Hardscape & Softscape
Eksterior October 28th, 2010
In the arid Desert sometimes even still we find the plant there. The buildings are standing without any element of the park will look cold and stiff, barren, and not beautiful. Park elements that are clustered in softscape and hardscape can make buildings look more soft and comfortable to look at.
Softscape is part of the landscape that are horticultural. It functions to make life park atmosphere. Being softscape very diverse. Known is that plants, trees, grass, or shrubs. Element penyejukkan softscape very good for occupancy. Moreover, if balanced with natural lighting. Combination of both to produce fresh air, which flows into and toward the interior.
Hardscape elements also known as hard. He is part of the park is crowded. Floor paving, natural stone, or patio is a few of them. Hardscape materials are present, can give people in the park. In some sections, hardscape elements to be accent in the garden. For example a series of artificial rock by flowing water, the middle of the park. Of course not all softscape and hardscape can be placed side by side with a building. Both these elements must be coupled proportionally.
To park at home, make sure the first theme to be presented. The theme will influence the types of crops that will be used, as well hardscapenya element. Japanese Garden for example. Element often used are coral, sand, manifestation, and the plants of the earth. For European-style minimalist garden, water pond and the slide element mendominanasi. If you would like to present at the Mediterranean theme parks, elements softscape pine, citrus, or the palm could be a choice.
HARDSCAPE and SOFTSCAPE great influence on the overall look of the park. The selection or combination of inappropriate secured less nice garden view. So hardscape and softscape election must be in harmony. How to integrate hardscape and softscape?
Recognize characters
Each object has a character. So did the hardscape and softscape. Example, swimming (hardscape). The shape and texture varied pool. There is a square with a flat texture. There is also an irregular shape and tekturnya resemble the wild.
Although both shaped pool, they both have different characters. A flat square with a texture would be better suited minimalist style placed in the park. Irregular better suited to complement the tropical-style garden.
For plants (softscape), lush leafy kind more appropriate to complement the tropical garden planted. This is because the tropical style is synonymous with an atmosphere dense, shady, and cool. In contrast to the minimalist garden, straight-leaved species are more dense and does not apply. The characters must diperhatkan when building the park. It aims to avoid the impression of a jumble in the park.
Note the proportion of
There is no set proportion of dead matter and softscape hardscape. Comparisons can both taste and style who want to build. If you want to build a dry garden, we will be more use of hardscape (could be coral) than softscape (plants). Conversely when building a tropical garden. Softscape composition could be more.
Another thing about this proportion is a matter of size or softscape hardscape. The size of both must be adjusted with an area of the park as a whole. Do not get too big or too small even when compared with the size of the park.
Consider also the amount of hardscape or softscape. If you want the pond there is the statue of a frog, set the amount based on demand. If only as an accent, minimizing the amount.
As the Steering Road Park
Eksterior October 28th, 2010
Let us imagine, all the houses that surround the complex or the environment in which we live is not seen none of the park, only buildings of various shapes and colors. What an incredibly boring, and we can imagine what the residents of these homes. Park is one element in the house that made us feel comfortable house for occupancy. Park also makes a building or home becomes increasingly attractive. A garden will taste less complete if it is not supported by other supporting elements such as decorative lights, rocks, sculpture, pottery, swimming, and many more according to the tastes and desires of the owner and the architect.
Needs of the area for the park could also be a broad and narrow areas. Of course the design of the park will conform with the area of environment and space we will allocate land for the park. Contoured the land that is also very helpful in making the park will become more beautiful and attractive. This time we will review the one function that can be provided by the park, named as directors of the road.
Beautiful garden can be displayed optimally (even maximal) with the ability to be creative and imaginative well through the selection of plant species, or placement that make up the area of road directions. Garden area which is not very wide and taller than the street is not an obstacle for us to be creative to create a beautiful garden, comfortable and gives peace to the occupants. Especially with the contours and combined with an impressive level of natural plants on both sides of the road creating a park road directions. Arrangement of green plants with leaves hanging down (like a banana-Pisangan, heliconia, etc.) as welcome guests at the entrance stairs. In the meantime, we can use grass as a media element that makes the park road directions widespread impression.
If we have the position of park land that is higher than the road, it is a potential for this park. Eye toward the front garden from the terrace house would not be disturbed by the sight of public road circulation, so that the beauty of the park can be enjoyed optimally. These conditions are also very help us in structuring the drainage water park. On the edge of the park, we can combine them or use some themes and materials in accordance with our desires. We can use natural stone materials, to create a list on the edge of the park (with a variety of designs and forms of course), or we can also use the plant as a border for our garden (the Soka, lily, tea-tehan, etc.).
As a visual reference that maybe you could catch from what we present this, maybe you can see the results or the application of the theme park with road directions on a few star hotels that have a garden area, or in some houses in your neighborhood had probably already done the application for park as the road directions.
