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the simple house design below are the masterpieces from japanese architect kimura kouichi, i like the design very much that design show the simpleness and elegance.
Light floods into this Kyoto house by Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects through a light well in its enormous chimney. (more…)
Travelling is certainly a pleasant and rewarding endeavor, and can enrich your life more than many other pursuits. However there are a few things you should keep in mind when you do leave your home so that you don’t come back to unwanted or unexpected surprises. One of the foremost concerns regarding the safety of your home should be centered on pest issues such as aroach problemor rodents. There are many cases of people going off on vacation and coming home to find that their house has been overtaken by the menace of insects or rats. Luckily there are a few things you can do to keep yourself from facing this annoying and stressful situation.
Do A Pre-Trip Check
Before you leave your home, you should check the exterior of it to make sure there are no visible cracks or crevices in the façade of your home that can provide a quick route of access for any pests that might want to come in. If there are any such cracks, you would do well to fill them with a product such as copper mesh, which will keep out both rodents and some insects. Smaller cracks can be sealed with caulk or a similar product to provide complete protection against the incursion of problem species of animal. One last thing you might do to the exterior of your home is to spray it with a barrier insecticide such as talstar to kill anything that tries to get in.
Protect Your Home With The Right Products
Inside the home there are also some measures you should take to keep pests away during your absence. The most important measure by far is the removal of any foodstuffs from the premises, including garbage. There are numerous tales of someone forgetting to take the garbage out before setting off for a trip and returning to find that their kitchen or perhaps even their entire home has been overrun by cockroaches, ants or some similar species of insect. This sort of situation will necessitate the use of pest control products such as sticky mouse glue traps or pesticides so it’s best to try and prevent the problem in the first place.
And Finally…
Lastly, you shouldn’t be afraid to put down some traps, pesticides or both in and around the kitchen, garage and other areas of the house as a final and complete protection against these annoying critters. By doing all these things, you will be able to relax and enjoy your holiday free from any worries that you might be coming home to an unpleasant situation.
In a real estate market where a bungalow costs big bucks, small-space living is the norm. Instead of longing for more palatial digs, make your small space lovely and maximize every inch you have. Think of decorating a small house as filling a jewel box. Fill it only with gems–those things you really love–and tuck every item into its proper slot.
Before you start decorating, make a list of each room and how you’ll live in them. Everyone eats, sleeps and sits. Beyond that, will any member of the household need a place for working, studying or hobbies? Do you entertain? Do you need book storage and a comfortable reading area? Allot space for your particular needs before you start adding the extras. It’s fine to decorate for the lifestyle you’d like to have, but designate space for the life you actually lead first.
In small space decorating, the conventional advice is to paint the walls with white or light colors to make the space look larger. That’s good advice–if you like light-colored walls. If you long for intense color, go for it. It works as long as the color flows and you don’t chop up the space visually. If your rooms are visible to each other, contrasting colors will make them look smaller because abrupt color changes stop the eye. Instead, try graduating shades of the same color or colors next to each other on the color wheel. For example, your eye flows from pumpkin to rust to brick, but stops at each color change with red, yellow, and blue. If you want contrasting color, paint an accent wall at the end of the house on an outside wall, where the eye would naturally stop anyway.
Beware of pieces that are larger than they look in that spacious furniture showroom, but don’t fill your small home with a bunch of tiny furniture and accessories. A jumble of little stuff looks messy. Small spaces look and feel larger with fewer items of medium to large scale. Think of yourself as Goldilocks and look for the scale that’s just right: comfortable for your body but not too big for the space.
Make sure each room has a focal point and arrange your room around it. Place your largest pieces first. Bumping into the furniture makes a small house feel even smaller, so allow at least 3 feet for major pathways. Utilize your vertical space. Hang artwork in clusters that reach all the way to the ceiling. If your kitchen storage is limited, hang pots and pans on the wall.
