Showing posts with label patio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patio. Show all posts

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Fresh Your Home With Patio


Air conditioner (AC) is not the only way to make a cool shelter. One natural way to cool the dwelling is by presenting a small garden in a residential or popularly called patio. Like an oasis in the desert, patiobisa be one way to bring freshness to a dwelling.
In addition to making housing more cool and fresh, green plants and gurgling water pools could also eliminate fatigue. No wonder when the patio started to become a trend, especially for urban residential in the middle. Patio can provide the freshness that is no less than just a park in front of the house.
 
Various benefits you can get from the park in this house. In this park residents can relax for a moment from the view of office buildings. Patio can also be useful to add to the beauty in the house. Moreover, the function unconsciously patio itself could be a means to absorb as much sunlight into the house. Automatically, the more energy efficient homes and the occupants are healthier.

Patio is part stand-alone buildings or related to outer space, park, or garden .. Patio should be put in place with the best views. In addition, also within easy reach. For example, by making a path towards building a house with a separate patioyang.
 
Besides the location, which should also be considered is the proportion. Size of the patio should be proportional to the land the house so as not to cripple and even aesthetically patio is not only useful as a functional, yet visually the patio can be eye catching in the house.
 
Regarding the solid-padannya with existing elements in the house, because the patio is an element of outer space, it should be paired with the physical appearance of the home / building. For example, by aligning the design style. Or if the location patiodi in the house,, for coherent and match with other furniture and accessories in the house can be a color.
To maximize the function of the patio, the other thing is no less important is the lighting. Lodging in the morning and afternoon, the patio is almost never needed artificial light because it is usually used as a transitional space patio outside and inside is getting enough light from the sun. As for the evening, the patio is quite simple to use lighting. For example, light is made of a strobe light or general lighting.
 
Regarding the placement of lighting, when light from a strobe light is used, then it is usually light is useful to illuminate the table and patio furniture in the area. While the general lighting / general usually required so that all parts can be exposed to bright light.
 
Different again with outboard lighting, this light is usually useful to reinforce the view at night.
It can be placed with the casing outdoor lights to illuminate the road around and add aesthetic. Placing lighting for outdoor spaces, which need to be considered is the highlight part of the patio or around plants, and so that feels pretty exciting.
 
In addition to lighting there is one additional element that can be used as value-added to the patio, the floor and plants.
 
Floors are usually put on pavement concrete example of this type of paving. While the plant was instrumental elements to make the patio more beautiful. In addition, patio design is also very decisive added value.

Friday, 26 August 2011

Patio Lighting

The patio is one of the great lifestyle features of any home. This is where the family can relax, where friends can be entertained, just a great place to put your feet up and enjoy a lazy summer’s day. At night, particularly in the warm weather, it's the entertaining area for parties and those fabulous alfresco dinners. Solar patio lights are becoming extremely popular, and for very good reasons.
Patio lighting
Everybody has their own tastes regarding external lighting, and a large area like a patio really does involve making a few decisions about how you want the area to be lit. Most people don't like really garish lights, and let's face it, nobody likes the power bills much, either.
Good lighting also involves design, and as most people know only too well, working with wiring for external areas is very much an acquired taste. Few homeowners are overjoyed with the idea of putting live electrical fittings in areas where they might get wet or need servicing.
There’s a further complication in the fact that external lighting can be quite difficult to install in some places. Installation can involve quite literally taking apart parts of the house, which is both expensive and in some cases more trouble than it's worth. There's only so much the average human being is prepared to do to install a light globe. (from designstyleguide.blogspot.com)

Clean Your Patio

Patios are a wonderful addition to your home. Spring and summer are good times spend the terraces with parasols and colorful living young adults to spend time with them. They are the perfect place to spend time with your family and friends. However, decks can easily identify. Food spills and beverages and exposure to the elements of nature are often dirty and become a problem for you.

The following sections take you to clean your playground favorites to ensure a beautiful terrace overlooking clean and bright days in spring and summer.

A large number of chemicals on the market that are used to clean the patio. A chemical that is the policy of the cabinet, ideal for places that are not so stubborn. Use warm water and rub the surface to remove stains and dirt and then rinse with water. Let dry and look to your garden, as ever.

The toughest stains like red wine spills are difficult to remove. Use lemon juice to remove this. Water can wash away the stains, because it is a universal solvent, but some stains can be used to remove the laundry. They are ideal for cleaning spots, he left for “some time and are difficult to remove because they are cured.

Bleach, dry or in solution, is a wonderful way to clean the yard. Bleach can help clean tough stains. Mix bleach with water in a bucket and use it to wipe the hard court. Make a stiff brush for that. When finished, rinse the bleach with water. To ascertain whether the farm is surrounded by grass and other plants that the permanence of the water mixed with chlorine away from plants that are more dead grass and other plants. When using diluted bleach, leave the field with the chlorine in the night and the next morning I rub, then rinse with water holes.

Chlorine is a poison, careful not to come into contact with children or animals or vegetation. Bear with work gloves and clothing that can have after work, because most likely destroy the handling of chlorine. (from massimomarchiori.com)

Beautify Home With Patio

Making Hanging Gardens of Babylon-inspired patio. Patio derived from Spanish, which means garden or backyard, has been around since the 15th century BC, originally from Egypt and other desert areas. At that time the parks are at risk of drought, so it was moved into the house.
The function of the patio is to create beauty and comfort in homes, as well as increasing the flow of air into the house. In addition as a function of aesthetics.

Special area that can take place outside the home and also placed in this house can be used to hold a banquet dinner or as a place to gather with family.

The simplest way is to place potted plants and potted mini fountain in the area that you like. If you have a budget you can place tables, chairs, and plants in the middle of the house or backyard. In fact, it could also be added with a barbeque. As another option, you can add also a mini pool table, ping pong tables, and hammocks (hammocks), so that felt more relaxed atmosphere.

Tips To Make a Patio

patio desain by paver
 If you liked the patio (garden behind the house) and in the near future plans to make it, the following tips you can consider.
• Create a design that can be viewed from different sides of the existing space adjacent to this area.
• For those who have a home land of less than 200 square feet and between 200 to 400 square feet, making the patio is perfect for this area. Usually the size is approximately 3x4m2. That way the sun and the wind flow can freely enter. For those who have a large house with land, can be either a page in or also called the inner coutyard.
• Patio size 3x4 m 2 can be fully hardened, so the plants can be placed in pots or vines. Elements of a waterfall can also be added to make it more beautiful.

Patio Furniture for Home

To beautify the appearance of the house, some people love the terrace. Terrace has two functions, namely the functional (to receive guests) and visual (to be seen as a complement to the beauty of the house). Terrace should be put in place with the best view and easily accessible. For example, by making the road to the terrace which is separated from the house. It will also add aesthetic value of the house and terrace.
In addition to location, which should also consider applying for a home is the size of the patio terrace. Its size should be proportional to the land the house to match the look and aesthetics.
Many people who put the terrace as a garden indoors, such as adding potted plants or plastic. Patio usually made of wood material can be adjusted so that the color of the material, whether wood or paint colors.
Noteworthy is the lighting. In the morning and afternoon is not required because the additional light has been getting enough sunlight. Ttapi, at night need to be added lighting (lamp) although only modest.
In addition to lighting there are other elements that can be added value to the terrace, and the plant floor. Floors are usually made ​​of concrete types such as paving. While the plant is a vital ingredient to make the patio more beautiful and that will determine the added value of the terrace is a patio design that will be placed. That points to consider to implement the porch.