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Many tricks about how to make walls look more interesting, one trick is to use color to distinguish one wall. Typically, such walls are painted a different, even in contrast to the other walls. The aim, is that the wall becomes the main focus in a room.

Why is one side of the wall needs to be made interesting? There are several reasons of course. This wall is usually a pull view, because there is a wall area of other objects, such as artwork, painting, or other objects. Perhaps, on this wall there are also electronic devices for entertainment, like TV sets with the system sound, or a bookcase, or just a display of masks misfortune.

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The interior designers often use this trick so that the room was not impressed monotonous. Because we know that, if the walls of the room all painted the same color, we are not going to get a different atmosphere not? There are a few steps and tips to create a different ambience with color accents one side of the wall:

* Try to see the room you live in now, whether it’s living room, bedroom or living room. Is there any chance we can make a different accent color?

Wall Slices Through House
Wall layers of fresh wood will give a natural feel in the bedroom. In the example above, do not need to add a garnish or electronic devices

* Group objects in a room in a special category, for example, electronic and entertainment equipment should be grouped on one side, while the beds, sofas, and furniture other side.
* What color are your walls now? Cream-all? Or all white? Maybe it will be interesting to see if one of the walls were painted maroon, or purple, or orange, or a fresh green.
* Draw pictures perletakan plan room furniture and a new arrangement, as well as pictures from the walls to painted or re-covered.
* Could it be better to use wallpaper in addition to just paint it?
* When to apply: Paint or cover the walls with wallpaper, a layer of wood, or a couple extra wall of plywood specially ordered with a specific formation
* Assign a display of objects or electronic devices in order that ‘unsightly’, for example with the composition (arrangement) symmetric, or asymmetric. Settings are asymmetric means, there is an axis in the middle of ordering things on the wall. While asymmetric, more to the random arrangement of intuitive design:)

cute kitchen counter
Alloy soft colors like light blue, white, and soft shades of pink to the room, although the arrangement of glassware as accent:)

* Add lighting to support these different accent wall that displays the object or objects appear more beautiful, valuable, and bring us to a more cozy atmosphere like in the galleries of art.

The mirror is one common element in the home interior.
Mirror is able to make a space appear more elegant,
besides making room look more spacious. Then, what if your mirrors sparkle fade?
There are cheaper ways and easy.
Apply glass surface with toothpaste thoroughly and let stand 15 minutes.
After that clean the glass mirror with a half wet flannel,
or other types of soft cloth and not stringy. Wipe it clean,
and clean up the remnants of toothpaste that still clung to a dry flannel cloth.
Your mirror will shine again, just in an instant.

All the ancient ruin in old Majapahit that survive until this moment has a tendency to show details, like all ancient building in Java and Nusantara. Details have become a part of Javanese architecture and inseparable element of buildings.

Fine example, details in Bajangratu Gate Temple, with many symbols made inside relief. Aside of building presence that exist until now with some restoration, the temple is not only attractive from its monumental size and proportion, but also visually attractive with interesting corners even from the nearest distance.

Attractive not only visually appealing, but also attractive because observer can be triggered to understand many visual phenomena, like form, symbols, and details.

Buildings in Majapahit have mystical trace that is incomparable with ‘modern’ buildings, even the terminology would not be well known in western literature. And to ‘experience’ the feeling that happens because of the trace, there is no other way than visiting the site and feel the space, the solids and voids.

Valuable lesson from visiting the old sites is seeing and knowing how ancient societies build their building. Visiting the site also help us understand the space that may give inspiration when designing.

Detail as a part of Nusantara (Indonesian) traditional architecture is less used in the euphoria of ‘modern’ architecture, whereas modern architecture had been declared ‘dead’ by Jencks, and ‘less is more’ by Meis Van der Rohe had been ‘less is bore’ by Venturi. Detail presence in temple buildings become the main power beside the all form of building. This makes detail as an attractive visual pleasure aside of symbolism contained to give more value of historical information through figures.

It is very much a pleasure to know that detail presence is a bridge to continue tradition in modern context. Simply because detail is a part of traditional architecture (especially in Indonesia). And it is a pleasure to explore new architecture technology in detail.

That is why detail use needs to be thought as a step for historical preservation, simply because detail has been a part of traditional architecture. Detail in here is local vocabulary that become a part of modern construction.

This is possible as part of ‘infiltration’ of traditional architecture inside modern architecture, making aliened ideas as the side effect of modern architecture coming into a new level of postmodernism. Image from detail can be an added value of visual image of building, that will add more value to its observer. This because human is creature with emotion, feeling and subjective memory and a will to interpret space to form future memory.

We can not replace memory of being in a certain place, with seeing picture in books or magazine. Because all sensation related to space will only be perfected if the observer present in the space (like mentioned in the book “Merah Putih Arsitektur Nusantara” or Red White Nusantara Architecture, written by Galih Widjil Pangarsa). Even so, observer’s behavior will determine interpretation of architecture object. This will determine whether an observer will appreciate an architecture object or not.

From perception, there might be interest to temple buildings in Majapahit. The reality is, an old building can be more interesting than the new one. This is like comparing an old remain of the Majapahit with new mall building, for instance. Inside a mall, there are interesting objects that may bring amusement, especially because technology has been able to make new architecture ‘candies’.

By my experience, architecture and the existing space can trigger an interest to this kind of old architecture. Not like the perception that exist in the presence of space, meaning, symbol, details and other things. Of course, there is a difference of touching a wall that was made centuries ago, compared with modern glass wall. In this case, there is a difference of aesthetic value, and this will determine understanding of architectural object in different context, in other word, the ability to be interested in an architectural object.

In iconography context, there are many vocabularies can be ‘seed’ to tradition, or without being too extreme, a strong vocabulary of local values.

To bring icon of the past into present time is not impossible, for instance the one done by Renzo Piano with Tjibau Cultural Center, in Noumea, New Caledonia. This iconography brought new context of vernacular Kanak house architecture, creating aesthetic and beautiful new architecture that has a connection with local values.