Decorate the house with porcelain
Decoration November 9th, 2010
MANY ways you can do to make your home look different. Install various objects of porcelain as decoration will add a beautiful and attractive room.
If you look deeper into the art world of interior decorating, you will find lots of decorating element that is used to make the interior more beautiful home. One fairly popular decoration used as an element of interior decoration is porcelain.
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials. Generally made of porcelain clay which is modified form of the kaolin is heated in a special place with a temperature between 1200 to 1400 degrees Celsius.
“Strength, endurance, and translucent porcelain light is usually obtained from the formation of mineral glass and arising from the combustion process,” said china and pottery craftsmen, Hidayatullah.
China name comes from the Italian porcellana which means “like a shell”. This is because the surface of the translucent porcelain-like surface of the shell.
“Porcelain also has a strong character, hard, solid though not given layer. The color can be white and colored, translucent light (depending on thickness) and resonant.
China is often used as decorative elements table, the kitchen, sanitary, and others. In fact, there are also porcelain made into tiles, “call the man who often greeted Hidayat, who also has a workshop in Tangerang.
China often used as objects of artistic creation and made into household appliances. Sometimes difficult to distinguish between china and other tableware are also made of clay.
material clay is the basic and primary materials for the manufacture of porcelain, although the clay mineral itself is only a small portion of the overall composition. Even so, now china composition can vary, but the clay minerals, kaolin, is a significant component of any manufacturing porcelain.
Other materials that may be used is usually pasta, feldspar, ball clay, glass, bone ash, steatite, and quartz, and many more. Some mixture of the above materials can produce fine porcelain version.
“Clay can be used long or short form, depending on their elasticity. Long Clay generally collect and sticky and has a high elasticity. While the short clay is less unified and less elastic,” said Hidayat.
Clay used for making porcelain is generally used instead of low elasticity. Their wet faster, which means that small changes to the content of water can produce large changes in work processes. Therefore, water content must be kept in mind that clay is not too wet or too dry.
Porcelain can be categorized into three, hard-paste, soft-paste, and bone, depending on the amount of paste used to form the body of porcelain objects. In forming porcelain, usually less elastic material made of porcelain formation becomes more difficult.
For home decor, porcelain often lived in the house is a flower vase, cup, cutlery, tea set, or decorative shelves and tables in the form of figurine.
“We have competition in the use of china and crystal strict enough because each is a fairly popular decoration and already has its own fans. In fact there are people who combine both for the interior decoration of their homes,” Hidayat call.
For decoration, the porcelain has a variety of forms, ranging beautiful dishes, jars, vases of flowers, until the jug. With the artistic arrangement, accessories from china will make your home appear more elegant and classy. Houses with porcelain ornament will have a different aura.
Bathroom Open in Settlement
Bath Showers October 28th, 2010
WHAT was that one with nature itself is always sensational. Open-concept bathroom water to prove it. What kind of designs?
Bath under an umbrella sky with stars and moon had long since been implemented in rural communities of Indonesia. The concept of the bathroom without a roof is also found in the plural public baths in the villages of old.
If you come to the Yogyakarta and visit tourist attractions of Taman Sari, there also will be found a large pool area open a supposedly been used as a place to bathe the daughters of the royal era long ago.
Farida Alaydrus interior designers say the open bathroom bathroom aka open water may be initially more numerous in rural areas. While in urban areas, generally located in the bathroom enclosed space.
“The reason may be because the city is noisy outside environment. In addition, the air in cities and in different villages. Therefore, people prefer the closed bathroom, there are important enough air circulation,” he said.
However, Farida said that it is not impossible open air bathroom was applied in urban areas. Moreover, the cities with the nuances of nature and culture that thick as in Bali and Yogyakarta.
“Normally open air bath was applied to hotels, apartments, and entertainment facilities such as swimming pool,” called Farida.
The same thing I mentioned Oetomo Aryobimo architect. According to him, initially open type bathroom more often applied in the villa, resort, spa, swimming pools, and public areas. As mengemukanya concept back to nature (back to nature), open air bathroom quite a lot of demand that began to be developed in residential.
“The shape of the building open bathroom that joined with nature. The design depends on taste alone, not necessarily green,” said the man who familiarly called Aryo it.
Nobel predicate Best Design Classic House in London was added Roddeck, open air bathroom possible to apply to all home designs. This is the concept of natural advantages that are not focused on architecture.
“The house could minimalist,” said architect interior designer who also was.
Meanwhile, Farida argued that open-air bathroom is more suitable to be applied in tropical-style home design or a very ethnic style or Mediterranean. According to him, these styles have in common, which requires the use of natural nuances of local materials in the interior.
In addition, the condition of “green design” is also very supportive open air bathroom, which generally have an indoor plant decoration (hardscape) so that the design style will lead to a tropical design style.
“Open-air bath is ideal for tropical house, it’s just not practical,” said architect Adam Roland.
Roland argues, open air bathroom, is only as additional (not the main bathroom). “The main bathroom should be closed and the climate in Indonesia since the house is a lot of rain,” he said.