Look for multipurpose furnishings to maximize the space you have. For example, choose a sofa table that doubles as a desk and an ottoman with hidden storage. Metallic and mirrored surfaces, in furniture and accessories, make a space look larger by reflecting light into the room. Glass-topped tables have less visual weight than wood–which makes a big difference when they’re placed in the middle of the room.
Buying a house is one of the biggest decisions that you will ever make. It is important to take this decision seriously. You need to take the time prepare yourself in every aspect in order to make your home a blessing, and not a negative experience. Here are the basic steps that you should hollow when it is time to buy a home.
At the end of this article you’ll be able to recognize and use the basic interior design principles used by every interior designer to create a great design, and who knows maybe you’ll also save some money, or start a new career ! Now let’s begin with the beginning, and undestand what interior design is …
“Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. Not to be confused with interior decoration, interior design draws on aspects of environmental psychology, architecture, and product design in addition to traditional decoration.
An interior designer is a person who is considered a professional in the field of interior design or one who designs interiors as part of their job. Interior design is a creative practice that analyzes programmatic information, establishes a conceptual direction, refines the design direction, and produces graphic communication and construction documents. In some jurisdictions, interior designers must be licensed to practice.” – Source :Wikipedia
Now that you have an idea about interior design, we can move forward and learn something really useful, the principles of interior design. Let’s begin !
When doing interior design it is necessary to think of the house as a totality; a series of spaces linked together by halls and stairways. It is therefore appropriate that a common style and theme runs throughout. This is not to say that all interior design elements should be the same but they should work together and complement each other to strengthen the whole composition. A way to create this theme or storyline is with the well considered use of color. Color schemes in general are a great way to unify a collection of spaces. For example, you might pick three or four colors and use them in varying shades thoughout the house.
In a short sentence for those who just scan this article balance can be described as the equal distribution of visual weight in a room. There are three styles of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial.
Symmetrical balance is usually found in traditional interiors. Symmetrical balance is characterized by the same objects repeated in the same positions on either side of a vertical axis, for example you might remember old rooms where on each side of a room is an exact mirror of the other. This symmetry also reflects the human form, so we are inately comfortable in a balanced setting.
Asymmetrical balance is more appropriate in design in these days. Balance is achieved with some dissimilar objects that have equal visual weight or eye attraction. Assymetrical balance is more casual and less contrived in feeling, but more difficult to achieve. Asymmetry suggests movement, and leads to more lively interiors.
Radial symmetry is when all the elements of a design are arrayed around a center point. A spiral staircase is also an excellent example of radial balance. Though not often employed in interiors, it can provide an interesting counterpoint if used appropriately.
Interior design’s biggest enemy is boredom. A well-designed room always has, depending on the size of it, one or more focal points. A focal point must be dominant to draw attention and interesting enough to encourage the viewer to look further. A focal point thus must have a lasting impression but must also be an integral part of the decoration linked through scale, style, color or theme. A fireplace or a flat tv is the first example that most people think of when we talk about a room focal point.
If you don’t have a natural focal point in your space, such as a fireplace for example, you can create one by highlighting a particular piece of furniture, artwork, or by simply painting a contrasting color in one area. Try to maintain balance, though, so that the focal point doesn’t hog all of the attention.
If we would speak about music we would describe rhytmas the beat of pulse of the music. In interior design, rhythm is all about visual pattern repetition. Rhythm is defined as continuity, recurrence or organized movement. To achieve these themes in a design, you need to think about repetition, progression, transition and contrast. Using these mechanisms will impart a sense of movement to your space, leading the eye from one design element to another.
Repetition is the use of the same element more than once throughout a space. You can repeat a pattern, color, texture, line, or any other element, or even more than one element.
Progression is taking an element and increasing or decreasing one or more of its qualities. The most obvious implementation of this would be a gradation by size. A cluster of candles of varying sizes on a simple tray creates interest because of the natural progression shown. You can also achieve progression via color, such as in a monochromatic color scheme where each element is a slightly different shade of the same hue.
