Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Colors at Kitchen Design

A kitchen if you have a color matching can lead to mood and feeling comfortable in yourself and others, when doing activities or socializing in the kitchen. Although the color scheme in this room should still be a blend with other rooms in your residence. Color choices should be calm and encouraging, relaxing and inspiring. Here's the paint on the kitchen design.






Warm Colors
Red is a warm color (tend to be memorable heat) can only be used on the walls of the room to a bare minimum. Too much red can cause feelings of anxiety. For that, as a counterweight to the presence of red color, should be used cool colors like white or brown.






The colors orange or yellow are also considered warm colors. Warm colors are perfect for the kitchen with Tuscan style. To design a more contemporary or modern, use warm colors which tend to be brighter to match the style of cooking this room design.







Cold Colors
Blue and green colors give the impression of relaxation in the room. Cool colors tend to visually refreshing and are perfect for traditional or modern design style.







As a counterweight of cool colors, it can be combined with colors that are darker, so there is contrast in the room. In addition to the colors on the wall, balancing of cool colors on the walls can be used accessories and furnishings of the dominant dark color.





Neutral Colors
Neutral colors in a room tend to be memorable more flexible, especially in combination with other colors. But if too dominant neutral colors also resulted in impressive room flat and boring.





Color Combination
There may be more than one wall in the kitchen, and do not all walls have the same color. Use contrasting colors blend to create a dynamic impression. Use warm colors, like red or yellow, for color accents on the walls, and paint the remaining walls with white or brown.

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Carpet Usage Advantages

There are several advantages of using carpet in the house:
1. Comfort and warmth.
Floor rug will provide soft feel, and you can walk in floored room carpet barefoot. On a cold winter, the carpet will also feel warmer than ceramic.







2. There are no corners and keep the fall.
If you have a baby at home who are learning to walk, to feel safe when your baby is accidentally dropped. Although the fall will reduce the risk of bruising and his head bumped because of the nature of the soft carpeting and soft.



3. Silencers.
Carpet is also muffle the sound so that it can reduce the noise level inside the house. Carpet tends to suppress a loud noise in the room.








4. Leveling the floor or table leg.
Although already very selective in choosing furniture, sometimes problems arise such as an uneven table leg. Similarly, if the floor surface problematic. Not only because it can not be stable, but also creates a noisy sound.




Some of you may solve it by installing a booster of paper or foam. Rather than so, its better just put carpet on the bottom, as the base. With thickness and its soft, carpet can make things more stable stand on it, while eliminating the annoying sounds. Guaranteed, the table will not sway anymore. The house also looks more beautiful.




In terms of treatment, there are many options for cleaning the carpet. The easiest option is to hire a carpet cleaning service that will do the job for you. Or the way that many use is to use a vacuum cleaner. Immediately clean carpet dirt when exposed to dirt, it will help prolong the life of the carpet in your home.

Saturday, 23 July 2011

Befriend Carpet Tips

Most carpet placed on the family room. If placement in the middle of the room, the carpet usually becomes the center of furniture equipment. In the title in the middle so crushed by the table drinking coffee. The sides coincide with the couch, or in some concept of the arrangement, could have been crushed by the foot of the couch.






As the floor accessories, many kinds of rugs to choose from. Based on its constituent fibers, there are five choices of carpet fibers. There are carpets made of nylon, polypropylene, wool, polyester, acrylic, and mixed some earlier material. Of course, every carpet fiber material has advantages of each.



To beautify the space, colors, patterns, and thickness of carpet to be an important factor. There are four types of carpet that can be used as an attractive accessory space. First, a braided rug yarn cut pile type. These types of cuts made rugs have long fur and tufted. The carpet was relatively thick and smooth.






The second type is a level loop pile. These rugs have the same hair and average height. His impressions were more formal.







The next one is a furry rug multi-level loop pile and cut and loop pile. Both are a combination of the two types of carpet before.







In designing a simple family room with one sofa, four types of carpet can actually be used. The choice depends on the individual users. As an example of a sofa combined with gray carpet of a long-haired dark. These rugs not only as an ornamental, but the surface are soft, it can also be a relaxing place to sit or lie down. The presence of a thick fur and a long carpet that makes the carpet feels soft.





Well so, the family room which had only one sofa that can appear attractive. The existence of carpet gives a contrasting color. Even so, the atmosphere created a pleasant stay. Comfortable because overstuffed sofas and carpets, as a place to sit, or dozing.

