Dutch Style Doors: Doors are also Kitchen Window
Kitchen December 12th, 2009
Dutch Style Doors: Doors are also Kitchen Window
Right solution, here, who wants to create wide open kitchen door, without fear of your baby and pet bust out. Use only Dutch-style door.
How many of us who have a door in the kitchen. These doors are usually used to be the second entrance, in addition to the main door which is connected directly to the living room. Facilitate the existence of a second door out of the household when there are no guests in the living room.
Actually placing the exit / entry at home, in this case in the kitchen, can serve more than just a means of backup and out of the house. Kitchen door openings can serve as an additional, if accidental minimal kitchen window at home. Open wide the door of the kitchen, the air was flowing freely. No smells of delicious cooking fumes disappear faster too. But open wide the door could be a problem, if you happen to have children who are toddlers, or pets. Lax for a while, could-be child and pet the cute cat can “escape” out of the house.
So then? The solution, you can replace the ordinary door with a Dutch-style doors. These doors are usually found in old houses. Divided into two doors, top and bottom. If you want to get fresh air in the kitchen, you can open the top door and a window . Let the bottom remains closed. Thus, the wide openings still available, the small and pets will not even break out.
In order to look nice, different designs can be made for the door top and bottom. For example, make the top decorated with glass. Can thus also be slicked up with cafe curtains or short curtains. Functional, safe, pretty well. It’s really the right solution, right?
Exterior: Integrating Parks and Buildings
Exterior December 12th, 2009
On entering the Building and Development Center for Language Training Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, to meet Father Budi Subanar, earlier in the week, I was like entering the past. In addition to the building wall facing a seemingly solid, there are a series of steps to the side facing in, where a giant resin tree standing.
I thought the old building and simple, which was built about the mid-1950s, this must be worn. In fact when I was right on the first rung and looked around, the most special thing in this cluster of buildings is an entire wall is formed by a row of glass windows. On top of a concrete canopy of the row of glass also installed an old well-preserved condition.
After crossing the beautiful garden measuring approximately 40 x 20 meters, a long corridor that led me to the second cluster of buildings. That is where Father Banar (daily calls to Father Budi Subanar) with St. Sunardi, who not long ago I know, is based. They both gave birth to the birth of Master Program in Religious and Culture, one of three master degree programs at the University of Sanata Dharma.
The room on the side of the corridor is almost entirely walled with thick walls reach a height of five meters. With our easy to mark the windows that lined using stained glass as we find in many buildings that use art deco style. “This glass is still original. Always in every frame of the glass there SV design,” said Father Banar when guided me to a room that became St. Sunardi Chief Master Program in Religious and Cultural.
SV stands for nothing other virtve et sapientia (roughly meaning wisdom and virtue). These words was none other than a kind of spirit named Dormitory Realino building established in 1955 to accommodate foreign students studying in the city of Yogyakarta city. “So this was boarding students from various regions in Indonesia, whatever the ethnic and religious,” said St. Sunardi. No wonder if in this area there are so many rooms and bathrooms. Even the kitchen was visible in the size of the mass, where there are towering chimney on the roof. No wonder the kitchen is now a seminar room and the rooms of students into the room and a room full of college professors.
Functional
In accordance with its function at that time, accommodate dozens of students, no wonder if the park becomes very important. Park not only held in the spirit of beauty, but also informal communication space for all occupants. For that reason, the buildings in this complex is always growing around the park. And essential elements of the building, such as doors, windows, and stairs, always oriented to the park. Proverbial, if the occupants open the door and the window or down the stairs on the second floor, they are always confronted with a well-maintained gardens.
“The park is well cared for inmates is always a mirror in the house,” said St. Sunardimengutip an old adage. At the present time when the former student dormitory that was under Sanata Dharma Foundation, the utilization of each room was not much moved.
The difference, if used as a residence, now the rooms served as a scientific transformation process, discussion, and activities around the science and culture. Oh, yes, in one of the park where there is a large tree called banyan soekarno. The name is associated with the first President Sukarno, who planted a banyan tree when formalizing
Higher Education Sanata Dharma Teacher Education in 1960. Now under grove leaves and roots that spread far, the scientific and cultural activists held a discussion and stage arts. Thus, this complex suggests that the parks and buildings, particularly institutions related to the transformation of science and culture, has always been an integral part. Park not only be fresher when tired discussions in classrooms, but also become the “public” to eliminate structural bulkhead-screen class. “People can talk informally with anyone, about anything in the park,” said Father Banar.
