Care of the home environment
Home Improvement April 26th, 2010
Environmental awareness campaign has become a worldwide movement. Awareness about the importance of harmonious living environment for present and future is already understood by most people. However, put them into everyday life becomes a big question. From where to start?
The answer to these questions are of ourselves. It’s time to start with the things around us. Trying to care about the environment in which we live. Starting from the house through the personal touches of every resident who seems trivial but it can make a difference.
Most important environmental problems is rubbish. Largest source of waste is household waste. Every day we have the garbage, be it in the form of organic and non organic. And when we throw it away, it does not mean trash disappear.
Type of organic waste decomposing ability aided by bacteria, but non-organic waste annually take even decades to unravel. Some types even produce pollutants that have contaminated the soil and air. Initial step to separate these two types of garbage disposal in an effort to facilitate the processing of waste and ease the burden of the earth to extract the non-organic waste.
Besides the waste, the care home environment in attention to many aspects of planning. Such as providing good sewer line, has a water catchment wells, and there are quite a lot of vegetation. The contribution may seem trivial, but that is where the beginning of an effort to keep the soil conditions, ground water supplies, to tercukupinya oxygen in the home environment.
Meanwhile, in a tropical climate that demands a response design capable of utilizing the potential of nature.
Waste separation by type of feed the efforts of Meru-the easiest to do from home.
Cross ventilation is commonly used in tropical house to maximize cooling to room temperature as well as provide natural lighting. Installation of appropriate Septictank able to avoid bacterial contamination of water sources colli on your net.
Houses with cross-ventilation design or a good natural penghawaan not only take advantage of environmental conditions such as wind speed and take advantage of sunlight. These measures not only an attempt to save electricity for artificial penghawaan and lighting of the room, but also reduce the risk of danger of ozone-ac-machines for the earth’s atmosphere.
Simple action of basic awareness about saving the environment could in fact start from home. The issue was the effect of punching holes in the glass layer of the earth’s atmosphere also started from the decisions made for our house. Until one day green roof (green roof) into the discourse that needs to be developed in each house, as such, no longer there are fears that the city would be the lack of green open space and water catchment areas. Meanwhile, along with all of that, increasing the risk of water and soil pollution are also reduced. Everything to earth again smiled and gave countless comforts.
Furniture in Narrow Space
Furniture April 26th, 2010
Today, the land area available for occupancy is often very limited. This situation encourages intense collaboration between the owners and designers architects and interior designers to explore creativity in spatial processing. Consequently certain rooms were realized by a limited area as well.
Tricks and design needed to achieve the impression that space feel more spacious without leaving the comfort and aesthetic aspects of space. The first thing to note is the selection of materials that make up the expression of space. In this aspect of texture, color, and the proportion to be very influential.
The narrow space needs and design a simple expression of materials. Field walls forming a plain room and demanded to be motivated not flashy. Patterns that tend to avoid the ornament in the room by selecting material finer textured. By avoiding a large wall pattern and prominent, visible areas of the wall becomes wider.
The influence of color also felt very strongly, the selection of neutral colors and no flashy able to make space look more spacious and bright.
Plain walls with bright colors will provide space effect. (Source: Small Homes p.22)
When a combination of colors in space-constrained use one color in a different tone will produce a stronger field effect. Meanwhile, a combination that combines the complementary colors opposite color makes the space visually uncomfortable. Color selection is strong or striking also make more space narrow and dark.
Simple and multifunctional furniture can give the impression to the space field as well as improve the aesthetic quality. (Source: Small Homes p. 77)
Selection as a filler room furniture also needs to be addressed with the same principle. In addition, the function becomes the main reference when choosing the type of furniture. Limitations of the living space furniture requires a more simple and streamlined. Configuration type and setting should also be kept to a minimum.
His influence can be felt on the dimensions of furniture and expansion of space should be provided for circulation and movement in space activities. With furniture practical, simple, and sleek, space does not need to be met by filling the space can not work effectively.
Functional and aesthetic furniture also should not be forgotten. With reference to the election tricks color, texture, patterns, and materials in a narrow space, furniture can also be selected that can meet the functionality without having to spend the expansion space available.
Strategy choose furniture that adapt geometric shapes and simple detail that has become a wise step. Its presence also needs to be supported by a minimum of interior artifacts as a function of basic needs. This is where creativity will bring details unconventional design to furniture fill the room functional and aesthetic. Cramped living space limitations no longer restrict finally brings creativity to functional furniture, simple, and still have certain contribution to the visual aesthetics and comfort of the room.
Security System for Our Home
Home Security April 22nd, 2010
I am a person who cant really enjoying living with a housemaid , maybe I will ask for a housemaid to work 12 hours, as for working hours from 06.00 am to 06.00 pm except when there is time that me and family have gathering in our house. And if holiday come, sometimes to think how to get protection while housemaid only come until 6.00 pm, yes if I’m lucky, they stay at my place, but many of them also have their own family life, so probably cant stay 24 hours to watch my house.
I am thinking to put home security system , maybe put an adt wireless as I read on adt.com, can reduce possibility if burglar come, because dont have to install to many wire, and of course dont have to drill many holes on the wall. so dont have to be afraid if burglar cut any wire to turn off alarm that conected to home security system.
Now I am trying to consult to one of home security system company, they will try to research the position of my house, maybe reconstruct some window or doors. Hopefully can be done before the end of the month, since I am going for vacation for 2 weeks to canada.
Wish me luck
