Flounderville Home Improvement

Reduce the use of material potentially damaging to the environment or reducing waste (reduction), reuse of unused goods (reuse), recycling of used goods that can not be new, useful items (recycle).

Then, refusing to buy goods that will end up as waste or can damage the environment (refuse), and repairing the goods to be used again (repair).

Smart Shopping
When shopping, purchase and use recycled products are already widely available at affordable prices.

Do not forget to always be willing to cloth bags for shopping, instead of using plastic that takes hundreds of years penguraiannya time.

Water Conservation
R 5 can also be done on the water. Use as needed only (reduction) for example, reuse of used water is still clean enough for other purposes.

Like watering the plants (reuse), recycling the water for other needs (recycle), replenishing ground water supplies with water absorption wells or holes biopori (recharge), and encourages the improvement of water sources like springs, there, the river (recovery) .

Day-to-day do not forget close the tap when not needed. Conserve water when washing hands and washing glasses / plates, to select dual flush toilets, water fountains bersensor pairs, always spent the water we drink, and make the recharge wells in the yard.

Skilled Electrical

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Use power-saving electronic products, turn off the lights when daylight is necessary or is not, turn off computer equipment when not in use.

Do not leave electrical equipment on standby because the electricity was still unused.
Notice of opening doors, windows, opening roof (skylights), and the vent in the house.

Would have crossed each other so that air circulation in the room feel fresh and bright throughout the day.
If not, do a little renovation, make openings so that air and light flowing smoothly.

Green Land
1. If the environment does not shady dirindangi large trees, create a park. And, planting trees in the yard or if the narrow yard, plant the front of the house in the green belt. Try facing spaces in the park and decorate with beautiful potted plants.

2. Plant a tree as best and as much as possible. Trees are the lungs of nature that produce oxygen to breathe.
These activities can be conducted with the entire family. Record the results of activities, joint evaluation of what is less successful, refine and improve an already successful. Do not hesitate, transmit it to the neighbors green events around, so the celebration of Earth Day was not passed in vain.

One trend that is now popular is the concept of a fenced house plants. Besides beauty, there are many types of plants provide other benefits, such as medication.

The fence is intended as a barrier. Barrier between the owner of the house or yard that one with another owner. Therefore, each home to build the fence according to taste and individual needs. There is a magnificent wall, there is also a rigid form of fencing and solid iron. There is also a combination of walls and iron, giving the impression of solid. The reason to make such fence, among others, for the sake of safety factors, and reasons related to social status. Fences will be a magnificent and luxurious home owners to lift the title as a modern person.

However, now began to appear movement back to nature. All-natural. All-natural. Beautiful charm. Environmentally friendly. And one of its form is the creation of the hedgerows. What’s interesting? In addition to natural and cool, beautiful hedgerows also artistic impression. After the shoots grow leaves, plants and then regulated and trimmed to form the “building” beautiful. There is also a hedgerow blossoms, blooms, so lively and energetic impression.

In fact, our ancestors actually been practicing making the hedge, not only understood its beauty, but more as a material alternative treatments. Javanese past due, for example, like planting beluntas as hedgerows. Everyone knows, beluntas can also be used for vegetable and traditional healing. Sundanese, for example, have a tradition of planting a hedge of red HANJUANG. And HANJUANG red “trusted” as a starting plant repellent reinforcements evil spirits.

Select Small Seeds
How to plant a hedgerow? Hoe the soil as deep as 20 cm and the shape of the planting hole, depending on your taste. It can be made as simple as elongated rectangles, or cut but cubes or hexagons connecting, for example. Let the planting hole is open about two weeks, while the soil as much organic fertilizer cangkulan 2-4 kg/m2, also 30 grams of NPK (15 15-125) / m2. Or urea, TSP and KCL 10 g/m2 respectively. after two weeks, which are fertilized soil cangkulan is inserted back into the planting hole, then leave again for two weeks.

Next, select seeds from plants to be grown. We recommend that you select the seeds that are still smaller than the already large. Make a small hole, and enter the seed. Press the soil around the base of seedlings, seedling give stake and tie it at stake. Afterwards, wet flush.

In order to grow lush hedgerows, should be given fertilizer every month. To fence flowering plants, use fertilizers NSK (15 25-15) the content of his P-high. While for leafy hedges, use of NPK fertilizer (25 15-15) that its high nitrogen content. In addition to fertilizing, watering to do well, especially in the dry season could be watered two times morning and afternoon.

Shaving-Shaving
Beauty hedgerows can also be obtained through pruning, namely activity-shave shaving plant stems and leaves. Lazy pruning, the plants will not grow up poor crosswise and add to the impression ungodly mess. Original purpose to create beauty, bsia-could produce the opposite, unkempt slob.

Why should it be shaved? First, that is always growing new shoots, and make a leafy plants regularly. The second is to get the beautiful shape of hedges, neat and healthy. Pruning should be done at least two weeks or three weeks. Do not be too long (over 1 month), because in addition to more difficult to cut, is also difficult to establish plants.

