing a wooden house:

1. Types of wood

We prepare a timber with good quality. The selection of wood species is very important, we must be good at choosing the type of wood strong durable to weather changes, resistant to water and termites.

2. The foundation of the house

We recommend that in making wooden house, wooden house position is not directly above the ground because the wood will easily weathered, wooden floors and walls should be floating above the ground, by using a stone or concrete foundation.

3. Wood preservatives

Due to the nature of weathered wood that is easy and vulnerable to termites. To be preserved wooden house is not easily rot or termites, we can use paint, polish, anti-termite or other wood preservative for coating.

4. Care and hygiene

Care and hygiene is crucial in addition to health is also to maintain the durability of wooden houses, with diligent cleaning every part of the house is guaranteed we will be preserved wooden houses and stay healthy and comfortable.

Hopefully a few tips about the wooden house is helpful, good luck.

a few wooden houses image below :

Wooden House

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Designing a Child's Bedroom

The bedroom is a central area in the home for every family, the bedroom has a variety of important roles in the daily life of its inhabitants, therefore it must be designed bedroom design capable of supporting the role of activity for each occupant. Similarly, for a child's bedroom, which has an important role in his life and this is where the children will pass through infancy and therefore in building and designing a child's bedroom should be interesting.

To get a child's bedroom design attractive we must adjust to the character of the child, because every child has a different character, the daughter is different from boys, but in designing a child's room should we adjust for the child's personality is not directly formed in this room

Design of a child's bedroom should be able to give a sense of security in each activity and provide comfort in their time in it, is the important thing to be realized.

In order for a child's bedroom design meets these criteria, we need to consider the following points:

1. The location.

Since the main function of a child's bedroom is a place to rest, make sure it's not located at the house near the road. To avoid noise, audio visual facilities such as home theater, MP3 player, and the like are put in places far from child's bedroom. If the facilities are usually placed in the family room, it helps us put the family room that is not adjacent to a child's bedroom.

2. Avoid Laying Facilities in Bedroom Children's Entertainment.

Should television, play station, MP3 Player, and similar electronic equipment away from the child's bedroom. The existence of such electronic devices can divert their main activities in bed. As an example of television, it could be fun to see their television late into the night so it was no longer concerned with learning. Another danger, they saw an opportunity not worth watching impressions age children were getting bigger. As a result, they end up not disciplined with time and also easily get a bad influence.

3. Lighting.

Arrange the lighting in accordance with the needs of children. When children learn and play certainly require bright lighting. Conversely, when the child was asleep so he takes a dim lighting. It's good that we use a light dimmer can be set level of darkness and light according to need.

4. Furniture and Accessories.

Choose furniture and accessories are preferred by children. Make sure the furniture and accessories do not interfere with the mobility of children in the room and multifunctional. Avoid using furniture and accessories that could cause injury to the child. For example, furniture or accessories that have sharp edges and made of glass.

5. Colors.

Choose colors are bright. Or else by adding wallpaper

Designing a child's room is also different between the rooms of girls and boys, here's what we need to consider:

Daughter's bedroom design

Daughter is very fond of things beautiful, funny, beautiful and interesting colorful.Motif or floral patterns, dolls, dressing table and mirror as well as the dominance of bright colors such as pink is very 'girlie' and the feminine is definitely very appealing to little girls already started to want to dress up, play dolls with her peers.

Boy's Bedroom design

Imagination about watching your favorite cartoon characters on television usually be a dominant accent in the bedroom boys. While their favorite hobby or sport will look at the characteristics of furniture needed to store the objects hobby and sports they equipment. Sleeping room boys tend to reflect the strong personalities through their favorite activities in a more assertive colors or customize with themes favorite cartoon character / superhero.

Similarly Tips on designing a bedroom for a child may be beneficial to us all

child's bedroom a few pictures :