The concept of open water meant without the hood, aka only open to the sky. That way, when the weather is less friendly or rain, automatic bathroom like this can not be used. In ancient times, the location of open air bathrooms tend to separate from the bedroom and even the main building houses.
To promote natural impression, you can take a central courtyard area to the house, by adding a link to the master bedroom. However, if you want to reposition open air bathroom near the bedroom, also no problem. What is important, given the bedroom area of security for residents.
In other words, when privacy is needed, residents can make her bedroom closed (available insulation, windows, or doors that flexible). Also note that the interpretation of open air bathrooms are usually not completely open water.
“Often that is open only a small, equipped with a small garden area (hardscape), which generally can be opened and closed as necessary so as to impress the open water,” Farida beber.
In principle, indeed there are two open bathroom concept. First, open roof with views in all directions. This concept is suitable for homes in crowded areas so that the horizontal view is very limited. His form was as usual bathroom, only the roof was opened and given a safety just like the iron railings.
The second concept applies to vast areas of gaze off in all directions. The bathroom seemed to be on the roof of the house or in the balcony near the bedrooms located on upper floor.
To protect privacy, use of glass, frosted glass or barrier grid view. With models like the bathroom is open, you can spread the view is almost in every direction. Not to mention blowing breeze of fresh impression, relaxed, and calm. The event also seemed to be showered special moments that always awaited
Open House, Garnish House By Nature!
Decoration October 28th, 2010
EXCEPT be a good guest house, something else that is not less important to note when you hold an open house is a home decoration. Of course you do not want to look normal housing conditions alone, but rather a party festive, right? Some of the things below can be used as a reference:
- Set the appropriate lighting conditions
Each person would want good lighting in the house, especially when going to a party or a banquet held. But that does not mean every room in your house should be equipped with bulbs the size of 100 Watt power, right?
Simply consider the function of each room. For the living room, kitchen and den, may need a lamp that produces light. However, other rooms may need a lamp with a more dim light, for the function and a different atmosphere, such as the bedroom or garden.
- Avoid using a tablecloth that is too
If you like a particular type of material, then make a scale of priorities only on the material, color, or image you like best. Plan a color scheme. Choose a main pattern, add a small image motif as a sweetener.
If you need other materials, choose a material with solid colors instead of patterns or motifs earlier pictures. Tablecloth so you make do not seem too rame with various patterns and motifs image.
- Extend the mat in the middle of the room
Spread a mat on the floor would make as if the room is more colorful. In addition, intimate and warm impression will also be better if the guests stuck in lesehan chat.
However, the mats are placed in the middle of the room, had to use an anchor (amplifier) in order not to shift and endanger the safety of users of the room. Therefore, this mat is easy to move or shift so that anyone who passed on it could have slipped, for example, children who ran in the room. So, use a chair, table or sofa as a reinforcement on the mat to remain stable. Slip mat under the feet of the front of the chair, sofa, or table.
- Put a pillow accessory
Pillows are a great accessory to be used to add an attraction to a room. You can buy a pillow in various sizes, shapes, colors, materials and soft texture. But these pillows should be useful, not only as decorative elements only.
Generally a pillow placed on a sofa or rug. Although the pillow can be placed in many places, not piled on the part where you’ll sit a long time. Make the boundaries of the number and placement
Find a moment of solitude and inspiration
Gardening October 28th, 2010
FLIGHT yourself and take a break from the routine is one solution to drive tired. Exclusive residential offering peace and quiet can be a choice, one Losari Spa Retreat & Coffee Plantation.
Along the ‘heaven’ that lies hidden in the village of Magelang Sejong, adventurous environment as colonial coffee plantation. Style colonial architecture, Java, and proprietary blends kontomporer establish an atmosphere of calm and cool. Set foot in Losari Coffee Plantation Resort & Spa is like entering the gateway to peace. Eyes will be treated to exotic old buildings.
The lobby of this resort is an old railway station made in 1928 that named Mayong. “In the village there JESNA Mayong former station buildings made of wood that have been damaged and abandoned. Then, the building was moved to Sejong, renovated and function into a reception area, “said Sales & Marketing Manager Arman Suparman.
Explore the resort area of 22 hectares, the nose started to get some fresh air with the sound of insects body to relieve tension. Because the resort is situated at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level (asl). Guests will be treated to a wet towel with aromatherapy spray and fresh drinks to help the more relaxed.
“As an inducement for visitors to feel refreshed when I first entered the resort after exposure to dust,” says Atik Setyowati Sales Executive.
The second component is the beginning before the guests really enjoyed the moment of silence was taken. Sejong is a resort that use buildings and heritage areas of the past. Extensive gardens are neatly arranged, the trees with colorful flowers, the path of the rocks, gurgling fountains, the air is so cool and old buildings is a combination of ethnic beauty.
Any views to be seen floating mountain silhouettes in the background. Uniquely, the location is surrounded by eight mountain Mount Ungaran, Sindoro, cleft, Boat, Merapi, Andong, Merbapu, and Telomoyo.
The beginning was spread out around the coffee plantations as berhektar livelihood of local farmers. Until then, Sejong natural beauty and interest to the coffee plantations Gustav Van Der Swan lease area in the year 1922. Dutch origin man was rumored to have time to do the renovation of buildings in the year 1928.
