fix Goods at Home
Lighting and Electical May 3rd, 2010
Problem:
* Packaging of goods (especially electronics) that we buy often include luggage other useful only occasionally. Example: usage guide, driver CD (for computer products), warranty cards, brochures and so on product promotion.
* The limited storage space at home
* After a period of storing the goods, we tend to forget that we have
Observation:
* I just bought a USB extension cable, and realized that I already have it after loading the warehouse. Similarly, the power cable, USB hub, screws, electrical extension cord, and so on.
* Too much stuff stored useless years
* The goods are eating much larger volume than it should.
Solution:
* Dispose of objects that will never be useful:
o promotional brochure. Brochures totally useless, and when we need it, chances are no longer valid. In addition, for some products, the same information can be obtained from the Internet.
o Box packaging. Beautiful regardless of its form, the box totally useless and will only spend a lot of places. As an exception was the mobile phone package that still has to sell.
o Hint useless use. Some products have even trivial usage instructions, such as a USB drive or a USB hub.
o Hint use the print version is also available in electronic version. Instructions for using the electronic version of the volume takes far less than hard copies.
o CD driver which will not be useful. For example a driver for the USB card reader and USB mass storage device other. This year 2005, not in 1998! All operating systems already have USB mass storage driver.
o The primary legislation: Does this thing one day be used? If not, throw it out. This rule requires high discipline because sometimes we feel love to throw something after purchase.
* Dispose of packaging a CD / DVD that is included in the packaging of a product and use the album CD / DVDs to store CDs / DVDs. If there is important information contained in the packaging CD / DVDs (eg serial numbers), cut and paste that information in the album CD / DVD. Album CD / DVD has advantages:
o Eating places much less than for example the shelf CD / DVD
o More easily organized, so easy to find if needed
o Uniform, all CD / DVD has the same packaging. Unlike before, there is made of paper, some plastics, there is made of mica, and so on.
o far easier to carry.
* Having disposed of the packaging box, enter the luggage of a product into a plastic bag. Give the label on the plastic bags to facilitate searches in the future.
* Special for generic items, such as power cable, USB cable, ethernet cable, hard drive cable and so on, put them in separate plastic. This is to facilitate searches in the future.
* Insert the plastic-plastic into a box. Better airtight plastic box to reduce water seepage or damage caused by insects
Lifting Tip Your Property Value
Home Improvement May 3rd, 2010
Do you have a second home, or are planning to sell / rent out your property is a house / building? If yes, there are some things you should consider. Many sad stories about property owners who do not get rewarded in accordance with the expected value. In contrast, no less than others have a happy story about how to satisfy the yield obtained an owner of the property. Why can happen so? Like other commodities, the value of any property can be high or low because of many things.
Property location is the main factor determining the price of property per unit area. This is a given factor, meaning if you have a property in a particular location, then you can not change the value of your property based on this location. But there are other factors that you can optimize to increase the value of your property. The factors that can be physical in value engineering and non-physical.
The first thing you need to think about when deciding to sell or rent a house / property you are to know the best potential of your property. For example if the property is located in downtown, then you can rent out to companies to become offices. If your property is located in a pleasant residential area, you may be rented for family housing, and so forth.
Source: http://www.ibizschool.com
After learning potential, you can optimize your property strengths or minimizing weaknesses in accordance with the intended function. Suppose you want to rent for the office, it is necessary to note some things that will be the main concern prospective tenants / buyers, such as: access roads, gates and parking capacity. There is nothing wrong if you improve the pavement along the access road, or adding street lighting, or electrical power to increase rents mendpatkan / sell better. Of course you need to calculate / analyze the ratio between costs and benefits you will get.
If you expect your tenants to use the property for housing, the main thing of interest is usually the comfort and security problems. Comfort can be obtained from the cleanliness and spatial (interior) house. If you are a big capital, you can use the services of interior designers to organize your home so that has added value. If not, simply by cleaning and straightening and repairing small defects existing in the interior. If your property within a security issue, you can add a home alarm or other security devices.
