Kamis, 05 Mei 2011

Awesome pergola for your garden

A pergola is a garden feature forming a shaded walk of pillars that supports cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, upon which woody vines are trained. Pergola made from wood, bamboo, steel or cements. Pergolas may link pavilions or extend from a building's door to an open garden feature such as an isolated terrace or pool or gazebo. Generally, pergolas are either made from a weather-resistant wood, such as Western Redcedar or, Coast Redwood, or are painted or stained. Modern pergola designs of wood rather than brick or stone pillars are more affordable and are increasing in popularity.





Selasa, 03 Mei 2011

Express your style with glass art on your window glass or door glass

When is a door or a window not a door or a window? When it’s ajar, or perhaps when it is shattered like glass art. If your door or your window is made from glass, don't let it just bare naked. Make your door and your window be special with glass art. Glass art on your door or window will add an exclusive taste to your tropical house.
Don't let your family, friends or your guest just pass your door away. Steal their attention with your beautiful glass art on your door.





And don't let them enjoy your beautiful garden views and missed the beautiful glass art on your windows!



Senin, 02 Mei 2011

Let the air free flows with open wide windows

Tropical house is wise choice for energy saving. A lots of open space will give you a natural light from the sun at day. It means you need less electric energy for lighting the rooms in your tropical house, save energy. A lots of open space will give you a better air circulation as well. It means you will turn on the air conditioning less, which is saving energy too.
Open wide windows is one of the way to optimalize open space and help you to save energy.
A window is your access to the outside. Window is a source of fresh air; a simple way of changing the temperature, when the room gets too hot or too cold. Window is a place to hang out and smell the air and trees and flowers and the weather; and a hole through which people can talk to each other.





What is kind of window?

Double-hung windows, unfully opened - only half of the window area can ever be opened at once. And double-hung windows oftens get stuck - sometimes because they have been painted, or their concealed operating system of cords, counter-weights, and pulleys gets broken. Double-hung windows becomes such an effort to open them that no one bothers.





Sliding windows have much the same problem - only part of the window area can be open, since one panel goes behind another; and they often get stuck too.





The side hung casement is easy to open and close. Gives the greatest range of openings, and creates the greatest degree of control over air and temperature. It makes an opening which is large enough to put your head and shoulders through.




The old time French windows are a stunning example. Narrow, full length upstairs windows, which swing out onto a tiny balcony, large enough to contain the open windows. They put you close to the outside - yet in a perfectly urban sense, as much in Paris or Madrid as in the open countryside.


Door Handle, between safety and beauty

Door handle may comes in many shapes, styles and finishes and we have a range to suit everyone. For the traditional style property consider door handles on backplate in polished or antique brass. Door handle on backplate will look wonderful on a white panelled door or natural wood, such as oak or pine. Brass handles will retain their wonderful warm sheen for many years with a spot of regular dusting and a light coating of wax.
For more contemporary feel to your interior, choose a vast range of modern door handles on backplate or rose in a variety of attractive materials, such as chrome, nickel, glass and leather.Chrome will minimalize in maintenance and suitable for high use areas and bathrooms. Innovative modern door handles in leather and chrome will suit both a minimalist apartment and a classic contemporary style.
For your tropical house choose wood, or combine wood with other materials. Choose a inuque design of your own will gives a personal touch to your topical house's door handles.








Don't forget the important thing of a door is the safety system. So, choose wisely the sacurity system that you'll aply for your doors. Make it works with the door handle design that you have choose.

Main Entrance Door

The entrance door of a house symbolizes the border between one's public and private realm. Hence, we give special attention to the entrance door's physical figure, bringing out a 'door' that is not only one of the design elements but also a freestanding artwork in itself. The entrance door design took shape in the finest quality of solid woods combined with meticulous handcrafted metal and woodworking. You can also bring some traditional ideas fr your entrance door. Combine two ideas or more to get your own design of your entrance door for your tropical house.

Wooden entrance door

Iron entrance door

Iron and wooden entrance door

Other inspirations you may find out from many sources, books, internet, cataloques, etc. Mix and match ideas will gives you more inspirations for your entrance door.





Minggu, 01 Mei 2011

Get cozy with wooden chairs

Add some wooden furnitures to your tropical house and get that cozy atmosphere. Chairs for examples. Wooden chairs can bring a warm feel and natural colour in your rooms at your tropical house. Again, various kinds of wood will give you many possibilities to mix and match colours and patterns between one kind of wood to the others. When a wooden chair perfectly designed, it lends elegance and an aristocratic look to the room of your tropical house. The traditional wooden chairs were fine examples of wood carving,example of a perfect arts. However, the contemporary wooden chairs, which favors more straight lines and lesser details, have given birth to wooden chairs that have smooth wood finishes and modern designs.




Jumat, 29 April 2011

Step by step explore the exotic of your tropical house with stepping stone

"The main difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them"
stepping stone
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) one of a series of stones acting as footrests for crossing streams, marshes, etc.
2. a circumstance that assists progress towards some goal

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003.



High quality and an exclusive look are important aspects of architectural and landscaping design for your tropical house and one of the best ways to achieve this is with selected custom stones from our range. So, let's make your outdoor areas of your tropical house more awesome with unique stepping stones. The beautiful stepping stones complement the pathway by continuing the theme into the building
Combined with flowers or grasses and other stonework as part of a sculptured landscape, carefully chosen custom cut stone is rewarding long term investment for your lovely tropical house.




Here are some examples of stepping stone. You may choose an ordinary ones, or art stepping stone. More examples you'll get from the internet or catalogue books.