Transition is a little harder to define. Unlike repetition or progression, transition tends to be a smoother flow, where the eye naturally glides from one area to another. The most common transition is the use of a curved line to gently lead the eye, such as an arched doorway or winding path.
Finally, contrast is fairly straightforward. Putting two elements in opposition to one another, such as black and white pillows on a sofa, is the hallmark of this design principle. Opposition can also be implied by contrasts in form, such as circles and squares used together. Contrast can be quite jarring, and is generally used to enliven a space. Be careful not to undo any hard work you’ve done using the other mechanisms by introducing too much contrast!
Another important element of interior design where it is necessary to take infinite pains is details. Everything from the trimming on the lamp shade, the color of the piping on the scatter cushion, to the light switches and cupboard handles need attention. Unlike color people find details boring. As a result it gets neglected and skimmed over or generally left out. As color expresses the whole spirit and life of a scheme; details are just as an important underpinning of interior design. Details should not be obvious but they should be right, enhancing the overall feel of a room.
Scale and Proportion – These two design principles go hand in hand, since both relate to size and shape. Proportion has to do with the ratio of one design element to another, or one element to the whole. Scale concerns itself with the size of one object compared to another.
Color – Colors have a definite impact on the atmosphere that you want to create when doing interior design.
sources : freshome.com
Lucky are those who already have their own homes because they can consider them as investments. No matter how old the home is, there is always an option and an opportunity to make the home as good as new. This can be done by introducing changes in the home design or in the home facade or color.
The residence was designed by architect Christopher Polly. It was located in the Newtown neighborhood in Sydney, Australia, on a small lot of 115 square meters. Casa Haines was a modern semi-detached dwelling based on a complete renovation of a single story family house. The house design was a long and narrow living space. It comprised everything needed for a single family. There were a bedroom, bathroom, an open floor kitchen and dining area, a small study room, a laundry room and an outside deck leading to a beautiful garden.
The structure of the minimalist house gave a natural ventilation system, while the small but necessary garden warranted frisk air, fresh thoughts and relaxation. The modern house was presented by Plataforma Arquitectura as being a place with all the elements aligned in one continuous space wrapped around the rear interior volume. A narrow passage connected the old part of the house to the newly added kitchen. It also served like a passage from the slightly raised front part of the house to the lowered back. Natural light for the dining room was assured by having a slightly slanted roof, living room and kitchen with the help of strategically placed windows. The roof continued over the deck into the garden, which sized 58 square meters. Take a look at the pictures below and then help us figure out if there is enough space available for a comfortable living situation. (more…)
Any property that is purchased with the intent of gaining a return is considered investment property. Investment property can be an apartment building, a duplex, a single-family dwelling, vacant land, commercial property — basically any type of real estate. The term investment property usually describes property that the owner does not occupy, but in some cases, the owner may occupy a portion of it.
Purchasing investment property can be a lucrative venture, whether one simply hopes to purchase a home or plans to make a business out of such investments. One strategy for beginners is to purchase an investment property such as a duplex, or other multiple family dwelling, and live in one unit while renting out the other(s). This way, monies collected from the renter or renters covers the note, leaving the owner without a mortgage payment. Eventually the property is paid off, and the purchaser continues collecting the rent for a profit. (more…)
Buying a house can be hard work. A lot can go wrong and delays are normal. But there are things you can do to make it easier, starting with reading this buying property checklist.
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Work out how much you can afford
If you are looking to buy a house on your own, a lender will agree to offer you at least 3 to 4 times your income, so if you earn £30,000 you can obtain a loan for at least £90,000. A couple are likely to be offered 2.75 to 3 times their joint income. Some lenders will offer bigger income multiples if they think that you have enough disposable income to meet the monthly repayments. (more…)
You decide. Is cheap really better? Most people seem to think so. If price were no object, nobody in their right mind would touch the Ikea stuff to decorate your house.
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