Peace Park Beautiful Gorgeous
Gardening October 28th, 2010
At one time, there is a greedy rat who meet a witch. Disturbed by the act of a cat, he asked himself changed into a cat. Only the day be a cat, he was not satisfied, begging the witch let the dog because it changed so disturbed by the dog. A day later because the wolves hunted, he asked to change again wolves. One the next day because the wolf was chased by a tiger, he’ll be asked if by magic tiger. When a tiger, culminating greed, he would eat the witch so that his life is changing again. And angry witches, these rats became rat dikembalikanlah back.
If I may be honest, the fate of many similar human mouse. Greed makes human life chasing, chasing and chasing. Always thought the house was in front. When the elementary school junior high school thought delicious. When the junior high school suspected a beautiful high school. In college menghayal captivating world of work. After work and a lot of stress actually fantasize pensiunlah break. After retiring lose the respect of people, income decreases, the sickly.
So that raises the question, where the real home of peace? After being chased so many people, sought through a myriad of materials, dug-dug through a lot of sacred books, human beings still chasing, chasing and chasing.
Doggy mind, lion mind
In Western countries generally, many people like a dog. Not only as a guard dog, also a friend. Games are often done with the dog is throwing plastic painted to resemble bones containing meat. Wherever these fake meat thrown, that’s where a dog chasing him.
Similar to the dog chasing a fake meat, the lives of some humans also there to come running to pursue falsity. Money is not, not position, not a house, a car instead. Suddenly the old and sickly. In meditation, people like this going around in circles there was brought hither his mind. Add hard he tried, his thoughts turn more violent. This is called the doggy mind.
Unlike dogs, lions can easily distinguish a fake meat with real meat. Not only do not fly around, but he calmly looked at them without fear. That is why the lion is often used as symbols of enlightenment quiet calm does not frighten anything. Include not spook death.
The same thing happens with people who have long training trip. The master’s body is aging, sick time round when he was sick, when the time comes to die he also died. The difference is amazing, the master through it with perfect calmness. So many teachers asserted, the result of the exercise is a boundless capacity to suffer. The ability to suffer indefinitely. This is often called a lion mind.
Real home
Sharon Salzberg has collected the experiences of meditation teacher training trip has been long. From Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield, Larry Rosenberg’s famous, Kamala Masters ordinary housewife, who has been practicing Bhante Gunaratana more than fifty years, until the teacher Ajahn Sumedo. In a beautiful work entitled Voices of insight, it became clear how people’s lives practicing different: quiet, peaceful, serene, free!
There are withdrawn by the meditation because I wanted to see the real self, because it knocked down the life there through the temptations and trials, there is also a holy life to meditate because it deepens. But whatever their background, still need patience and perseverance to always practice, practice and practice. The difference with the ordinary people who made a very busy by all the hubbub outside life (listening to radio, watch television, argue), aspirant aspirant of meditation, focus all its attention on the universe in itself.
Notice the reflection in the century Sufi mystic and wonderful thirteen named Jalaludin Rumi in one of the most of his work entitled The guest houses. Life is similar to the inn. Every day we see from time to time. Happiness, sadness, praise, scold. Learn to smile kindly at all. Even in the catastrophe, disaster, even death. Because it presents guidance guidance guidance guidance as well. Everything inscribe meaning.
Not imagine a beautiful and independent life style Jalaludin Rumi. As well as providing shade, this is a real peace house, home for all. For most people, a new smile was present when guests of life is happiness, praise. And denial, anger judgments even when the guest is easy to appear is sadness, pain, curse.
That’s why meditation practitioners who have walked very far, focusing only on one thing: the unbroken continuity of mindfulness. Whatever happens, all seen with the full awareness. As Rumi, a smile broke, had a debt smile, say good smile, smile called hypocrisy.
A grandson asked his grandmother when sorrow makes his belief in God so relaxed. Gently wise grandmother once patient is asked: in which the sacred books were written that God is only present in happiness? In Buddha’s sermons which stated that the suffering is just a decent garbage dumped?
Grandmother’s story is similar to the experience of the Sufi mystic Hazrat Khan Hinayat. Khan met one day Love is the Most Loving. With adoring fans are whisper: ‘You are sending calamity for the wicked, Thou who also gave a blessing to good people’. In this gentle smile dikulum Lover replied: ‘no, not again, inviting musibahnya own wicked, good people attract the blessing of its own.
Learning from the response of a beautiful lover who never met Khan, the house is really a place of peace where everything is accepted with a smile. All existing laws, as simple as touching the water, then wet, then touch the fire burning. When all bathed in smiles, and then guiding human consciousness meet beautiful peace garden enchanting. Not completely happy, but all smiles.