It’s rare in contemporary thinking about the unification of human nature with the elements of human thought lately. Maybe they’ve started to lose creativity when the land narrows and the choice finally fell on the towering buildings. In Yogyakarta, the choice was still possible to avoid.
Water gurgling noises
Gardening December 10th, 2009
Green plants, splashing water and ornamental fish are chasing each other like an oasis in the barren desert.
It may be that you are one of the many city residents in the small hearts want to go home and live in the area only. Reality metropolitan chaotic and noisy throughout the day more a torment than a challenge. Moreover, sometimes at home, you also can not get the silence during the rest. Moments like that sometimes comes a yearning for the calm atmosphere, peaceful, breezy, and a faint sound of water splashing.
Traffic density and the high drive activity on the streets of the protocol to gangs in large cities, must be recognized has become part of our daily life. Motorcycles and cars is no longer the monopoly of the home “Gedongan”. Sound means of transportation of this city came almost exactly 24 hours. Sometimes, it still added also shouts and the sounds of vendors pushing carts of wares.
Reduce Pollution Voice
Noise pollution around us – the ongoing – it makes tense and stressful. What we attempt to muffle? The simplest is to put music, although not a solution 100% effective. Because not all family members have the same taste in music.
Concrete fence wall height from 1.5 to 2 m of a fortress, often successfully, muffled noise from the highway. If it is felt not enough, try to add a row of leafy plants outside the meeting or in a wall fence. For example a row of pine, kana flowers, oleander, or Heliconia.
But when two layers of fence walls (concrete and plant life) had also solve the problem, try to bring the sound of water falling!
Water gurgling sound
The sound or the sound of water falling with a regular and consistent frequency (continuous) and heard up to the house, actually unwittingly focus will divert us from hearing the sounds uncomfortably outside the home. The word “enchanted” or “hypnotized” in a positive way, perhaps more appropriate to describe the human mind calming effect due to sound / voice is monotonous. Especially if the aesthetics, fall in the water area also strived to appear attractive so it can be enjoyed from inside the house.
In the open sound of water splashing caused by flowing water or pouring non-stop from the top, falling down and drifted into the creek. Of course, this natural way is not economical when applied at home. So anyone work at through a pond.
What to Look For
What are the basic principles you need to know, before making the pool?
1. Size
An area of 1 m² was actually sufficient to make the water fall / fountain, spurting water even waterfalls. So that makes noise, the distance between the water fountain and pond water surface at least 1 to 1.5 m, with a pool depth from 15 to 40 cm.
2. Water Pump
Pump function raises the water from the pond to the point or position has been prepared, and then fell himself from the law of gravity. Increasingly swift running water, the more splash and air bubbles that occur. Pelannya rapids or actual water flow can be regulated. Even more important is the planned height.
In addition to good quality, choose the equivalent capacity of the pump / balance with the pond water volume and high point / position of the water fall. For example, the pump dye (submersible) 70 watts of power is sufficient for ponds 1 x 2 x 0.6 m with a point / position of the water fall + 1 – 20 m.
3. Bath Filters
Clean pond causes a pump to function optimally and durable. When you place the plant in water-even container / pot-and a few small fish, need to be prepared like a filter / filter.
Without the filter, the pump will often jammed because the dirt particles from decaying leaves of water plants, the remnants of feed, and fish waste will be trapped in the pump. Unfortunately, the pump is stuck in a long time tend to be damaged by engine heat.
Present in the House
Sound of water can also be presented at the initiative of several craftsmen rumahatas natural stone (sandstone). Splashing water devices are available in the shops of building materials or interior equipment store.
Size and price vary enough. From small to put on the table until a stand-alone and requires an area + 0.75 m². These devices are already equipped with a pump, so you only need to pour water suitable container capacity available, plug the power cord to the switch and start to enjoy the rhythm of splashing water!
