Setting Up New Business in the House
Home Improvement September 21st, 2009

New year ahead, perhaps many of you who want to make new steps by opening a new business. New businesses sometimes synonymous with the business. If your house strategic enough to become a place of business why not make the effort as well as a place to live. Making the house and place of business must be very exciting because in addition to not have far to walk, saving transport, and also can handle two events at once.
Types of business that is divided into two businesses that sell services and retail business sector. When you think about what the appropriate effort to be done in accordance with the field and your ability, it’s time you started designing your business space. The living room or garage you can re-plan and reorganized to be a place of business. For the field of business services such as physician practices, consultants, service bureaus, even binis ritail and others did not require a large space, maybe the size of 3m x 10 m or a minimum of 3m x 7m is sufficient for your new business space. Read the rest of this entry »
Typical Design Oriental Style
Home Improvement September 7th, 2009
CULTURE China inherited wealth in abundance until the whole world. Architecture and interior design also participated worldwide. This design style can be adopted into homes in Indonesia. Culture of China plains leaving a trail which still can be found in any parts of the world. The tradition held strong by the Tionghoa show something special and unique.
Ancestral culture that is always awake to see the still many distinctive buildings in China Oriental, not least in Indonesia. “Oriental characteristic architecture, that in fact is derived from the plains of China, is basically the traditional ornate architectural or ornamental,” explained architect Probo Hindarto.
Examples such as the decoration on the walls, doors, and windows that are based on myths and beliefs Tionghoa nation. Ornament that is diverse, from the geometric ornamentation, motifs of plants, to animals. “If the terms of interior design, Oriental style characterized by the use of wood materials, wallpaper, and red dominant colors, dark brown or gold,” the light interior designer Timothy Iddo Malachi who familiarly called Timmy.
Style carvings in the interior of a typical Oriental carvings are usually shaped like a dragon and lion. Lotus flower is often used as a motif carvings or paintings. Then, considering the nation of China is a strong cultural preservation wherever they are, Oriental characteristic architecture also appeared in Indonesia of certain elements. For example, a typical roof China, striking colors like red, blue, and yellow, or use the dragon statue as a form of trust is still up in the house of Indonesian society descent.
“Although the merger of these two different architectures (mix of Indonesia and China), usually character Sino management architecture and decoration color is reduced, even most or all lost,” added Probo from Astudio. Similar opinion came from Timmy.
“Processing in interior design, such as only the application of the use of color, interior accessories, furniture, and divider panels.” For example, neutral colors mixed with the colors red kuat.Warna on just one area as an accent wall. Or red color on the pillowcases, carpets, curtains or fabric sofa.
“Gawangan or kongliong also often used as a connective antarruang without using a round door like a full moon,” said Timmy. According to the Probo based in Malang, natural materials such as rocks, wood, soil, widely used. Material is usually presented? ‘Honest”with unpainted. For example, the color of clay for the tiles, the color of wood to wood columns.
“Combining Oriental style with modern design elements will actually fun,” he advised. “No need to process the entire room. Focus on a few things, others left much to be simpler and more modern features Oriental elements for contrast,” added Timmy from Igloo design decor.
You can include elements such as light interior with a modern design or a set of dining chairs and table-style Sun Of course, red candles, a kind of wall decoration cheongsam dress hanging on the walls, ceramic China, wind chimes, or lanterns. ”But it just displayed some remarkable that we will feel the impression, “added Timmy.
Added Probo who also manages the site architecture and interior design, “you are also able to provide accessory paraphernalia Oriental with Java ethnic style accessories for decoration rather similar character.”
In designing the room nuanced China, what immediately flashed to use the calculation fengsui? “Everything is returned to the owner of the house if necessary to use fengsui or not,” said Timmy.
However, it is better if you use fengsui calculation. This will cause not only of Oriental appearance, but also in spatial arrangement. However, as the modernization of the public mindset, many of which are no longer using fengsui, in some even the entire design office.
“But not often, indigenous uses feng shui to organize the calculation of the house. This shows the influence of Oriental architecture for indigenous communities in Indonesia,” said the Probo steadily. According to Timmy, who never finished the project of Oriental style interior design, this Oriental style is more eternal and easily adapted without having to impress the old.
In addition, this time a lot of cloth or bamboo-patterned wallpaper or a kind of lily flower, peony, lotus and strengthen oriental nuances. “Everything should look proportional not to impress too much.” Given the modern lifestyle in terms of practical importance, adaptation and modification of a typical Oriental style is much better so everything is more simple and hassle of maintenance
Relaxing Space
Home Improvement August 26th, 2009

Saturated with the city’s chaotic situation? Well, if you have a little open space, following the inspiration can be the answer to your problem.
Of course, if outside the clutter, your house is affected do not participate in such chaos. Create a quiet corner of the house and relaxing for a moment to make peace with nature. Most suitable element is water. Emotions explosive after a day stuck in traffic can be suppressed at once simply by enjoying the tranquility of water in your pond.
You can give the landscape elements that are not less comforting, like a stone stupa, or perhaps a pebble on the bottom of the pool. Fit all when enjoying the pool with wet feet to massage pebbles on the bottom, even more so while enjoying hot tea in the afternoon. Certainly seemed senikmat have a swimming pool in their own home gardens.
Well, you do not need to pool area, right? If you are not married or have children, try adding floating candles in the evening, sitting side by side with a girlfriend or wife. Well, the burden of daily routine that seemed to lift heavy, right? To make it more peaceful plant Jepun Bali (frangipani) in a small pond near you. Structuring a simple landscape is the key to success is not outside the area.
If you are lazy to work-pairs apart, maybe next inspiration is the appropriate choice for you. Condition of an open space free enough to put an antique daybed in the corner of the park. You may remember childhood lounging with my family in a wooden or bamboo chairs. Well, this is not much different just more relaxed. Obviously Andapun still have to organize the garden so much easier to enjoy, right?
If you like the gazebo, of course, select the size appropriate to your garden. It’s easy, provided tritisan roofs or gazebo structures are not met by field walls or other architectural elements, then the measure is proportionate to your garden. Other tips if you narrow outer space, namely by selecting a transparent roof or let your gazebo without a roof. In the dry season, you just attach a mosquito net that is not too hot and of course the structure of the gazebo should be strong against climate change.