In this peaceful park, every man muttering quiet morning, there was a fresh 24-hour waiting to be filled with smiles, for smiles help us enter the day with gentleness, with understanding.
Design House: Air Ventilation
Eksterior October 4th, 2010
Ventilation air is the air movement inside the house and between rooms in the outer space. Control over the air vent on the house design is an important thing when making the design process of the home (interior design / interior design, exterior, etc.). How do I design the ventilation air for comfort, eliminating the heat and make the occupants feel at home.
Indeed there is an easy way to create a comfortable home in the tropics. Use of Air conditioning or fan in the ceiling. The fastest and easiest solution, but it is a way out which require electricity and maintenance costs monthly – not including environmental issues, global warming.
Using Natural
So how to design non-mechanical air flow, without using a fan. Actually, the wind can easily be adjusted via a pressure difference. Positive pressure negative pressure there is on the field where the wind leaving home, or in areas where the air out. Distinguish terms of wind and air exchange. The wind could be hurricanes, tornadoes, sea breeze – while the exchange of air at home is how the breeze throw hot air outside. exist in an area that receives the wind, or air which put pressure on the field.
There is a simple trick to control the flow of wind, with gradations of pressure. The trick is as follows:
1. Using the pressure difference on the outside of the house.
2. Using the pressure difference caused by variations of pressure inside the house.
For exterior & interior design home town may be difficult. Density of buildings leaving only the front side and back of the house. While the left and right side was blocked by a neighbor’s house. Alternative design (interior design / interior design / interior design, etc.), wind movement becomes limited. Therefore, release the front and back of the house to create open space. Jakarta house design difficulties or other big cities is to build a house (house interior design / interior design houses) in the entire area of the land, if necessary, without looking at the demarcation line of the building. So be thankful if living in a small town, the land is still widespread and affordable.
Home Design Tips
Solutions home town is as follows:
1. Home Design (interior design home & exterior) with openings.
2. Putting a wall of plants in the field of positive air pressure. Plant moisture carried by the wind so the air cools.
3. Natural air conditioner, direct the flow of wind to pass through the plant and ponds make the air colder.
4. Overstek wide roof, part of the roof on the outside of the building. Please tell this to the architects when they make a design.
5. Terrace houses that do not reflect the sun, preferably grassy yard.
6. Shade tree house wall.
Consideration interior design houses with air ventilation makes a difference when livable comfort. Remember to do the design activity only once, but occupying the building for good.
Five Tips for Decorating with Mirrors
Decoration October 4th, 2010
The mirror is not just for bathrooms anymore! Decorating with mirrors is a great way to bring style to any room. There are other benefits to decorating with mirrors as well as increase the brightness in the room and make the room look larger. There are mirrors in styles to match almost any décor from the most traditional to ultra modern. Here are some tips to help you choose the mirror that will make an impact on most of your space.
1. Light and bright
DiSelain providing an alternative to more typical wall art, mirrors offer the additional advantage of adding light to any room.
Even if there is poor natural lighting available, both placed mirror can make your room look brighter. If there is a window that offers a good light, place a mirror on the wall opposite the window. This will cause a mirror to reflect light.
If there are no windows, there are other ways that you use a mirror to increase the brightness ruangan.Tempatkan bright lights on the mantle or on a shelf right in front of the mirror. As with natural light from windows, mirrors will reflect light.
2. A Bigger Room?
When choosing a mirror for your room, think big! The bigger the mirror, can reflect more light. Also, careful placement of large mirrors can not only increase the brightness of a room, but also can make the room look larger. Try hanging a mirror identical on both sides of the fireplace jendelaatau to maximize this effect.
Also, try hanging a large mirror on the wall of the most visible when entering the room. This will maximize the effect of making the room look larger.
3. A Focal Point
Also provides a large mirror with a focal point of the room, and will help to hold all the other decorative elements of the room.
When choosing a mirror that is intended to be a focal point, you’ll want to ensure that complement rather than mengalahkanunsur other frames in the room.
Also, make sure that the style of the frame and form a good blend with the decor mirror.
4. A Major Statement
Like the artwork for the walls, mirrors can make a statement about your individual style. Whether you choose to find traditional wood framed mirror, or ultra-hip or round metal framed mirror, you could use these decorative features to help bring the style of your dreams with reality.
You do not need menghabiskankeberuntungan to get the look you want. Many online retailers offer a mirror in every style and at every price point.
5. Concealing Treatment
If there are cracks or other defects on your walls that you can not fix, try hanging a mirror on top of the offensive. Although perhaps not a permanent solution, a beautiful mirror will hide the imperfections of the room in addition it also provides all the benefits discussed above. What they do not know will not hurt them!
If you mencaricara quick to tidy your room trying to mirror. It’s probably just a special touch you need to add the finishing touch to your room.




