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One way to exploit a narrow space for the family room is to give the impression of spacious, modern and simple design is perfect to give the impression of a narrow area of the room.
The following points can be input to provide a broad impression on the family room (narrow) you:
• Give a bright color on your wall, you can use pastel colors and try to only one color, so it does not seem fragmented, so instead give the impression narrow.
• Avoid more  accessories in your family room, especially on your wall, post photos of family or origin of the painting is fine in moderation, obviously busy impression will only give the impression of a narrow, empty giving the impression area impression.
• For lighting the room as much as possible to get sufficient lighting, the more light the more widespread impression, but for the lighting depending on your taste. For your romantic, slightly dim the lighting is okay so long as not too dim room seemed cramped.
• And last and most important is the selection of furniture and electronic goods for your family room to support simple and modern design and gives the impression area, your furniture should be simple and as much as possible adjusted proportion with the size of your family room, it is advisable to wear a custom furniture so would be very suitable to the circumstances your family room. To try to pick electronic goods that are not consuming too much space and fit with the theme of the family room is simple and modern.

Children’s room is full of fantasy world that is very important for growth. In his room, children develop creativity and imagination.

That’s why a child’s room needs to be organized in a way that reflects their age. Cheerful colors and distinctive images of children is their decor makes the room brighter.

If you want to rearrange, you do not need to spend a lot of cost. With creative ideas, you can decorate a child’s room with objects in the style of his own works and favorite child.

Painting his own works

No need to buy an expensive posters to decorate the baby’s room. You could hang paintings by his own child. Thus, he could better appreciate his own work.

In addition, by displaying his work, the child also was also able to show a friend who was visiting his room. It can foster self-confidence of children.

You can display his paintings in a way mounted on the frame or by way of hanging with a rope like a clothesline and then clamped. Then strap fitted around the child’s bedroom wall. More unique, right?

Collection of trinkets

Does your child like to collect trinkets unique? For example a house or a snail shell on the beach during the hunting vacations. Or even a collection of bottle caps that have been piling them.

Collect unique items into ‘treasure’ your baby’s. Houses snails, shells, or a bottle cap that you can enter into a clear jar and then be on display at a desk. Thus they can remember the struggle when collecting objects collection.

If you want more creative, encourage your child to make craft items from their collections that. For example the attached picture frames shell, or container plywood decorated with a pencil from the bottle cap.

If you liked the little girl doll collecting, doll display case on the shelf or shelves on the walls of her room.

Garnish with the initials

A child must feel proud of his initials. Letters that became the beginning of his name as already manifest themselves in them.

Decorate a child’s room with the initials of his favorite letter is the easiest way you can choose. For example by making a tiny pillow-shaped initials. Can also make wall hangings with his initials in the form of a big wall.

Or by displaying ornaments in the form of his initials on the front door of his room. That way, children feel a sense of personal territory and there is a responsibility to keep her room.

You’ll have to agree if the wall color can affect mood. Like the baby blue color that supposedly can provide a calm and peaceful effect.

Most people believe that the selection of colors on the walls turned out to have an association with certain emotions. In addition to influencing emotions and moods, the colors were also able to create the impression of space.

Here are some colors that you can apply according to the theme you like:

1. Yellow
Color this one often diidentikan with colors of the sun. The impression gained from this color is a happy, full of energy and warms the atmosphere. The impression that’s what makes the color yellow is the safest color to use in a space.

2. Blue
Cool atmosphere, quiet and peaceful. That’s the impression arising from the blue. In a quiet room, the blue color gives a fresh impression, while in a dark room will create the impression cold and stiff.

3. Green
Anyone would agree if the green color gives the impression that deep, rich and traditional. In the space dominated by this color, will create the impression dim and dramatic.

4. Pink
Only a romantic and warm words that can describe this color as appropriate. If you want a space that “fresh”, the colors may be an alternative choice.

5. Purple
Like blue, purple, also gives the impression cool, calm and reassuring. It’s just that the purple color has a more elegant impression, and in luxury.

6. Red
In the primary colors, red is the main color. This color is not only passion but also can generate heat. Therefore, the color is synonymous with all things modern-smelling.

7. Orange
Similarly, red, orange is warm, exciting colors and modern, but these colors seem more dramatic and cooler than red.

By studying the impressions that can cause color to the wall space, you certainly can imagine what the color will be selected in the spaces in your home.

KITCHEN is one of the areas that are important to the residents of the house. In the area of food processing is done. Therefore, good lighting for your kitchen is absolutely needed. To be active in it feels more comfortable.

Usually, the kitchen is divided into two important areas, work areas and storage areas. Work area is an area where all food processing activities carried out. While the storage area is the area where you store a variety of food and other kitchen needs.

Many people rely solely on information from one point of light, as their kitchen lights. Actually, such information is not enough to support all activities in the kitchen. Ideally, lighting in the kitchen is divided into three types. Two functional and one lighting lighting are optional.

What is included in the functional lighting?

First is a comprehensive lighting (general light). This is usually used for lighting lamps placed on the ceiling downlights.

Second is the lighting for the workspace. For task lighting, normally used halogen lamps placed at the bottom of the hanging cabinets.

