Schumacher Love (part 3)
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Schumacher Love (part 2)
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Schumacher Love (part 1)
Wood Outdoor Patio Furniture
Wood Patio Furniture
Wood Patio Furniture
Decide Okay, so what kind of patio furniture is. Wood patio furniture is almost always a winner. Has the unique ability to seamlessly into the natural surroundings and offers comfort and elegant appearance mixture.But there is no need for me to convince you, perhaps more than you decision. The key is now to ensure that your patio furniture wood will continue in the coming years. This is not a difficult task, as many think. Even if your wood furniture are the items that a few simple tips to ensure that the groove for many, many years will remain suspended.
So often overlooked simple tasks. You can get mileage "from their patio furniture, if your furniture cleaning pen at regular intervals. Depending on weather conditions, annual cleaning should be sufficient. Thus the ugly rings and water spots to avoid on this page.Cleaning is a great tool support, but especially with protective film for your garden furniture. Patron that the end choice for your wood patio furniture is highly dependent on the weather.
Keep in mind that the furniture that is made. Even with the greatest care, exposure to elements will lead to the aging of your furniture. If you do not have much of your patio in the cold season, this is a good idea to store your patio furniture wood - if you have extra space. This is less important if you live in an area with a temperate climate.Well, most people probably do not have the luxury of extra space for storage of your furniture made of wood serving. This is an inexpensive way to protect your patio furniture wood.
Finally, you do not want to go through all this effort for nothing. So many people on the protection of the body of your patio furniture, but neglected feet! Remember that this part is exposed to the wood furniture. You can solve this problem easily by using the rubber soles of your furniture. Easy to make, inexpensive and provide better protection for your furniture, if the soil is wet.Wood patio furniture has so many benefits from a decorative standpoint. Do not let it go, by not looking after your purchase waste.
ENERGY STAR Home
Energy Star Homes are typically 20-30% more energy efficient than standard homes – why? Energy Star homes incorporate these eco friendly features:
1. Effective Insulation
2. High-Performance Windows
3. Tight Construction and Ducts
4. Efficient Heating and Cooling Equipment
5. Efficient Products
6. Third-Party Verification
The benefits of building an energy efficient home are plenty:
LOWER OWNERSHIP COST
Compared with standard homes, ENERGY STAR homes use substantially less energy for heating, cooling, and water heating-delivering $200 to $400 in annual savings.
Over the average 7 to 8 years you may live in your home, this adds up to thousands of dollars saved on utility bills. Additional savings on maintenance can also be substantial. Financing your home purchase using an energy efficient mortgage can also lead to savings.
BETTER PERFORMANCE
Properly installed energy-efficient improvements deliver better protection against cold, heat, drafts, moisture, pollution, and noise. An energy-efficient home helps ensure consistent temperatures between and across rooms, improved indoor air quality, and greater durability.
SMART INVESTMENT
To date, more than 8,500 home builders have partnered with EPA to construct more than 1 million ENERGY STAR qualified homes. The trend is clear. By choosing a home with the ENERGY STAR label, you can be confident that it will have an increasingly valued feature when the time comes to sell.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Did you know that your home can be a greater source of pollution than your car? In fact, 16 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are generated from the energy used in houses nationwide.
Energy used in our homes often comes from the burning of fossil fuels at power plants, which contributes to smog, acid rain, and global warming. Simply put, the less energy we use in our homes, the less air pollution we generate.
Source: energystar.gov
Contemporary Home Interior Design
Home Design
So before you start the actual work of construction to ensure that you are completely comfortable with the plan design interior home. Home design offers many services for the benefit of pre-designed contemporary home plans in a variety of floor plans, and although it saves you time and money in the short term and provides the comfort of projects completed at contemporary home. They should also have the ability to plan for additional construction if the need arises. Your outer life should be part of your house plans. Access to your home interior and the interior should be simple and safe.
Old doors!
Courtesy: Lisa Luby Ryan for Veranda
Great Doors Design
Modern Doors Design
Spice a dark interior with modern wood door. Doors provide privacy and immediately noticeable upswing in each room. Wooden doors are ideal for interior repairs. The doors are made of metal are too heavy and serious home interiors and doors are made of synthetic materials such as particles, the latter a few years before it starts distorting.
Check before installing contemporary interior doors, what effect you want to achieve. If you just enough privacy, panel-style door with a solid brass knob. If you want to create a mood that should be true divided light contemporary door. This style, which consists of a solid wood window casing is made of glass can play up or physically or internally reflect light beautifully. Glass contemporary doors can also look a room less dark and institutions.
Wall Covering Ideas with Vetrina Glass Mosaic Tiles by Mosaico
Wall Covering Ideas with Vetrina Glass Mosaic Tiles by Mosaico
Tropic Small Home Design Architecture at Malang East Java Indonesia
Home Design architecture at small house isn�t difficult as the size. We can make some small area looks even larger then actual size. At Malang, East java, Indonesia, some small house adapt minimize tropic home design architecture. It�s use some gardening, composition wall color, texture and some decorating house.