How to tip prune is right? Prepare two pieces of bamboo and rope. Plug bamboo fence on the ends of the plant. Tie raffia in a bamboo fence next to the plants with high end depending on the tastes and needs, then withdrawn and the rope tied around the bamboo, which is located at the other. Behold the limit stretch of the rope. And that’s where you can shave the plant. So forth. Easy is not it?

The house and garden is a community cultural reinterpretation of nature and life where she lived. Home is where we rest homes, socializing, family, and worship. Park is a reflection of natural energy, and energy is the source of life. So, if the house and the garden is designed as a harmonious life will give energy to the occupants.

The concept of minimalist home and garden dedicated to increasing the value of an entire room (exterior and interior) by reducing the excess of everything in the room. Minimalist philosophy represents a practical way of life, dynamic, concise, effective, and efficient, which is applied in all aspects of life including house building architecture, interior space and exterior gardens. Collaboration minimalist house and garden became the medium of communication between the architecture and landscaping in the form of contrast, hard-soft, stiff, soft, dead-alive, geometric, dynamic, and between man-made (cultural) and nature.

Minimalist eliminate saturation with the use of many decorative ornaments, knick-knacks accessories. Character and quality of spaces created by the existence of space defined itself, not by the furniture and accessory knick-knacks in it. Space becomes felt relieved (empty, immortality, meditative atmosphere) according to the primary needs of residents, to optimize the circulation of healthy fresh air, and lighting is abundant sunshine (rich colors).

Natural light from windows, doors, walls transparent (stained glass, glassblock), or skylights, shade trees, plants and paving composition, will present an appropriate image objects from sunlight reflected off the walls as a natural aesthetic separate elements. While the game system very artistic lights, spotlights good, light plant, to the chandelier with geometric shapes, can liven the evening.

It must be understood, the concept of Western and Eastern minimalism is somewhat different. Western minimalist concept of rational functional tends to a greater emphasis on the function of space and material honesty of expression. While the concept was strongly influenced East minimalist Zen-Buddhist philosophy that emphasizes simplicity, harmony, efficient, and effective, and symbolizes the emptiness and silence (spiritual values) for each space created a clear, plain, and clear, so the space can be lived greatness of the Creator. Being a natural minimalist.

Geometric patterns, proportionate, effective, efficient, neutral colors, and natural (the impression of relief and field), pure colors (primary), the representation of nature (plants, contour shape, the element of water), raw materials without excessive finishing (impression of quiet, gentle , pure, pure, innocent), texture, and contrast. Quality home and garden design, space, and the resolution of the structure must be getting better.

Form of straightforward design, plain, simple, uncomplicated, compact, and efficiency-effective space. Blocking mass, materials, lighting, repetition, circulation compact, multifunctional space optimization and sequential. The value and beauty of the house does not rely on a minimalist garden ornaments and artificial objects, but more meaningful to an honest form, function, and the inspiration that spaces are created.

Structuring minimalist home and garden requires a harmonious overall look, a combination of hard materials (concrete, stone, coral, gravel, sand), the physical structure of buildings and exotic plants, exotic colors, as well as supporting elements (lights, ponds, benches, statues , furniture). Harmony requires minimal materials, shape, color, and texture with the impression conveyed to the warm, intimate, romantic, natural, or futuristic. Games monochromatic colors with themes such as the gradation of one or two primary colors to create unity between the house and the garden.

Use of building materials (house and garden) minimalism is not necessarily expensive. Use of simple materials (a strong element of simplicity) is not a luxury with expensive materials, and natural materials (elements of harmony with nature). Exposure domination materials (soft and hard) will produce certain effects different. Design and calculations of detail structure can save the use of materials with the results of building materials and garden house optimum artistic appearance.

The arrangement of furniture requires order, where everything is orderly in their respective position. The room filled with furniture that is very efficient and functional course. Selected furniture only really needed, not a decorative element, if possible multifunctional. Room was clean and seemed relieved. Furniture interior and exterior with geometric forms aims to maximize the use of space, there is no gap or space left to die.

Parks play an important role include the beauty and harmony of nature into the building and together with the surrounding natural environment. Park as a dynamic live objects instead provides minimalist spirit of the house that often seemed cold and stiff.

The fence is designed to strengthen the impression the house minimalism from textured concrete (horizontal / vertical), or betel leaf walls (pieces arranged storey stone) which was a trend, so that softens the hedge structure stiffness.

The presence of water element in the form of geometric and form pools of water calm, waterfalls, or water spray (fog effect) brings stillness and coolness of the space and audience space.

Minimalist house and garden, they must collaborate to form outside the room setup, building, and space in a balanced (yin yang), berjalinan harmoniously together, and not dominate the other. The division of space is very efficient, functional, and clear hierarchy, and reduce (reduce) the need for space that is not important.

Residents and guests can easily recognize the functions of space. Space seemed to flow from the front yard, front porch, exploration of each of the rooms, until the back porch. Dining room, living room and kitchen have interconnecting regularity, continuity, and harmony of design antarruang.

The totality of his own minimalist garden will be discussed at the next opportunity.

Aligning the house and garden presents a minimalist means home environment calm and soothing.