Waterfall and Fountain For The Small Garden
Exterior July 23rd, 2009
Gurgling sound and the sound generated by the flow of a waterfall or fountain never fails to entertain audience. Therefore, many people want the fountain there in the yard.
But sometimes, especially the waterfall cliff-shaped area that requires extensive enough. To you who have only a small area and small, do not be discouraged. There are ethnic style waterfall Bali, which is small, only about 2 m2.
Where is placed?
Bali waterfall can be placed in the front garden or in the house, or could also put “alone” without the company of ornamental plants. If you want to put it in park, put on the wall / side of the empty park to remove the impression quiet on that side.
This waterfall is usually equipped with a small pond in front of him. You can add ornamental fish or water plants to look more natural. Should be planted in water plants in pots and planted directly in the bottom of the pool. This is to keep the pool water does not become turbid. Sprinkle a small coral also on the pot, to prevent soil by water soluble. Read the rest of this entry »
Elegant Bathroom
Uncategorized July 10th, 2009
ROOM bath can be your place to relax and do a certain treatment. But, if you feel old bathroom need an update? That’s easy. There are three ways to give updates on your bathroom. Large-scale renovation or remodel the entire bathroom design, renovation part, or just use the furniture as a decorative element.
If you do not want a large-scale renovation, you could use a renovation of part of it. “Renovation of part were such as only change one or two of the existing design. For example replacing floor tiles, ceramic walls, or paint the bathroom walls, “says interior designer Maya Pangestu.
If you want a ceramic tile floor or bathroom wall a little different, try searching a different alternative than the old one. Ceramic wall which has a layer (glaze) is the right choice for your floors and walls because the layer can produce Antislip. Read the rest of this entry »
Color and Emotion Children
Decoration July 8th, 2009
Color and children are two inseparable elements. Of infants, children already know the color. Proven, they are more like primary-colored toys such as red, blue, and yellow color than the pastels.
Some psychologists such as Hemphill in 1996, Lang in 1993, and Mahnke in 1996, has been doing research on color and its relation to children’s emotions. The result, they admit there is a relationship between the colors with children’s emotions, although there are some things that are still doubtful.
Doubt they are based on the different human cultures on a color. In America for example, red or encouraging votes aggressiveness. While in China, red symbolizes celebration and luck, and calming effect. However, there is a universal effect that occurs in the world due to the use of color.
Color & Interior
According Anies Alkuratu interior designer, color is a compound of the interior. Quite closely related to children’s emotions. Therefore, be careful in choosing colors for children, especially in spaces which are often occupied by children such as bedrooms, bathroom, playroom and study room. Other spaces such as living room, dining room and living room not big enough impact on children.
The colors are preferable bright colors that can be optimized to stimulate creativity, encouraging, affecting a sense of aesthetics, to strengthen the power of imagination, and strengthen motor stimulation. In addition, children also have a positive reaction to the bright colors, like pink, blue, or red. Any negative reaction will be given to dark colors like brown, black, and gray.
Universal Color Effect
Red: dynamic, vibrant, stimulating, active, strong, warm, aggressive. If too much, these colors can cause anger, stress, impatience, intimidation, revenge, and the atmosphere noisy. Should, should not be used for baby’s room (under 1 year).
Yellow: the color caught the eye hard, cheerful, warm, and energetic. Color is not suitable to be used in children’s bedroom, especially for the yellow is too bright, because it can cause glare and hard to break.
Blue: the color that is most comfortable for the eyes, calm, safe, accepting, patient. Too much blue can cause the cold and make the child so passive. If you want to use the blue color, select the color is not too pale, so cold unimpressed.
Green: relaxed, quiet, natural, calming and seemed shy. Too much green, will make children become lazy, so to neutralize be combined with red or orange.
Orange: confident, friendly, full of joy. Orange in color can make a child’s room is always awake, so that should be combined with other colors. If too much orange, can make the room was dark, so it takes a lot of the incoming light.
Purple: can increase a child’s imagination and creativity. But too much purple can also create a mood of troubled children and cause children too want power.
Lilac: spiritual impressed. Do not use the lilac in the room the boys because it can evoke femininity. So as not to seem bland, match with black or silver.
INTRODUCTION
Indonesian territory includes areas that have a level of high earthquake risk among several regions of the world diseIuruh earthquake. Final data are successfully recorded shows that the average of ten activities tehun earthquake that caused considerable damage in Indonesia. Most occur in offshore areas and partly in a residential area (to see the event of an earthquake on this day click here or click here this week) In the residential area quite dense, there is need for a protection to reduce population mortality and severe damage due to shock earthquake. By using the principle of the right techniques, construction details and practical good the loss of property and the soul Man can be reduced. In this webblog, outlined the basic factors of the earthquake shock which then in describing the main principles to be used in building earthquake resistant houses. Read the rest of this entry »
Red Is Hot
Decoration July 1st, 2009
No denying that color is one important element of interior. Because color can manipulate large impression in a room, “change” in the room temperature; in terms of giving the impression of cold or hot, and most importantly can affect the emotions of people who are indoors.
Warm Colors
Red is a member of the family warm colors in the color circle. In general, these colors will give the effect of increasing the production of adrenaline, blood pressure, breathing rate, and your body temperature, in other words, make you feel warmer. Usually, the more powerful / old color, the more powerful effects.
If the room you are not getting enough sunlight or damp and cold memorable example, you can try to apply the red to the room was more cheerful and bright.
Alloys for the Red
Sometimes people hesitate to apply because of fear of the red room became too crowded. And the key is the application of color to combine with a neutral color group. So red is functioning as a room accent.
Here are some examples of the application of the red color in the living room and family room. Hope can be an inspiration to you.
Red Oriental
The first room is tilled with this red color is the living room. The impression you want is highlighted with a touch of modern ethnic oriental. To create the impression of ethnic, selected wooden chairs without finishing. While modern impression gained from a background of pure white walls. White here is the main color that serves as a “canvas” for the red incisions in the room. Finally, a touch of oriental obtained from knick-knacks that adorn the room.
Red homy
The room is ” The next is the family room where the gathering of all family members to chat or watch TV. The impression you want highlighted in this room is the impression homy, and the red color was chosen to brighten the atmosphere of the room.
As an elected seat two seater chair with a simple design lines. Knick-knacks that fill this room is not too much and all the selected menggandung red elements, to reinforce the theme color to the room.
As background, use light brown color of wood. Color is a softener for a strong red color. Neutralizing the color is reflected from the color choices parquet, color wood shelf and also in the chair.