The existence of task lighting to make food processing activities become more comfortable, especially at night. You can see the color and type of food more clearly. Making it easier for you to identify the ingredients that are good quality and no.

For lighting are optional, usually serves as an accent. Lights are usually placed inside the glass-door cabinet hanging cabinet. Besides functioning as lighting, lights glow from the glass doors can make a kitchen look more beautiful.

Many roads lead to Rome. You also have lots of ways to bring the atmosphere of Rome into the house.
Italy now has a different design. Since World War II ended, art and design in Italy has developed so rapidly. Understandably, before reining understand fascism is freedom of thought and creativity.
Today, product design and interior dominated Italy. The force developed at this time is called the leading edge. Although not much different glimpse of a minimalist and modern style, really makes no difference as well. If the style is minimalist and versatile carrying the rigid geometric shapes, the Italian design presents a more flexible form games, and exploration of materials and technology.
Colors tend to be neutral and selected white. Not many color variations. Usually, the room decorated only by a single color, eg white. Accents can be created by displaying a different color on one object or field. Remember, just one. In addition, the entire surface of the walls, floors and furniture made of fine, smooth, clean and modern.
Forget carpets and parquet. Both these materials can not be used except in the bedroom. Floors are usually covered with marble or other material that shiny and did not textured.
Last key of the Italian-style design lies in the choice of furniture. No need to buy the original furniture from Italy, an important design clean and tidy. If you want to use wood or bamboo, make sure that the fiber is not too prominent and given a clear finish. Meanwhile, for the sofa, leather is the right choice.
Quite interesting, is not it? What is certain, your home will look more modern and classy. Far more stylish than usual minimalist!

LAND narrow often the reason a home does not have a garden. Added to rush to the owner of the house, which made him not want to be too busy taking care of gardens and plants.

Whereas the existence of the park, can provide many benefits. Not only beautify the look of a house facade, the garden is also one of the best solutions for air circulation. How to make it on land that is minimal?

Not difficult! Every problem has a solution. For a limited land, building a small park minimalist concept. This park is a park concept that demands practicality. Choice of plant species (softscape) tend to be of the type that easily planted and maintained. For example, lilies, palms, euphorbia, and sebagaiya. These plants did not require too frequent sprinkling. In addition, they also heat resistant and weather changes.

Not only plants, furniture and accessories must also be minimal maintenance. The choice to use natural stone or a sprinkling of coral. Dark-colored natural stone, like a stone temple or a stone stickers, will not be easy to look dirty, so it does not need frequent cleaning.

While a sprinkling of coral, can be applied as a substitute for grass. But that does not mean minimalist garden should not be planted with grass. Is okay, as long as select grass that is easy maintenance, such as elephant grass or Garlic chives mini mini.

A minimalist garden could be applied in a variety of sizes of land. Staying very clever and hardscape softscape adjusted, so stay beautiful despite being on land that is also minimal.

To add to the beauty of the park, the park can be combined with elements of traditional Indonesian style. These elements can be added in amounts too low, the alias does not dominate the space in the park. For example, plant a frangipani plants and ornaments to create a Balinese-style feel of Bali. Or it could be by placing furniture to create the feel of an antique Javanese Javanese past.

Easy right? So what are you waiting? Let soon woke her garden!

In some residences, the dining room is usually connected with other spaces as part of a multifunctional space, for example, joined with the family room or kitchen and pantry. This can be done with appropriate color selection and matching. However, it does not mean to be the same color and matching. Thus, the selection of the selected color is dark, contrasting with the color of the light-colored walls and white.

Natural atmosphere
For outdoor dining, there are several ways that can be taken to create a natural atmosphere.

First, place the plants around the dining room. Arrange plants according to height and select which has a resistance to weather and climate.
This means that residents can enjoy breakfast while enjoying the atmosphere and natural freshness in the morning. Obviously, a sense of calm and relaxed, staring at the green plants can also be obtained.

Second, create an artificial pond to get a quiet atmosphere with the gurgling sound of flowing water.
Third, as a natural stone wall by flowing water in the pond. Here can be made of natural stone composition. Can be collated betel stone or andesite or stone temples that have been coated with coating. Fourth, the use of weather-resistant timber as the base of the terrace. Can also hard wood plank is placed above the pool by making the structure of iron elbow or a foot of concrete.

Did you know that the garden path (the path) as a function of traffic other than residents also can increase the aesthetics of the park. Functionally, a path allows you to reach all parts of the garden without trampling on the grass or soil. In order to be an interesting element and beautify the park, a path requires special planning. They include laying of planning, the selection of shapes, and materials / materials used.

As a benchmark, a path is usually used to connect the park with buildings such as carport or patio homes. Account the position of the path that allows you to reach all parts of the park, especially when watering the plants. If you want to view your path alternating with grass, make a point not too far away so you do not terpelesat. Nor should too close, because it will reduce your walking comfort. In addition, the distance is too closely also reduces your garden aesthetics.

To form, you can choose a geometric pattern or natural. Geometric shapes are marked with irregular rectangular shape and the laying of the stone material are repeated at certain intervals. Meanwhile, more natural shape to the patterns that form curved or irregular curves.