In addition to some physical engineering at the top, you can increase your property value by increasing the property’s image through marketing efforts. Renting a property agent can be a bona fide effort to improve one’s image, because usually the image of the company’s marketers influenced the image of our property. If you decide to market themselves through advertising in mass media, for example, the main strength Describe your property with clear, for example: location just 500 meters from the campus, or residential location within 24 hours Security
Secondary skin concept (tropical house concept)
Eksterior April 26th, 2010
Imagine a bright tropical house, that is comfortable with shade. Shading devices like louvers is often used as secondary skin. Secondary skin concept for tropical houses has become popular Lately. This concept blends with modern architecture concept by complementing a considerable solution to deal with tropical climate, which also has an aesthetic value.
What is secondary skin concept
modern minimalist house secondary skin
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You might have read or know from TV shows about ’secondary skin concept’ or second-layer wall of a building. This concept is originated from an analogy; house as a human skin.
Biologically, human skin has, to protect human from many danger, virus, disease, and other thread outside the human body. Skin has a function to manage a relationship between body and outside the body. For example, if it is too hot, human skin will about them by keeping temperatures stable, for example sweat.
Human also has a way to about them to an external condition for example, by using clothes. There are clothes for hot weather, cold weather, etc.. Clothes can be made to fit our comfort.
In architecture, it is Known The concept of building as human skin, that has a function to protect the human body. Building can be designed, to fit tropical climate, from heat and rain, and from other climate related environmental condition.
‘Secondary skin concept was derived from analogy of human skin and clothes, and this concept can be used whenever one layer of building’ skin ‘is not quite enough to deal with climate impact.
modern minimalist house secondary skin
Sketch by Probo Hindarto
In the above sketch that I made, I describe one concept of secondary skin. Human inside a room is isolated by the Wall and glass. Wood louvers act as ’secondary skin’ to hold heat direct from the sun to directly enter the room. So in this example, heat will not directly enter the glass wall.
modern minimalist house secondary skin
Photo by Samoke (Eko Wahyu, SAMM). House design by Kamil Ridwan
The house is using thousands of bottles for secondary skin.
To apply secondary skin at home
To apply secondary skin concept it is important not to be mistaken with creating building ornaments, because usually, house facade will look more aesthetic than using just a single wall.
Many houses and more tropical skin secondary use concept. this is because tropical houses need more advanced concept than just a single wall concept. to apply secondary concept for Your Skin home consider these points;
When designing, observe the surrounding houses. are they comfortable enough? In terms of water freshness. humidity, etc. If you feel that it is not really fresh and comfortable, consider to use secondary skin for your future home.
If your house is already been built, see if there is a possibility that you could better the level of water and natural light comfort by adding secondary skin.
In houses of tropical areas, most secondary skin for buildings are made of wood louvers, steel, or other materials. One unique example is one house that was designed by Ridwan Kamil using bottles as secondary Skin. Other materials like bamboo, recycled materials, glass, etc can be used innovatively
Level of human comfort in tropical areas is quite specific. Consider some rather dark room is comfortable. How much natural light can get in to a room is one of play considerations beside water flow, humidity etc. Nowadays, often ate glass materials being used. The impact is higher temperature levels.
The use of secondary skin is quite similar to being below the shadow of a tree. You can imagine that being under the shadow of trees when the sun shine very hot is very comfortable.
Ethnic architectural style to the home – trends that have the force of the first trend
Interior Design April 26th, 2010
In these modern times, where daily life is much influenced by modern culture, we can listen to a trend that started a lot of architecture present in residential buildings, namely ethnic style trends. In etymology (language), ethnic populations with a common meaning in the culture, the ancestors or certain habits. In this case, ethnic architectural style is to adopt the local culture of Indonesia. These days we often find a house or housing design that carries ‘ethnic style’ as the prime force.
What is ethnic styles?
What trends include ethnic styles? Balinese architectural styles including the popular ethnic styles. This is not surprising, because Bali is a pleasant tourist destination and famous, and have the scenery, resorts and facilities are looking for refreshing many people. Bali always remind us of the resort, recreation, resorts, beaches and virgin forests with unique social life.
Trends in other ethnic styles such as Java-style, as well as local styles such as the home stage of Borneo, Sumatra, Papua and other regions have shapes and special ornaments that can make our home more unique. Trends in ethnic style is already experiencing a shift from the traditional style of the real in our society. If we include modern people with modern lifestyles, we tend to use design with a modern design approach.
What kind of modern design in homes that? Well, first I want to compare it with the traditional home design. Have you recall, you probably never go to a place in the village and visit the house that looks traditional enough? Usually houses still adhere didesa customs in managing the home. Such as the living room to the front, the kitchen should be behind. Marquee welcomed visitors who came to the house. This is called the hierarchy, or sequence of spaces that are always used by homes whose residents still adhere to customs.