Making House nuance Factory
Interior December 6th, 2009
Cement wall like a fort, combined iron plate small holes that had rusted and the like cut in several parts, is the appearance of the facade of this house. The impression that emerges is “hard”. The only “softness” that there is a cactus size XL.
It turned out that two things that are dominant in the outer-wall of concrete and rusted iron, was also dominant on the inside. All the walls and the floor was left naked in gray cement. While iron-complete with rust-spread almost in all parts of the house. But surprisingly, these two things do not reduce the modern impression on the couple’s house Irwan Edianto (34)-Melanie (34) this.
Interested In Plant
The idea initially, according to Melanie, she and her husband wanted a comfortable home for the children to play, so there should be no more “jewels”. This desire is then combined with a few favorite nyeleneh Melani, which is like a building that resembles a factory or warehouse. In addition he also likes old stuff and do not like stuff that looks nice or fancy. Is this possible because Melanie’s father has a factory (printing)? “Yes, perhaps, too, hahaha …,” joked Melanie.
To convey the idea, Melanie gives a design example of a reference collection of diligent design houses collected, to Andra Matin Architect. Aang-familiar call Andra Matin as Principal at this consulting firm, assisted Sigit Kusumawijaya as Project Architect will translate the client by using materials and finishes that looked roughly like a rusty iron, cement floor, or ceiling of exposed steel frame. Space-the space was made free from tension and clutter-like plant, so that children can play freely.
Iron Rust
This house is a lot of iron materials. In addition to ornaments on the facade, stairs, door frames, and even a few leaves the door, also using the iron. Interestingly, these iron rust intentionally to some extent, then given a coating to stop rust. Color that came out was the original color of iron rust stains as penghiasnya.
Gray color
For floors and walls, home owners choose not to coating with ceramic, marble, or other materials commonly used as floorcoverings. Homeowners tend to show acian cement walls and floor hardener given to the floor. Breakfast table in the kitchen are also treated the same, that is to appear in gray cement. The stripes that appear just to give a natural and artistic impression.
According to Melanie, she was very happy to play with colors, but he was also easily bored. When the color he played on the wall, it will be difficult to change when bored at a certain color. He therefore chose to use a neutral color wall-gray color, and play on furniture and other paraphernalia. “When bored, I can change anytime,” he explained.
Exposed steel framework
Still in order to create the impression of a factory, the roof of this house using metal deck (a sheet) which is often used in factories and steel roof structure. To reduce the heat, under the metal deck was given glass wool layer. Then glass wool to hold it, given under a sheet of aluminum foil are also capable of reducing heat. Under the aluminum foil, placed the new steel frames his arrest, just like in the factories.
Glass Everywhere
For the wall bordering the outer areas, more use of this translucent material. Die used for window glass thickness 8 mm, while for the windows and doors can be opened to use 10 mm thick glass.
Walls of the main bedroom on the 2nd floor also use glass. In order not transparent, is coated sandblast glass. While the bathroom with the master bedroom, the glass is left clear, so transparent.
Besides making the sun could enter freely, glass presents a modern impression of this house. Glass also makes this building a “factory-style house”, but not like a real plant.
Complementary Elements Curtains
Decoration December 6th, 2009
Choosing the fabric is not the only problem in installing curtain. There are other elements that need to be considered also for the window look more stylish.
If observed carefully, the curtain did not stand alone. There is a long pole used to hang is called the pole, rod, or tracks. Diameter ranged between 35-38 mm, generally equipped with a ring and hook.
There are also curtain linings that serves as a curtain coating. In addition to be able to withstand the heat and sound, this material can also keep the curtain to make it more durable.
See the top of the curtain. Sometimes a cloth hanging in there. Cloth curtains complement is called SWAG, and are usually equipped with a kind of tail that hung down. Instead, this SWAG curtain covering the top until the fifth or sixth of the high windows to look ideal.
Not only can cover SWAG curtain rails, no longer called pelmet. These are decorative Pelmet. In addition to covering the tracks, he was also able to disguise the top of the window that is not fair, for example, the curved shape.
Final touch can be achieved by retaining complete with cloth curtains. The form can be a metal hook placed on the side of the window or just equip it with a cloth or rope.
Many also yes, it complements the drapes? Select-select the right element to your window look more stylish.