You can choose from a variety of materials / material for this path. Commonly used stone slabs, stone mountain separately mounted flat or paving blocks prepared with a specific pattern. You could create a distinctive natural ornaments by letting the moss and grass grew sticking out on the sidelines of paving blocks.

In addition to the above materials, brick, red brick and tiles you can use for the path. We recommend using coarse-textured material that is not slippery in the wet season. Perawatannyapun easily by simply brushing to avoid the growth of moss.

Actually there is no restriction to the selection of materials for this trail. Required hanyalan your creativity. You even can create a path creations combine a few types of material.

Just tips so that your trail footing stable and parallel to the rumut or surrounding soil, dig the soil that will advance the path of material fitted 10 cm deep. In the furrows and sand mortar put 3 cm thick, then attach the material path.

So, you’ve got homemade creations right path

Did you know that the balcony can provide a more interesting look at residential. Her presence is also able to distinguish your home with a neighbor’s house.

For designing, you should use an interior designer or architectural services to more optimal appearance. However, to create an attractive appearance, the balcony was built to be designed carefully and not arbitrary. As an additional element to beautify the building, creation of balcony railing combined with appropriate use of architectural design.

For minimalist home architecture design, railing materials and materials used should be as simple as possible to the shape of a square balcony and railing lines is horizontal or vertical.

While for modern homes, the use of an iron railing profile or motif that is heavier and a lot of accents in the form of semi-curved balcony edge. Houses with the concept of country, more stylish dark balcony with the use of materials from wood or gypsum which expose a flash.

Typically, a balcony which is used to beautify the buildings were smaller and does not represent the interior in the balcony. The balcony is usually placed under the upper floor bedroom or family room located in the same direction at the top. About him, do not need to balcony overlooking the front or the back because they have adjusted to the position of land and buildings.

Hoek or not depending on their lands. Others will be placed where, in the upper room with a window laying under the direction of a room or hall could also provide space for the occupants to see the view from the inside out.

For use as a terrace balcony above or a combination to beautify the room, laying the obligatory interior balcony that is not empty space and can be used to relax as well as core functionality in general.

It was laying interior architectural design should be adjusted by the occupants of buildings and tastes. Moreover, to add a balcony and beautiful view makes it more shady, you can decorate the balcony with additional plants.

The presence of plants would soften the harsh elements on the balcony. Plants should be selected first conceptualized, ie, that can support the appearance of the building.

Note also the direction of the sun. This heating effect is usually caused residents are reluctant to be in the balcony when the sun was blazing. To make up, you can use shades of woven bamboo or fabric materials, canopy, or beach umbrellas.

The use of blinds, should be avoided because it will give less attractive appearance of the building. Select canopies or beach umbrellas that can provide a beautiful view for outsiders to see it, also for the occupants of the house.

You like to go to another place for a spa! If you have a bathtub at home, so there’s nothing wrong if you are a little creativity to create their own spa atmosphere in your home. In addition to economize, you can also enjoy the spa every day with no need to queue. Here are some suggestions how to keep your bathroom look more like a luxury spa in general.

Note the cleanliness

First of all, the most important thing is to keep cleaning the bathroom first. Before you make decorations here and there, then it is better if you clean the entire bathroom with special cleaners, janitors or call a bathroom. Is not one of those things to be admired when the spa is the spa itself is clean!

Let’s start decorating

By changing slightly the appearance of the bathroom, then you can create the desired impression of the spa. For example by replacing the tap water, or by displaying a picture on the bathroom wall.

In addition, in order to obtain an atmosphere similar to a spa in general, then you can also replace the light with the lights dim the lights, the power is smaller.

The existence of the mirror in the bathroom were also decisive. If you have a large mirror box, so there’s nothing wrong if you replace it with mirrors of different shapes. However, if not then simply decorate a mirror do you have now to put pretty pictures or stickers.

Mirror in the bathroom ’spa’ do not always have large, can also be small, but make sure that you have in total some. Put in a different place to keep your shadow can be reflected from it while you’re enjoying a spa-style house.

Bring in the spa-style flavor

One thing which is also preferred when someone set foot in the place of the spa is a smell that greeted them. Calming aroma that must exist in bathroom ’spa’ you.

Provide aromatherapy candles or essential oils can add a lively aroma spa in the bathroom. In addition, put also some kind of herbal plants, like sage, lavender and mint, in a basket near the tap water, so when you fill the bathtub with hot water, the steam heat will make the scent of the plants are pushed out.

Spa trinkets

After all arrangements completed, then do not forget to provide everything needed to achieve comfort in a residential spa. Buy a pretty basket and fill it with soap, essential oils, bath sponges, eye compresses, soaps, masks, and trinkets of all your favorite spa.

The final touch

If you are really interested in juggling the bathroom into a spa, then do not half-hearted to do it. One of the things that should not be forgotten is the closing of the spa itself. What is it?

Covered with thick towels, a big, warm nan, while enjoying a cup of green tea. If you do not already have a special towel that is able to bind the body, then buy some of that spa atmosphere at home more and more alive.