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YOU tired of seeing the toys or children's books scattered around the house? You may feel no private area for the objects belonging to the small covering the whole room.

Well, maybe it's time you provide a special room for children, where they can play or study without disturbing your activities. What you need to provide first time when creating a room playing and learning for children? Security course.

"It should be noted foremost in designing the room for children is safety first. A safe room is a room where you can leave the child without excessive supervision, but not to worry they will hurt or so," said interior designer Fifiana.

There are several rooms that are fundamentally inappropriate if used as the study or play for children. The rooms including the basement, storage or warehouse space, and attic areas that are less safe if used as a place to play and learn kids.

If you intend to make these rooms as kids play areas, there will be many renovations that you must do.

"The basement is less appropriate for children because of the lack of air circulation good. Oxygen is less able to go in there, while the attic is less secure because it belongs to a high level. To prevent your child from falling, that means you need to renovate several places in the attic to become a safer area for children, "Fifiana call.

"Storage is not the right place because it would narrow the area and there will be a lot of stuff in there. Rather than have to remove the goods to the warehouse can be used as a place to play, you better find another room that is more worthy to be the child's play and learning," he said.

Choosing furniture for playrooms and children's learning should also be based on certain considerations. Children loved to climb things. Make sure you select furniture strong and not easily damaged and low for easy climbing toddler. Avoid putting a rack or furniture that are too high in the room.

"The kids wanted something that was sure to get it. If they see something interesting on the shelves, they would try to climb it. So, make sure the shelves, toy shelves, or whatever it was no higher or at least as level with your child. It would be better if your child can achieve anything you want to take myself, "beber Fifiana.

If your room has a wooden floor parquet alias, you should coat the floor with a carpet or rug. However, if you have children that include superaktif or hyperactive, choosing carpets would be more appropriate because the carpet is much thicker than the carpet that are not easily torn or damaged.

One of the things required in the playroom and children's learning is beanbag.Beanbag can serve as chairs, sofas, and toys. However, make sure your child does not unload the foam in it. Place the posters or pictures on the wall to encourage his imagination. Or you could put a picture of your child's work in each wall. Your child will be happy to see it.

Every child would love to have a private room separate theme. Therefore, specify the appropriate theme for the playroom and study your child. Discuss with your baby themes like what he wants. Do not forget the color game. Do not get too fixated on just one color. You can take your child to help the process of painting that can produce a unique paint colors.

BEAUTY flowers not only be displayed in the yard. Interior house can take advantage of this decorative element to the more lively residential.

Is your home filled with antique wall display, an expensive ceramic ornaments from China, or the luxurious crystal from Europe? These objects are commonly placed in the home as a sweetener decorations. In addition, the interest could also be used to beautify the look of your interior.

No need to flowers with great detail, small flowers and mini also not less interesting. A beautiful arrangement of flowers can be used as a focal point and gives freshness in the house.

With the right arrangement, flowers can thicken the desired atmosphere. Such as whether the room in shades of your house? Bright or dark?

According to interior designer Sukmawati Nara, flower color you want to use to decorate the room should be adjusted to the dominant color of the corresponding space. When the color of the walls or furniture in the room tend to be dark, give a soft touch on the arrangement of flowers with bright colors. Use flowers in colors such as red bold or yellow to make it more liven.

Flower color nuances can determine who want to make a statement or presented in a room. As a strong red with a romantic element, or white which helps give the impression of clean and relief in a tiny room look.

Types of flowers can also be adjusted to the style that brought home. For example your house minimalist-style. No need to use flowers that are too dark, even you can take advantage of a series of brown twigs only.

To thicken the tropical impression, also with more use of green leaf elements and alloys of various kinds of leaves.

Large size, small flower arrangements also affect the beauty of a room. The size of flower arrangements can be tailored to the area and a table that will be used to put it. For a small room, simply use a circuit that is not too big to stay fit.