House Beautiful: Kitchen of the Year by Jeff Lewis of Flipping Out
RUMAH UNIK (BAGIAN 3)
Cactus House � The Netherlands
The balconies of the Cactus House apartment building in Rotterdam were designed to maximize outdoor gardening space for tenants.
Gangster House � Russia
This soaring wooden tower in Archangelsk, Russia was built by local gangster Nikolai Sutyagin. He never quite got around to finishing its construction � he was jailed before the work was completed.
Cube Houses � The Netherlands
The Dutch seem to be building more than their fair share of interesting houses, as evidenced by these �cube houses� in Rotterdam. Architect Piet Blom intentionally tipped the houses 45 degrees on their side. Cutting edge yes, but not good for those with vertigo.
Wooden Sphere House � Canada
The sphere house in British Columbia, Canada takes simplicity to a whole new level. The sphere is anchored to its surroundings using ropes and spiral staircases.
Habitat 67 � Canada
These playful apartments in Montreal feature a unique building block design.
Wozoco Apartments � The Netherlands
This �hanging� apartment building near Amsterdam uses some clever architecture to get around local zoning laws. Dutch laws require sunlight for all units, so the builders simply hung part of the building above the ground allowing for extra square footage and sun for the tenants below.
Pod House � New York
Located in New Rochelle, the Pod House�s interesting organic design is based on the structure of a weed called Queen Anne�s Lace.
Berman House � Australia
The Berman House in Joadja, Australia hangs over a deep canyon below. I�m sure the views must be spectacular.
Rotating House � Germany
Architect Rolf Disch was thinking green when he built this structure near Freiburg, Germany. The house rotates with the movement of the sun in winter to save on heating costs. Maybe there�s a renter�s discount if you get dizzy easily?
Mushroom House � Ohio
For only $400,000, you could be living in your own fairytale-style mushroom house located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Floating House � Ukraine
Though it seems to defy the laws of nature, this structure in the Ukraine is apparently supported by the beams on the right hand side of the image. It looks a bit fake, don�t you think?
Upside-Down House � Poland
This structure is not a mistake. The upside-down house really was built just as it looks. Designer Daniel Czapiewski created it as a critique of the �upside-down� nature of his country�s former communist government. Located in Szymbark, Poland.
Sumber : RP_Sipahutar
RUMAH UNIK (BAGIAN 2)
Mereka lebih memilih berkreasi sendiri untuk membangun rumah impian. Mereka bahkan tak ragu mendesain tempat tinggal mereka dengan bentuk-bentuk tak lazim. Rumah merupakan cerminan kepribadian dari pemiliknya. Bagi seorang yang sudah mapan, rumah seringkali dijadikan cerminan kemapanannya, sebagai bentuk perwujudan dari pencapaiannya dalam hidup. Bagi sebuah keluarga muda, rumah didambakan sebagai tempat yang disimbolkan sebagai permulaan untuk menjalani kehidupan panjang dan penuh perjuangan dalam rangka mencapai kebahagiaan.
Demi perwujudan dari simbol � simbol tersebut, banyak orang rela merogoh dalam koceknya, demi terwujudnya sebuah Rumah Idaman.
Tapi, terpikirkah oleh anda bagaimana cara pandang seorang seniman terhadap sebuah rumah? Type seperti apakah rumah yang mereka idamkan?
Bagi seorang seniman, rumah adalah sebuah �kanvas� atau media untuk mewujudkan ekspresi jiwa seninya. Penasaran bagaimana bentuknya?
Berikut adalah rumah-rumah unik, yang mungkin saja bisa menginspirasi Anda, untuk berkreasi menciptakan tempat tinggal yang menonjolkan karakter keluarga.
1. Rumah Pesawat Luar Angkasa
Rumah unik ini terletak di 1408 Palisades Road, Chattanooga, negara bagian Tennessee, Amerika Serikat. Rumah berdiri di atas lahan 2000 square feet atau setara dengan 185,8 meter persegi. Dalam rumah terdapat tiga kamar tidur, dua kamar mandi, dapur, ruang keluarga, dan bar terbuka.
2. Rumah Teko
Rumah teko sebenarnya pompa bensin kecil yang dibangun pada 1922. Pembangunannya untuk menyindir skandal 'Teapot Dome' Presiden Harding dan badan federal cadangan minyak bumi di Wyoming. Rumah teko itu merupakan pompa bensin tertua di negara bagian tersebut dan tidak lagi digunakan.
3. Rumah Boeing 727
Menjadikan pesawat boeing sebagai rumah tentu tidak murah. Dibutuhkan dana sekitar US$ 2.000 atau sekitar 20 juta untuk membangunnya. Itu belum termasuk biaya pemindahan senilai US$ 4.000, dan biaya renovasi senilai US$ 24.000.