The houses are designed with ‘approach’ typically modern hierarchies no longer hold as traditional houses, even the arrangement of the space is free. Spaces constructed only when needed, and there is no obligation placed on the spaces where. The kitchen could be in front, behind the bedroom could own, not the bathroom to hide, even become part of modern lifestyle.
In modern home design; kitchen could be in the front of the house
Because the principle of ‘form follows function’, a cool expressed as a ‘form follow function’ expressed by renowned modern architect Louis Sullivan, the kitchen can be the front house, because the choice of the occupants of the house. Modern lifestyle that requires rapid, practical and functional allows things like; kitchen should be in front. Imagine a situation: for example you are all busy families. The father had to work, her mother worked too, the kids busy school or college. So the morning is the most busy time, and the breakfast had to be made quickly, so that finally placed in front of the kitchen.
This is just one example of how the modern lifestyle now can affect the way we live and ultimately affect the design of our homes. Actually, many other examples, such as starting a lot of people no longer need a living room, because the land the house is narrow and they rarely receive visitors.
Adopting ethnic style in a modern house
Ethnic style later adopted in homes today as a style of architecture, such as ‘Java-style house’, ‘Bali-style house’, and so on. This means; arrangement and design of house plans are still adhering to the needs of modern life (space-space functionally arranged, simple, and follow the requirements), while adopting the style of a traditional house; that a new genre emerged in residential architecture, ie, house ethnic style
Ethnic-themed furniture, which is unique in our house.
(photo; Probo Hindarto, astudio)
Ethnic-themed statues like this can also be a very interesting elements to beautify our homes.
(photo; Probo Hindarto, astudio)
Ethnic style does not have to appear in full in the residence. Many people think; display accessories and ornaments ethnic-themed home decorations also support an ethnic style. For example, we happen to have a minimalist style house, and when we walk in Borneo, we find an ethnic-style statues that seemed interesting. Then we were bought and displayed in our house minimalist, this means we’ve tried to integrate ethnic styles with a modern style. Various accessories and ethnic-style jewelry are now widely seen, such as ethnic-style paintings, statues ethnic theme, such as statues of Java, Asmat statue, and so on. Also fabric elements, such as batik, traditional fabrics can also be used as an accent, for example, put it in place of a painting, or used as a tablecloth, put on the back of the chair as an accent, and so on.
Ethnic style even more profound, can be applied to the ornament or decoration of the house. For example we like ornaments or decorations on a typical wood Sumatra, and then we apply it to the wood of our homes, as in lisplank (wood under the roof), timber on the porch supports, and so on. Ornaments or decorations can be applied more freely.
Conformity with the modern lifestyle
Does ethnic style with modern life? Actually, if we sort out these ethnic styles back from the daily life in the homeland, of course, quite appropriate, we use ethnic style. The reason is because we are still people in Indonesia are proud of our tradition. Shows that we are still ‘the Indonesia’, although we have a modern enough.
Vases like this, which still has a ’sense of ethnic’ can be combined with the sweet with the modern-style house
(photo; Iyal Fahri, SAMM)
This means we are still happy and has the identity as an Indonesian. Moreover, we do not have to wear ethnic style ‘heavy’ is not it? The things that light-light just as a unique decorative painting themed ethnic or ethnic-themed sculpture could be a very interesting display in a room in our house, like the foyer, living room, bedrooms, and so on.
Selecting Tip Town House
Home Improvement April 26th, 2010
Choosing a town house or home port must be done carefully lest the price was comparable to that obtained satisfaction. For that there are a few tips to keep in mind when going to buy a town house.
1. Observe the location, be sure about the location of the facility is in compliance requirements such as schools, hospitals, and commercial centers.
2. Make sure the environment is safe and does not flood.
3. Usually sold homes pivot, so it is important to consider its development track record.
4. As far as possible be noted also the suitability of building materials used in the early specification. Should ask for a guarantee of at least six months of home warranty from interference leaking, cracking, etc..
5. Make sure that the facilities provided in the town house developer.
6. Make sure the certificate has broken ground. This is to avoid the developer who made the land certificates as collateral in the bank. This is to avoid problems at home behind the name has been paid.
