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Sparkling Mirror
The mirror is one element that is often encountered in the interior of the house. Mirror was able to make the space appear more elegant, other than making the space look more spacious.
Then, what if your mirrors sparkle fade? There are affordable ways at once easy to turn a mirror shining again. Here are the steps:
- Grease a glass surface with toothpaste until evenly and let stand 15 minutes.
- After that clean the glass mirror with a half wet washcloth, or other type of fabric that is soft and not stringy.
- Wipe clean, and clean up the remnants of toothpaste that still stick with a dry flannel cloth. Your mirror will be sparkling again, just in time
Bathroom Lighting
Lighting factors now play an important role in the interior of the house. The atmosphere and theme of the room would be supported by a single element. With proper lighting techniques, can deliver the desired atmosphere, such as luxury or warm.
Not only the living room, family room, or just eat a need to set the lighting, but we can play around with lighting in the bathroom.
Yes, this one’s room can be transformed into any interesting place with interior design and proper lighting. In addition to the main lamp to illuminate the overall bathroom, you can follow the general rules of indoor lighting techniques in general, like the following:
“Task lighting”
In accordance with its name, task lighting (lighting local) is used to provide lighting in certain places that need more light. An example is enlightening near the mirror in the bathroom to assist the process of dressing.
One mistake that often occurs when installing the lights in the mirror is by placing it directly above the mirror. Intend to shed light, precisely the condition which occurs even cause shadows on the face that makes it difficult to see the face properly.
For that, install lights on the left and right of the mirror with a distance of 36-40 inches that can provide the proper light refraction on the face. Both lights on the side of the mirror is also the perfect way to illuminate the bathroom at the same time give effect to the bathroom look more spacious.
“Accent lighting”
Presents the type of lighting is more lighting at a certain point at the same time a warm impression in the bathroom. For example to illuminate the statue ornaments or plants on the side of the bath tub that can add comfort when you’re soaking in it.
There are several factors that deserve attention as well, adjust the lights with the dominance of color interested in your bathroom. Generally used for decorative lamp is yellow color interested.
Then note the intensity of light used, especially for task and accent lighting that should not be too bright or dark as you may damage the elements of his art. For ease of set dark luminosity, you can also use this type of light dimmer switches.
Lastly, is the safety factor. Given the laying of the lights in the bathroom the wettest places in the house, arrangements should be made with either electricity to avoid the possibility of shorting or even electrocuted.
Good Ventilation, Good Bathroom, Good Health
is bathroom was dark, airless, and humid? Poor ventilation. Bathroom like this, clearly uncomfortable and unhealthy.
Ever feel lazy entered the bathroom? Whether it was hot and stuffy, dark, or a bad smell because of moisture. If you already like, meaning you must pay attention to bathroom ventilation. Do-not less or even none at all.
If it is still possible, make windows or skylights. No matter whatever the size of the bathroom, venting is absolutely necessary. Ventilation has many uses for the bathroom. Through ventilation, the air will be streamed in and out, so the bathrooms are always getting fresh air. So, the bathroom will not feel hot and stuffy anymore.
Ga only that, windows or skylights are also useful to include a lot of sunlight. Thus, the bathrooms are always bright in the daytime. Sunlight also keeps the bathroom so warm and not humid, so ga no longer a bad odor.
There’s more usefulness. As with any other room in general, or more kebedaraan a window can make the room feel more spacious. It’s the same with bathroom. Skylight makes the room seem higher because the top open. Windows on the walls make the space seem wide horizontally.
Then why do not already make the bathroom without ventilation, or lack of proper ventilation? If it still can, make a window on the wall directly facing the outer space. If not possible, make skylights. If not possible, too, pairs of exhaust fan to suck the stale air bathroom.
Remember, the bathroom is not healthy can affect the health of the entire house!
Bathroom Under the Stairs
Area under the famous narrow stairs, but it was not impossible to use the bathroom so comfortable. Use of natural stone, bathroom so feel natural.
Area under the stairs so often just a warehouse or a residual space, not infrequently even wasted. It happens because this area is narrow and technically difficult to exploit. Limitations had been processed by the homeowner try this. The result, the area under the stairs here transformed into the bathroom. Want to know how?
Measuring 1.6 mx 2.55 m, one bathroom, which was arguably inconvenient to move, in this bath. The first problem faced is the high space that is not standard, only 1.8 m. Just be advised not to close tops of stairs. To over come with lowered to the floor face of 50cm. Thus was obtained a high ceiling that meets the minimum requirement standards, namely 2.3 m.
One of the secrets of other solutions is the problem of spatial planning. Here the spatial structure starting from the dry area which includes sink and toilet, and then culminate in the shower area. Any differentiated treatment on the floor in each area. Dry areas using not slippery ceramic, while the shower area using a black coral. Stone is both useful as a means of reflexology on the feet, you know.
As an accent, the room wall surface material combination of ceramic-coated white 10 cm x 10 cm with a stone 10cmx10cm. The nature of the rough stone texture makes the room more natural and unnatural. Jalousie windows leading to rear garden makes the flow and exchange of outside air in a current. Any space healthy and comfortable, although only under the stairs.