Rumah yang memilik total investasi senilai US$ 30.000 itu dilengkapi dengan tangga terbuka dan pintu garasi yang dilengkapi remote control. Kamar mandi pesawat dibiarkan utuh dan terdapat jacuzzi di bagian kokpit.
4. Rumah Toilet
Rumah berbentuk toilet ini dinamakan Haewoojae, yang berarti rumah untuk memuaskan kekhawatiran pria. Terletak di Suwon, sekitar 46 km (29 mil) sebelah selatan Seoul, Korea Selatan. Aktivis sanitasi Korea Selatan akan menandai awal munculnya asosiasi toilet global pada 21 November 2007, dengan mengangkat tutup pada rumah toilet pertama di dunia yang memiliki banyak ruang penyimpanan air.
5. Rumah Kerang
Rumah berbentuk kerang lengkap dengan kamar tidur, kamar mandi dan dapur ini dirancang dan dibangun oleh tim dari Senosiain Arquitectos di Mexico City, Meksiko.
6. Rumah Sepatu
Sepatu warna coklat, berukuran besar dan bisa dimasuki manusia. Itu adalah rumah sepatu yang terletak di Hellam, Pennsylvania, Amerika Serikat. Dibuat oleh Kolonel Mahlon M. Haines, seorang ahli pembuat sepatu, pada 1948. Terdiri tiga kamar tidur, dua kamar mandi, dapur dan ruang keluarga. Sempat menjadi tempat penyimpanan es krim, rumah sepatu tersebut saat ini menjadi sebuah museum.
7. Rumah terbalik
Rumah yang membuat pusing orang yang melihatnya karena terbalik ini terletak di Szymbark, Polandia. Diciptakan oleh Daniel Czapiewski untuk mendeskripsikan masa komunis dan kondisi saat ini.
8. Rumah Kubus
Terletak di Rotterdam, Belanda, rumah kubus terdiri 32 rumah yang berhubungan satu sama lain. Rumah yang tiap kubusnya terdiri dari tiga lantai, ini dirancang oleh Piet Blom pada 1984.
9. Rumah Gelembung
Rumah yang berhias gelembung-gelembung ini terletak di Cannes, Prancis. Pada awal tahun 1980an, perancang busana ternama, Pierre Cardin, membeli rumah unik ini untuk liburan musim panas. Rumah gelembung dirancang oleh Antti Lovag.
10. Rumah Eliphante
Proses pembuatan rumah Eliphante ini memakan waktu yang sangat lama yaitu 28 tahun. Hal itu karena pasangan suami istri pemilik rumah, Michael Kahn dan Leda Livanti, membangunnya dengan tangan sendiri. Terletak di Conrville, Arizona, Amerika Serikat, rumah ini terlihat seperti galeri seni karena menjadikan sisa-sisa bangunan sebagai hiasan pada dinding rumah.
11. Crooked House
Bangunan dengan luas 4.000 meter persegi ini terletak di daerah perbelanjaan di Sopot, Polandia. Didesain oleh arsitek asal Polandia bernama Szotynscy Zaleski, gedung ini menjadi obyek yang paling sering difoto di negara Polandia.
12. Rumah Piano
Bangunan unik berbentuk piano ini terletak di Propinsi An Hui, Cina. Pada bagian biolanya ada eskalator menuju ke dalam gedung dan di bagian dalamnya terdapat rencana-rencana pembangunan di propinsi tersebut untuk menarik para investor yang ating.
13. Longaberber Basket Company HQ � Newark, Ohio
Bangunan ini berawal dari mimpi Dave Longaberger, pendiri The Longaberger Company, untuk membangun kantornya dengan desain keranjang besar. Ide pemilik perusahaan yang memproduksi keranjang-keranjang dari kayu ini awalnya ditertawakan oleh semua orang, termasuk dari para arsitek, investor, dan perusahaan konstruksi. Tapi David tetap mewujudkan mimpi tersebut dan pada 17 Desember 1997 akhirnya bangunan tersebut berdiri dan menjadi salah satu gedung yang terkenal di seluruh dunia.
14. Replay�s Building
Pada tahun 1812, gempa bumi dengan kekuatan lebih dari 8 SR mengguncang New Madrid, Missouri dan menghancurkan semua bangunan. Well, hampir semua. Salah satu bangunan yang �selamat� adalah bangunan yang retak ini dan kini menjadi bagian dari daftar bangunan unik di Ripley's Believe It or Not.
15. Dancing House
Desain bangunan ini memang terlihat terlalu moderen dan menjadi kontroversial di jamannya. Namun presiden Ceko saat itu, V�clav Havel, sangat menyukainya dan berharap gedung ini akan menjadi pusat aktifitas kebudayaan nantinya.
Gedung ini dinamai �Fred and Ginger�, yang merupakan nama penyanyi dan penari terkenal asal Amerika, karena sekilas gedung ini mirip dengan sepasang penari. (fn/vs/rlk/pkt) suaramedia.com