From the determination of the area will also affect the form of the circuit, whether it will extends to the top, round, or flat. Do not forget to notice the vase for the display affects the interest, whether the more beautiful, or even reduce the aesthetic value.

Spaces that need to be added to the aesthetic value of flowers in between the bedroom, dining room, bathroom, living room and family room. According to the Maya who have a florist business, the bedroom does not need flowers that are too crowded.

"Color is perfect for this room, among other memorable romantic red, or white with a soft impression. A soothing purple also suitable placed in the bedroom, because in this room that you need to feel relaxed to rest after a day of activism," said Maya.

While the dining room can use colors such as yellow, for example sunflower. Flower color symbolizes happiness, so you can cook or eat with the family with a cheerful shades.

For the bathroom, the necessary interest include white lilies accented with berries or fruits other mini. In addition, can also be combined with a series of purple lavender. This circuit is very appropriate to create a comfortable atmosphere in the bathroom, so you feel comfortable when entering the bathroom. Especially if you have a tub for bathing.

Flowers are beautiful and gorgeous eyes. Therefore, we must know how to choose the right flowers to put as decorations in the house. Imported flowers usually appear more "wow" and diverse, both in terms of types and shapes. However, that does not mean the local flower does not have an excess. One of the advantages of local interest is owned by the durability and resilience to climate.

YOU want to do a room renovation beautiful and interesting but can not afford to pay big because only a limited budget? This is the solution.

You've seen the reality show program titled "Surgical House" in RCTI. From this program, at least we can see that the renovations could be done by using the budget and a limited cost.

Something to note is that the previously required a precise understanding of how much restriction of funds and savings that may be conducted in accordance with the design and shape the changes we want to make a good room is also interesting.

Here Ir Wisnu Brata of Mitra Graha Asri will try to give advice on how to redecorating a room with a relatively limited budget, but can provide a different atmosphere space suit.

Good preparation and collection of information as much as possible.

Doing renovations without a good plan is the first mistake. You should already have a plan or design that clearly before deciding to go shopping to the store building.

Collect as much information as well as examples of pictures from magazines and newspapers, or visit the exhibition plus a design brochures for new products will help you in getting a better picture of the ideal of being a room like what you want. Or can be by browsing the Internet and visit pameranpameran housing design and furniture in your city.

Select the appropriate design and needs of your room.

Choose from a collection that you have a few things that attract you to get an idea of style to your liking. There may be some variations in style mix, ideas, or images that will attract your attention.

Develop and hold and try to pour or coherent matching several images into an integrated plan to be implemented in your room. Once you get a clear picture, then you can perform the following steps.

Here are some steps that can be done so that you can press the available budget:

1. Color and paint

Change the color is the most powerful and inexpensive in decor and atmosphere remodel your room. Have you ever wondered why interior designers often use color to paint a white apartment? The dramatic use of color will make your room look festive.

Go to a paint shop around and choose your house color samples are available in the color scheme that you like before making a reservation paint. Find the brand of quality paint on sale. If lucky, you can find colors that suit your taste with a fairly cheap price. Maybe a few cans of paint only costs a few hundred thousand dollars.

2. Lighting

Dim lighting will make your room look gloomy. So, make sure your room has adequate lighting, including the use of lights for special events. Relatively inexpensive way to add lighting in the room is by installing floodlights.

You can also use track lighting that can be hung on the wire to bring nuance and not have to reinstall the wall membobok way. Such activities would require significant costs.

3. Display wall

For display on the walls of your house looks empty, you can use artwork or collection of photographs using your collection. Put up pictures of family and friends is an extremely effective and inexpensive way to decorate the walls in your home. The use of photographs in black and white will give a special atmosphere.

You can find a place to print photos around the house to enlarge the image you want to view. Bingkailah with an inexpensive frame and finishing it simple. This accessory you can get at the store that was having a discount on around you.

Paintings or drawings repro of the famous painter can you frame by frame good and interesting. This will be a display of value and change the atmosphere of your room becomes more sophisticated.

