Tips to Explore The Natural Home

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CONSTRUCTIONS and environment-friendly elements that characterize the natural home design style. As the name implies, this residential style are put forward the concept of back to nature.

Have you ever heard the term natural home? The definition of natural homes could be varied, depending who is defining it. One definition of natural home is the residence designed by using the construction and environment-friendly elements and has a design style like back to nature, or back to nature. The design house has a lot of variety.

Some people love the minimalist style, but others love the different styles and unique, from the Mediterranean style, Victorian, art deco, glass house, until the house back to nature.

If you are a lover of nature, perhaps the house back to nature is very fitting for your own. Home back to nature usually has the elements and supporting components that represent the natural forces themselves, such as wood, bamboo, stone, brick.

Hanah Architect Indrawati said, "The house that has a concept of back to nature usually do not have colors that are too diverse. That's because they do not use paint."

Natural homes generally do not have concrete walls with plaster-covered smooth colorful paint like a modern house. That is unique, usually the home back to nature concept has a wall from the stones of times, natural stones were large, wooden, bamboo until the bricks are not coated with cement so that the red color comes from the orange wall of the original brick color.

"Another thing that makes the house back to nature to be unique are elements that are used for the walls can be used also on the floor and vice versa," said Hanah again.

"Stone of times or stone mountain big beautiful wall made basic construction, but also can increase the beauty of the house floor. The use of stone for construction of the floor made us feel like there is in the countryside. So it is with wood. Timber suitable for use as a floor, which often we call the parquet floor. But as a raw material, wood wall can increase the beauty of a room, "added Hanah.

Bamboo trees often we see flourish in the street or in the yard. Bamboo can also be elements of decoration of the room.

"Bamboo can be used as a room divider, wall hangings, tables, chairs, even the door of the room. Bikin village feel so feels really!," Hanah said.

There are some similarities homes back to nature with the modern home. We'll often see a modern house has a small pond or decorative water fountain. Now, aquatic element that is one of the important points in the house back to nature.

"Back to nature that it means going back to nature. In terms of feng shui, nature has a few elements such as fire, earth, air, and water. Pool or water fountain that complements this is the water element," Hanah light.

For you who like house with striking colors and infinite color, maybe the concept of natural home is less suitable to be applied. Because the color of this house really is naturally derived from the basic building materials. If you want to get cool and cozy atmosphere, the natural home is the right house style. Any hot sun, in the house back to nature it is still a bit cold, especially if the walls are made of river stones.

"That's because the stone is not too much sun heat the house, such as cement concrete wall," Hanah said.

This type of home decorating is easy. Why? Because, now at the store or the mall has a lot of knick-knacks for sale that offers the concept of back to nature and go green, such as picture frames from twigs and leaves from the root of the clock tree. So, if you're interested in?

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House Patterned Western

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HOUSE couple Darmadi and Lusia Frans was thick with Western style. The presence of a collection of Frans into balance. No wonder, this residential style tends to differ from others in the surrounding residential.

Frans family home located in the region Darmadi Labu, South Jakarta. Cowboy style complete with a "smell" Western diusungnya increase the uniqueness of this house.

The owner of the house is a collector of antiques. Some of the collection was a "color" in order exterior and interior of the house Frans. Frans inhabited house with his wife and two daughters has a Western-style facades.

It can be seen from the antiques are "scattered" on the front of the house, such as stools made from tree trunks, head of a bull, and the old water pump. Coloration which impressed one with Frans collectibles reflected from the use of white and brick Dutch period as the points of the building has an area of 600 square meters.

Frans says, nuance and the concept of home building today is the application of ideas that had long she had.

"So, the idea initially is how we apply the collection of goods which have historical value that can decorate the house," said Frans.

Although some items are old age and look old fashion, they still can be used according to its function. For example the water pump which is frequently used by families to water a plant, or a set of benches and tables made out of wire and the wheel rolls placed on the terrace.

Residential consists of four floors. Access to the upper floor there are two, namely through the garage and living room. The living room is located on the second floor. Before entering into the living room, there are tiles for the path to the garage, there is a minimalist garden next to "spread" brown tiled terrace combined with bricks.

On the wall mounted variety of antiques such as a bull's head and old oil lamp. Once entered into the drawing room which is not so big, warm impression was immediate. Especially since the owner of the house chose wood floors and furniture cowboys and other antiques, such as a saddle horse, cooking equipment, typewriters, and cabinets.

Cupboard which also functioned as a barrier between the living room and dining room join to add a "cowboy". White color dominates this room. In the next room there is the dining room. The dining table here is very unique because of its design as a table that is often used for the game of poker.

Frans make adjoining dining room with pantry. Pantry is also equipped with a unique black stool cowboy. All tools neatly packed and some items are often used on the kitchen table. On the left the dining room is partitioned side terrace with long windows and can be folded so that the room looks spacious.
In this room, timber and collection objects Frans still dominate. Side terrace is also equipped with a table made of drums with unique bench is once again cowboy style. Frans favorite of the things that smelled of cowboy and Western ingrained since he was a teenager.

No wonder, Frans house now? From the walls, the ceiling, until every corner of the room? dominated furniture or antiques, like a saddle horse, animal skins, and store cash machine. These objects have been Frans long time. He got it from some place and some were given by colleagues.

"Antiques are the results I can exchange with friends or my own search," said Frans.

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