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January 29th, 2013

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Reconciling Hearts Home Decor

Decorating the house should be the responsibility of the owner of the house. Despite asking for help from others, the final decision remains with you as the owner. Because this is where you as a homeowner spends most of her time to relax and mingle with family.

Indeed, if not the owner of the house that determines home decor, comfort and sense of belonging will be much reduced. So, welcome the new year, not a few homeowners who want to give a new feel to the look of the interior and exterior of the house.

Well, if you are one of the homeowners who want to change the feel of your home, here are some tips to follow to change the look of your home. Not only change the look, hopefully it changes your heart and be able to reconcile the family.

Conscience
First of all, follow your heart. It never hurts to see the reference design is the trend this sat. However, keep in mind, that you own is a trend setter in your home. If this year several parties chose indigo blue-purple, or some are choosing emerald green color as color trends 2013, does not mean you have to follow the trend.

Flea markets and thrift
Secondly, there is no harm in trying to round to the flea markets or antiques market around the house or the city where you live. Not all of the items at flea markets of poor quality. You will be impressed when they found antiques in markets like this.

Digging reference
Third, keep looking references in decorating and designing. You can also enroll in public lectures, workshops, and exhibitions of decoration and design.

Determining the function
Fourth, make sure you specify a clear function for any room. Clear function can keep you from a pile of stuff that is not fun. You can easily and speedily get rid of stuff you really do not need anymore.

January 22nd, 2013

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Mistakes in Decorating Minimalist Living Room

For small houses style, living room and family room are generally not separated. Both of these spaces become part of the most “alive” as they are used for various purposes.

Unfortunately, homeowners often decorate one room. As a result, the high frequency space usage may look less pretty.

But, small mistakes in the living room and family room can be minimized, if you know anything that must be avoided. Here are the things you should avoid while redecorating your living room and family room are simple but can provide a profound effect on your daily activities:

Painting too early
Paint the room too early is a mistake most homeowners do, especially when designing a living room and family room. Paint should be the last thing to consider.

Furnishing or choose furniture and furniture should be the first priority. Step is to equate the paint easier than you equate furnished furniture and paint color.

Continue storing goods
Too much stuff in the house will only meet your home. Especially, if the goods piling actually do not use. This error usually starts because of his “affection” and memories behind these items.

For that, from now on avoid habit of storing unused items. Immediately remove your goods by donating unused or sell. If you can not clean up and get rid of stuff every day, you begin to try to do it every week.

Forgetting scale
This is the most common mistake homeowners often done, that is to forget the scale. Furniture too large in a small space, the artwork on the wall width is too small, or small rug in the middle of a large room should be considered. The room was not pretty so do not let you do this.

January 15th, 2013

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Simple Inspiration For Tiny Living Room

The more infrequent guests to the house to make some people deny the living room of his home layout, and replace it with the family room. For some others, the living room remains an important part because it supposedly living room is the first room that can reflect the character of the owner.

In a small house, of course, small-sized living room as well. Therefore, do not meet the living room with furniture. Use furniture that needed it. Simply provide two 2 seat sofa, single sofa 1 seat, and tables. If the remaining space can be added with a credenza and corner table. Do not also use a large sofa, because the sofa is too big and too much will make the space become more cramped and claustrophobic.

Where the sofa should be placed? If possible, both sofas can be propped against the wall to make the room look relieved. If not possible, lean one measuring at large sofa. Importantly, placement does not interfere with the flow of circulation from the entrance to other rooms.

Living room together with the dining room so the proper arena to play colors. In addition to adding value space, color games can be a virtual barrier and differentiate the living room with the other.

In addition to using bright colors, the living room can also be made with a combination of natural color. Natural color is usually taken from the color of nature, such as: brown, beige, and white.

The use of white color is needed to compensate for a dark brown color. White color can reflect light so that the room will look more spacious and brighter. If you do not want to use white for fear of dirty, can also use other colors that are bright but still be natural, such as pink or light green beige.