4. Windows

You do not need to model complex windows. Simply by making a simple window model, which will be easily tailored to your tastes or changes that you would do. Provide accessories such as blinds or curtains of cloth and wood models tailored to the overall style of your home.

Make an attractive arrangement, either using materials, patterns, and textures that match the style you want to view.

5. Increase appreciation and taste your art

Expand your horizons with often see models of furniture in your favorite cafe or restaurant or magazines latest design. That way, the appreciation can increase your design. Try to see examples of design in the store or the latest design magazines, and echoes the spirit or the style used.

However, not by buying these items because you have limited funds; but by making or buying the model that tend to resemble visually, but simpler in design and does not use expensive materials. The term may Speck down. With the arrangement and combination of existing arrangements in the magazine, you may be surprised at what you get.

6. Chairs and sofas

You do not have the funds to replace your sofa and chairs. Use cover or cloth sofas to attractive material and in accordance with the overall theme of your room. Add accessories if necessary and make a pillow cover with the colors of your choice to make it more lively.

Once again, try browsing the Internet or seen the latest magazines to get a sofa slipcover interesting.

7. Accessories

Make simpel.Kotak accessory timber attached to the walls or shelves, wooden shelves that appear floating on the wall will enhance the style of your home. Carefulness you in arranging items for display and to select the appropriate accessories and matching will make your room look menarik.Tidak be expensive.

Try to visit the exhibition featuring handmade handicrafts from all over the archipelago. Many things you can get there. The result will immediately appear and look after the set and combined with the whole room well.

8. End of year clearance sale or sales promotion

Frequently stop or look at things in shops or supermarkets light building materials. Sometimes there are several interior items, accessories, curtains, or lighting that can still be used and in accordance with the needs of your room, but sold at low prices.

WHO said that expresses the room could only be done through the furniture and accessories? You can also express it through the wall kok. One of them with a decorative wall.

According to interior designer Sinaga Lando, by applying decorative wall, we can produce areas of contrast or focal point of the room. "The tendency is to apply a decorative wall in the house generally is triggered because of saturation in the design of the space-that's all," he said.

Application of a variety of decorative wall that can be applied through any type. For example, call Lando, using wallpaper, can with paint, panel, or other types of decorative elements.

Although many ways to apply it, according to interior designer Nunung Adiwijaya, still there are some things to consider before making a decorative wall. One of them an aesthetic room. Therefore, the essence of the decorative wall feature characters who wanted to set up space.

Second, the theme of space. To create a decorative wall, furniture and accessory factors will be quite influential. Applying decorative wall space should be based on the theme of decorations so that the resulting balance with the atmosphere.

"For example, minimalist design house. As we know, the theme of this dwelling is not likely to have lots of decorations. Usually the type of decorative elements used on the wall panel so that people entering the room will know that the house of minimalist design," said Lando Sinaga.

The same thing will happen if the theme of your room is a classic. These designs tend to have a lot of detail. You just choose the materials you want to appear to make the walls look more decorative. If you want to use wallpaper, you only need to look for a classic design motif.

Easier still if you have a Bali-themed home. According to Lando, decorative elements Bali is varied so it is easy to apply. For example, call Lando, Bali has a lot of wood carving. Well, you can display the carvings on the walls of one of the fields that you want to make the focal point.

Decorative wall closely related to the theme of space that includes some of the color and lighting. The selection of the right color needed to create a balance between the areas with each other. Therefore, one-one decorative wall will not adorn the room, but instead damage the overall theme of the room. Thus, we must understand what needs to be considered to make a decorative wall.

"Usually the colors displayed on a decorative wall tends to color contrast because it can produce color contrast with surrounding areas. So, every person who enters the room will know what the residents," said Lando.

"In addition to color, so the wall decorative look more attractive, give a touch of light. Because a texture in decorative wall will appear if there is lighting," said Nunung Adiwijaya. For example, by using a spotlight that only highlight the texture of the wall. The lamp can be placed on the left or right side only.