Carpet cleaning tips from the dirt


Candle Stain
Melted wax falls on the carpet is very difficult to clean. It can be cleaned by putting a sheet of paper (paper envelope) over the melted wax harden, then place the iron on the paper with heat level is. Allow a moment to absorb the hot wax paper. Lift the paper that there have been candles. This step must be done carefully, so that the carpet is not affected by iron.



Children Urine Stains
Not rule out the carpet you are exposed to the urine of children. The smell of urine would stick there. Easy to do is hang the rug on both sides of the width (not attached to the ground). Next, pour hot water (which should be boiling) on the carpet urine stains. But be careful that you are not exposed to splashes of hot water. Now, the smell of urine will disappear immediately.

Sallow
When the color of your carpet fading? Sprinkle the carpet with salt (baking soda) as much as possible, then let stand for about 1 hour. Thereafter, suction with a vacuum cleaner. Cling! The carpet was bright again.



Do not walking with Bare Feet
Many people assume that walking barefoot in the house can make the carpet cleaner longer. But that assumption is not entirely correct. Feet sweat and oil. When in contact with carpets, oil and sweat stick to the carpet, causing dust and dirt easily attached. We recommend wearing socks or slippers when walking on carpet.

Quick Tips Not Faded Carpet


Here are some tips to keep the rug in order to remain durable and not faded:
Avoid sunlight
Excessive sunlight and heat that burned a biggest enemy of carpet. Both can make the colors fade faster carpet, especially if exposed for long periods. Dim light is better to keep your carpet lasting long.
If you put carpet in areas exposed to the sun as a decoration, try a thick curtain to dim light.

Carpet cleaning
Regular carpet cleaning is an important way to make it always looks new. Get used to clean the carpet every day, to make it free from dust and dirt.
Do not let dust accumulate on the carpet, because it will gradually cover the original color and make the carpet look dull and ugly. Use a vacuum cleaner once a week to suck dust and dirt from the carpet.





Washing carpets
Occasionally, wash carpets using soapy water. Dampen the carpet, then use soap and a soft brush to gently scrub the carpet surface.
Do not use harsh chemicals. Although can make the job easier and faster completion, the chemical can fade the natural color of the carpet. If not, could use a gentle shampoo to wash the carpet.
When finished, rinse the carpet with enough water and make sure no remnants of soap left. Residual soap can fade the color of the carpet. After washing, dry the carpet up to 100 percent dry.

Carpet Care Tips

Many ways in cleaning carpets. However, most of these techniques depends on the size and type of carpet. If a small carpet under the table in the living room, then to clean it can use bare hands and with the help of a vacuum cleaner. But if a large rug may even meet the interior of the entire room, it is necessary to use a special machine carpet cleaner.



There are two options to choose from regarding carpet cleaning. The first is to buy a carpet cleaning machine so that whenever required, you can clean the carpet yourself. The second option is to rely on carpet cleaning services. Both options have advantages and disadvantages of each.




If you want to clean yourself, you must provide funds for the purchase of carpet cleaning machines, not to mention having to think where to store the machine in the house.





If using carpet cleaning services, you must go to the trouble to bring the rug to place these services, but the results are definitely cleaner. Since the average in the carpet cleaning Service Company, they use large-sized machines. But now there is a carpet cleaning service that would shuttle between the carpets and makes us relax.




Whatever the choice, keep clean than carpet will make the interior feel more clean and comfortable, too, of course will extend the life of the carpet.

The idea of painting the walls a warm


Choice of warm colors creates a comfortable environment. Every year is always created a new color trend, but is almost certain that although the trend colors are different, the presence of the element colors are warm wall paint will always be needed, especially in home decor. Warm colors can add a new look to your residence in the dwelling of any decorating style is.





Element - element of the natural elements
The presence of a color always has a psychological effect for humans, including natural elements such as cocoa, gold, green. Selection of the proper color of the natural elements will provide energy to warm the room, which can create a comfortable atmosphere in the residence.



In determining the theme is based on natural elements, you can create with the thought of a particular season, because every season is dominant with a certain color elements, such as dominant during the rainy season in blue and green, then the dry season that is more suited to the color yellow, brown.



Themes based on fairy tales
Fairy tales here does not mean having to always tales of children. Imagination as a story in the novel and film of your choice can be realized for the selection of paint colors at home. Color selection will also reflect the personal character of the owner of such occupancy.