As a refresher, put paintings living room wall. For the color, its still been a calm and natural, such as brown, green, or blue ocean.

To create a slightly different style, try to use two different sofas. The difference here could mean different shapes, different designs, or color differences. To bridge the two different sofas, find a common thread between the two. The common thread is usually a color.

For example you can see in the photo displayed. Photo shows the living room sofa in different shapes and colors. To bridge the gap, in the couch cushions or seat placed the same color as the color of the other sofa. A fast, cheap, and easy, isn’t it?

January 8th, 2013

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Organizing Your Family Room

There are basic things you need to know if you want to arrange the living room. What is it?

Determining Themes
“Building” begins from the family room to build the theme and atmosphere. This one is more personal. Can be adjusted with the function space and the needs of family members, as well as overall building area.

For example, if a small house (under 150m2), a family room used as a multifunctional space. In a sense, maybe this room also functioned as a children’s playroom. If so, choose a theme that is light, playful, bright, and tend to modern styles.

Selecting and arranging furniture
This step is important to realize that the family room as expected. Considering there are many designs on the market, so when choosing furniture should match the theme planned. For example, if you want to create ethnic-themed room, choose furniture that can create an atmosphere of regionalism, as ethnic-style design.

Decoration and accessories
Room without bath decor vegetables without salt. Tasteless! To avoid this, the space also needs to be decorated. The decor includes elements of space and the addition of accessories. Decorating a room can add to the atmosphere is cozy, warm and intimate impression.

About the walls, for example, which may be plain “carved”: be textured or coated with natural stone. If the wall will be processed, consider the proportions and location of the wall to be processed it. It may also simply put a painting or a family photo.

Organizing establishes the mood light
Another element that can beautify the room is light. Assorted atmosphere can be created with proper lighting. Beautiful space more beautiful with lighting arranged. It has more to do with the atmosphere at night. In the daytime, the display space seem flat because of the natural light that is evenly distributed.

Organizing light in the room does not have to be expensive and complicated. If you want a bright light evenly, install downlight. Should that have dimmers to set the brightness level. Add light spots that highlight the object you want in a blow up that beauty more prominent.

Facilitate audio-video
Audio-video equipment is one of complementary facilities that can support the cozy atmosphere in the family room. To put, think of the beginning of the construction of space. It concerns the existence of electrical wiring and audio. Should video-audio player devices placed on one wall of the widened area. This is so that the film can be enjoyed together without a hitch.

January 1st, 2013

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Want to Maximize Your Space? Take advantage of Vertical Area

Occupancy according to the character, is a solution to strengthen the interaction between us and the environment. Utilizing any height so functional space, will creates more room, and strengthen the character of the space.

Residential design was not only dealing with safety, comfort, and shade. Residential design now accommodates the ability to direct a person to change their behavior in accordance with the rules on the dwelling stood. Living in an apartment, for example, more and more people are “forced” to change, or at least adjust. Indirectly apartment dwellers will pay more attention to external conditions occupancy, safety, and building utilities (including electricity and water supply).

So how do you get the shelter that can fit the character? There are several ways such as the following:

Taking advantage of functional design, arable vertically. Life does not just take place on the floor of the room, but our room at any height can be maximized functional space. Maximizing each height into spaces more lively will make we realize new things about the potential that could be further maximized. Functional bookcase for books, used its height to be functional for a flat foot reaches the couch in the area.

Utilizing the remains of the room to be “owned” our senses. Corner of a room is often the last priority, both in utilization and care after being utilized spaces in our home. Iridescence may be a solution to the corner area could not be more alive “lost space” that reduce the quality of the room. Quality of the room will feel when residents can feel positive relationship with the space he occupied.

Use the material as a medium to develop the intellect and the power of appreciation. The home is our haven when the whole body and soul can be related to residential design that we occupy. Shelters can be linked contemplative, where the spaces in each dwelling to inspire and “interaction space” for sight, smell, taste, hearing, and tasting.