The third thing to note, according to Nunung, ie budget. For the upper middle class, the cost may not be a problem. However, for the middle to lower, the cost could be a problem. Therefore it is suggested that it be a decorative wall on one wall of it.

COLLABORATION modern and ethnic styles believed to couples and Nenny Syahrial Abidin Murniasih Dulhakim as an appropriate concept for their home.

By happen, Haris Prabawa interior designers specifically requested by the owner to change the interior of the house located in a residential area south of Tegal Parang, Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, this. Haris given the freedom to redesign because the house had been Syahrial family lived with his wife and two children are often affected by flooding.

"Actually, this house has had several renovations, such as raising the tiles, home ceiling consequently become short. Then, in 2008 we renovated the house on a large scale by raising the ceiling as high as 80 percent. In addition to raising the ceiling, spacious building was also expanded from 173 square meters be 285 square meters, "said Nenny.

"We did not expect, was the primary goal of renovating the house to prevent flooding, the result was really unexpected. In addition to our house did not flood again, the design was so unique look," call Nenny. Understandably, the house the family had lived for 25 years Syahrial this since the beginning of development never received the slightest touch of an architect.

Eclectic modern style buildings visible from the settlement of the full facade elements wood carving. This house has no garden. So, the page made the garage, but still there are potted plants placed on the part of the garden house. Meanwhile, exterior house paint colors that blend with the interior arrangement.

This house consists of two floors with two access, the side door and the main door. On access to the main door there is a terrace with potted plants. Then, on the wall mounted two windows and doors. While the side entrance is the path to musala adjoining the living room.

Stepping into the house, there is a living room dominated by brown and gold colors. Wood materials for house ornament helped reinforce the impression of an eclectic home. Not only the furniture, the interior designer also provides a touch of eclectic style with mixed ethnic, Morocco, and modern.

"Since the owner was pleased with ethnic nuances, so in my public space carved wooden ornaments add, and then combined with elements of earth tones, wood, and green. For example, the curtains using copper color greenish combined with decorative gold-colored flower pot that caused the combination Good. For tile, I apply the granite tiles with wood vine motif and bright light that is useful to expand the space, "said Haris Prabawa.

Ethnic concept was applied did not escape the application of the walls and furniture. For example, call Haris, living room wall covered brown patterned wallpaper, and carpets to complement the patterned carpet placed just below the table.

Typical Moroccan sofa following a matching desk helped complete the space. Houses with elongated forms provided deliberately not given the bulkhead because the family is often a family gathering as well as to give the impression area.

Then, Harris tried to touch the jars of the owner acquired the house in Malang to serve as a barrier between the living room to the next room, called the transition.

This transitional space interesting. Family Syahrial deliberately made the room as the transition from public areas to the private sphere. The location is placed in between the living room and dining room. The room is quite large which is equipped with typical Moroccan green sofa table following. In addition, at the corner of the room there is also a typical Javanese bed adjoining the mirror.

"It happens before a major renovation, home owners have bought a few items of furniture, so we had to adjust by which he had. Like the old dressing table, we use as a display. It's also a partition that serves to cover the kitchen area and a bed of Java," Haris said.

Switch to another room, there are musala. Home owners choose a green color as the wall covering. Breathe frames helped strengthen the Islamic concept of space that serves as a place of prayer is. More inside, Haris designing house floor using the stairs to the lower to the dining room. The dining room is designed with ethnic style that tends simple. Placement following chairs dining table gives a typical impression of Java for each family member. On the wall were filing cabinets to put a variety of furniture such as plates and glasses.

For the dirty kitchen, home owners choose the right location at the dining room. This time, Harris designed the kitchen area with a game of paint colors that varied buffet, which is orange, green, and yellow. This buffet is useful for storing cooking equipment. In the kitchen there are doors to the service area and the access stairs to the second floor. On the second floor there are two rooms for storage and a maid's room.

Clean kitchen in the dining room to the left. Area was made together with the dining room. All tools neatly arranged in the kitchen set. Modern sink helped complete the kitchen.