Gustav took ownership Losari until 1964, until a retired soldier named from Salatiga Tjokropawiro buy Losari. Until then, Teggia Gabriella, an Italian resort businessman came to Sejong and found the land of her dreams.
Now there are 26 units, divided into various functions and architecture all built in Java. Touch of style Jogja, Holy, and Jepara very thick, especially in the wood accents. There are 18 villas, club house, restaurants, galleries, spas, and various other facilities.
One of the favorite guest villa is Villa Bella Vista. Historically, Bella Vista building is the former residence of a Javanese prince who then trafficked to Losari.
“SBY (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono / President of the Republic of Indonesia) has stayed here while taking a working visit to Magelang,” Atik said.
Resort Manager Sugeng Sugiantoro target, occupancy in the year 2010 reached 60 percent. As a tourist destination not only available bed but make guests feel at home and come back. According to him, since its establishment in 2004 occupancy continued to crawl up to 5 percent of the visitors dominated from abroad on holiday.
“Guests will be treated like the experience of coffee-making process, tranquility with yoga, traditional art recognize that might not get elsewhere,” he said.
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Let's Bathroom Decorating
Bath Showers October 4th, 2010
The bathroom is an area that is not too often exposed. But there’s nothing wrong, if we look at the beauty in it. Nothing else, so that activity in the bathroom can take place more comfortable.
Who said the bathroom did not need to be considered beauty? Do mentang-mentang position not often seen by people, then should “ditelantarkannya” just like that. The bathroom is an important part of the house. He is an absolutely necessary means and must have lived in every house. Was not able to say, that the activities of the day begins in the bathroom?
Technically, the requirements to be met by the bathroom as one of the very personal nature of this is health / hygiene, safety, and comfort. But there’s nothing wrong, outside the three main requirements were, added factor of beauty / aesthetics. Because of the attention her beauty, activity in the bathroom are expected to walk more comfortably.
To get the ideal bathroom, do not need a super-luxury equipment. Simple devices and have adequate natural creativity arrangement if he is supported by good taste. So what can be done to beautify the appearance of the bathroom? Here are some options that can be done.
1. Wallpaper border
If bathroom walls are not entirely covered by tiles, do not lose heart. This fact opens the opportunity to use a decorative wallpaper border.
Choose a motif wallpaper border and in accordance with the paint color or bathroom tiles. Then, install this wallpaper border around the top of the wall adjacent to the ceiling. Besides beautifying, this trick can make a small bathroom more impressive in relief, because people brought pandagan eye upward to create the illusion as if the room airy impression. Before applying this trick, make sure there is good ventilation in the bathroom.
2. Lis and ceramics inserto
If you are planning to cover the entire wall with ceramic bathroom, do not forget writing and inserto. Both are types of ceramics that serves to increase the beauty of the bathroom.
Inserto randomly placed between the composition of ceramic wall coverings. While the writing is usually installed in the bathroom around the room, the half-wall height.
3. Stickers ceramic
If the tiles have been installed throughout the bathroom walls, creations can still be created through the “lis inserto or false”. Way, buy tile stickers are available in supermarkets such as building materials or a 10 Partners Ace Hardware.
This sticker advantages compared to the original ceramic inserto is, if she felt tired, no need to remove all the tiles. Simply remove the stickers and replace with new stickers you want.
4. Cart
Use baskets of wood, bamboo, or rattan for storing toiletries. Rolled towel, bath soap stack, and the composition of the basket of shampoo bottles can be an attractive accent in the bathroom. In addition, if the goods are stored neatly, the room will feel relieved and more comfortable.
5. Fragrances
Perfumery is very effective for improving mood. At present, the perfume-can be potpouri, aromatic candles or essential oils, can easily be obtained in supermarkets at a price not too expensive. Give ‘fragrant touch “in the bathroom, shower event shall be more fun.
6. Flowers
If you did not bother to change, plastic flowers can be used for “will never wither”. But remember, that the plastic flowers over time could become a den of dust, if lazy cleaned.
Another alternative, use fresh flowers. Fresh flowers are fragrant beauty can also add a bathroom. Unsightly addition, the presence of the flowers can also help to banish the smell was pleasant in the bathroom.
7. Potted plants
Besides flowers, potted plants can also try to present. Choose plants that do not require full sun, so do not have too much trouble maintaining them. In order to grow well, place in a corner of the affected (either directly or indirectly) in the sun.
8. Themed trinkets
Trinkets themed toiletries can be used to liven up the bathroom appearance. Currently, the supermarkets have sold 1 set of bathroom accessories with affordable price. If the bathroom neutral color, the knick-knacks bath with a contrasting color choices can be an interesting accent.
9. Sink cupboard
If the sink was in the bathroom, try to make a small cupboard at the bottom. Besides working to hide the sink pipes that are less sweet appearance, this cabinet can also be used as a store of goods such as bath soap and shampoo.
10. Mirror
Place the mirror on one side of the bathroom wall. In addition to the mirror, this trick can give the impression to the bathroom area is small.