Create the colors of the active
Because of the presence of each color can affect our psychology, so it's good to choose several different colors in each room to create different moods. For example, choose cool colors, quiet in the bedroom. And the present wall paint colors that will affect the morale in the workspace. The colors are very effective active as well as creating the beauty of the decor; the mood will also bring in the desired condition.

House Painting Color Tips


Once we do house painting, paint color choices and combination are considerations that must be thought, because the selection of the right color for home interiors and facades are important considering the effect of paint color on a house decor and theme.




Tips when choosing paint colors for the interior of the house:
1. Choose the paint should match the furniture, accessories and furniture use.





2. Use colors like purple and green paint on the interior decoration of rooms (give the impression the room look bigger). While choosing colors of yellow or red paint tends to make the room look smaller.





3. As a variation on interior decoration, the walls of the room trim technique can be applied. That gives different color paint on one wall of the piece at the same time.





4. Blending elements of light and dark colors alternately in the home will create harmony in the decor. But it is not advisable to play contrasting colors.





Examine the effect of changing the paint color in the daytime and at night, so you will have a shadow like what would become of interior decoration in your home when color is applied.
In addition to home interior, paint color themes also greatly affect the style of a house exterior. 



Selection of paint colors to exterior also there are some brief tips which you should understand.
1. Choose paint colors that harmonized with the exterior color of houses in the neighborhood you live. Selection of a different color of paint on the exterior of the house is not recommended if the forms and themes of building a house are not very interesting because the color is too flashy exterior paint will make the house look ugly.

2. Structure at home is also an important factor to consider in choosing a paint color when painting the exterior will be done. Materials such as decks, coral stone, brick home, perhaps painted with a paint color that firm, in contrast giving rise to the impression of a rough surface texture.





3. There are some exterior paint colors that can be considered safe to apply to the majority of the theme of the house. Colors like white or pearl white, brown is the color that is popular and suitable for all ages.






4. The color appearance of all buildings must be balanced. Lighter colors is more popular than the darker color because bright colors always reflect light that causes the house gleamed, in contrast with the dark colors tend to absorb the incoming light, making memorable color dull.




5. For color paint on the windows made from metal should blend with the exterior paint colors are used, because the color blends with the color of paint on the exterior windows will be easier than if you had to choose exterior paint color that matches the color of paint on the windows of the house.

House Painting Tips


Premises provide a new paint color is one of the most efficient ways to add value and appeal to your home. If by chance, for example you plan to sell the house, to attract potential buyers the physical appearance of the house must be made more attractive. Painting is a more affordable alternative than doing renovations on the house.




These are some painting tips to make sure that you get what you want:
1. Choose wisely, a color selection will be the most important decisions when it will decide to paint a room. Look for a reference about what paint colors that are popular, but be careful not to choose a color that is too flashy because it will make the house look a weird and bad.



Avoid dark colors because it will make the room look smaller and can cause discomfort. Especially for indoor bathrooms and kitchens. Choose bright colors that look clean and bright. After you specify the color choice, paint some parts of the blank wall and see how the paint color of your choice that when combined with the room lighting and furniture.
This will help determine if the color was really fit before you paint the entire room.




2. Combine, if by chance a choice of colors is the color of the mixture, after buying a few cans of paint should you is mixing everything together. This avoids the possibility of different colors of paint mixture in each tin and allows you time to do the painting.




3. Do not skimp, you've realized that doing a painting as a more efficient way than doing a renovation. To make sure only to buy paint and brushes with the best quality. All this will affect the outcome of painting and usually paints with the best quality does have a use value which is longer than the quality paint underneath.




4. Preparation, make sure that the wall has been cleaned with a scrub (scraping) or by sanding. Walls are clean and smooth, paint colors will bring more good by doing so, you will also be more frugal in the use of paint because they do not have to do repetitions of painting and repainting will be more durable results.




5. Flat or Gloss, note that in the paint surface due to rough surfaces better wall paint is covered by a flat type while for a smooth wall surface, the more clean look with a glossy paint types. Glossy paint types are able to resist dirt, moisture and mildew, so try to use them in bathrooms and kitchens.




6. Detail, when the painting was all finished, mix the rest of the existing paint color with white to create a color decor. Use this mixture to make a few lines as decorative elements in the paint on the wall earlier and make sure that you continue to paint with colors matching to the entire room.




The new paint color and fresh is one of the most important elements to make your home look more attractive. Apply this trick so that your home will feel more attractive and comfortable.