Barockes era lights shimmer
Decoration August 30th, 2010
Friedrich II. who lived in the 18th century was impressed with the glow of chandeliers crown.
Then from a French craftsman who specializes in making handicrafts such as this, it was made more beautiful models to beautify the room in the castle.
Then at the present time the lamp lights can beautify the side of the room in a house that will look glamorous
Light color shades can support the house, use a light game that can be supported by the container lights …
The beauty of this lamp can push the curve of the furniture in the room and the color of the walls and display ideas ..
Location would not be in the living room but in the dining room and the dining table, a comfort in the family kehatanan.
Hotel Majapahit Surabaya, Art Deco Historic Buildings
Exterior August 30th, 2010
On November 10 1945 was a historic day in which young people Surabaya angry when he saw the Dutch flag flown over the Hotel Yamato. They then attacked, climb the flagpole and tore the flag colors of blue and red make white Indonesian flag flying. The day was remembered as Heroes Day. That’s one of the memories and important history happened in this hotel.
65 years later, the Hotel Yamato still operating, the building now called the Hotel Majapahit. Almost no change from the view of the hotels are now 100 years old. Incredible.
History of the hotel’s own family started when there are Armenian origin who was struggling in the hotel business, which is Lucas Martin Sarkies and his brothers who are the founders of this hotel in 1910 with the name of Oranje Hotel.
In 1936 the hotel has the front of the building addition as a lobby with Art Deco style. The addition of the front seems to be the last addition at this hotel because to this day still the same shape as the hotel at that time. In 1942, Japan took over the hotel and called Yamato Hoteru until 1945 when the Dutch came back and regained the hotel and then returned to have Sarkies family hotel in 1946.
Upscale boutique hotel
In 1969 a group of local businessmen bought the hotel. The name again changed to Majapahit, the name of an ancient kingdom that was victorious in his time in Indonesia. Year 1986 is a big restoration took 2 years and the hotel reopened as the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Majapahit, Surabaya. Today, the Hotel Majapahit stand alone as an upscale boutique hotel that has a lot of memories in it.
“Memories, that’s what we wanted to offer guests the hotel,” said James T. Costa, General Manager of Hotel Majapahit, Surabaya. Not just the memories of this hotel trip itself, but also a good hotel that seemed to go back in time more calm and modest accompanied by the friendliness of hotel staff. Memories that led to romance the past and even today you from checking into the lobby.
Ambience lobby was very cozy and homy. Art Deco style, in which detailed geometric ornaments so prominent, still maintained here from 1936 when the lobby was set up in the expansion of the hotel at the time. Support pillars in the middle of the room made quite wide and covered with teak wood with a stain glass accents in the middle. Also the ceiling is made higher amid chandeliers decorated with large, round ceiling decorated with classical carving.
Path to be quite unique rooms, we will come out of the lobby and through a corridor that will lead us into the building atrium. In fact this building is a building lobby when the hotel first operated in 1910.
Nuances to be maintained equal to 100 years ago, the building feels more classic with windows stain a very large glass, this glass material seem to dominate many parts of the hotel, but in this area, stained glass was also installed between the pillars, porch pular front room. From here there are two paths leading to the hotel room of the building, both through the corridor through the park.
There are three shady garden with large trees that surrounded the hotel rooms, two smaller sizes located in the middle, another large park at the rear. Position rooms surrounding the garden, in addition to providing a beautiful view, also the refreshing air circulation, and can be enjoyed either from the balcony and terrace rooms and corridors in the middle.
This corridor is limited only by the pillars of the Dutch colonial-style buildings, a large and sturdy sustain even the building just one floor above it. Walking along the hallway here with us was walking back to the past, a quiet and romantic. Through this passage we will be connected to the terrace in front of the hotel room.
There are 150 hotel rooms which are all teak wood floors. Standard rooms at this hotel is the Garden Terrace Room, in size ranging from 47 square meters. “The smallest room for 5 star hotels in Europe is 28 meters square, the hotel is far beyond that,” said James.
This standard room was quite spacious, there is a sitting room with two seater sofa is comfortable and equipped with coffee table.Kamar extensive bath with tub and separate shower area. Furniture in many rooms that still use the furniture from the year 1936 as the dressing table, cupboards, etc. are mostly made of teak wood.
Hotel room interior made classical nuance, using a wallpaper with a light cream color with light warm lights make the atmosphere warmer and classical. The main lighting in the living room is a chandelier, antique look, as well as other lights in the room such as wall lamps and table lamps, all the additional artistic elements in the room room.
Executive suite has a spacious approximately 57 square meters. The difference with the standard rooms are on the living room and work area wider, separated from the sleeping area. Meanwhile, Suite luxury of this hotel is the Majapahit Suites is comprised of 9 different themes: Arjuna, the Pandavas, Surabaya, Java, Madura, Orange, Semeru, Sarkies, and Independence. Has an area ranging from 97 square meters, this room has its own sitting room, luxurious bathroom, and butler service.
President Suite largest in Asia
The hotel also will be found Suite president of Asia’s largest, measuring 800 square meters and located between the two wings of the building other rooms, as a separate pavilion. Presidential Suite consists of two floors, downstairs there is a formal dining room, living room, and meeting rooms.
The main room is located on the top, we will enter through a foyer first and then to the living room and den. Through a door there before sleeping area is designed very luxurious with a warm atmosphere. The bathroom is also spacious and elegant, there are two tables opposite the sink, shower and separate bathtub. Entering the bathtub we must climb some stairs, because his level is increased, then went into the bathtub which is planted in the middle of the marble floor.
Besides the rooms spacious and comfortable, there are a variety of attractive facilities at this hotel. Health & Wellness area full of fitness, swimming pool, sauna, and Jacuzzi that can be used freely by the guests who stay at the hotel. Meanwhile, the spa facility is managed by a well-known companies. Then there are the Deli Shop, a bakery and famous bread baking and confectionary producing the best quality.
Two restaurants that helped add a festive this hotel is the Indigo Restaurant & Bar that serves Indonesian food and Western food with a more modern atmosphere. And Sarkies Seafood Restaurant serving a variety of seafood and Chinese food. Sarkies has a unique design with a teak interior that looks very classic and the walls were decorated with a collection of wall clocks antique.
Adhika Hall Ballroom is located in the basement, while the conference room there is a smaller upstairs with a Rokan and Kapuas, separated by a partition that can be opened at any time needed.
The hotel’s location in the middle of town close to Surabaya and business center make this hotel perfect for business people who travel to the City of Heroes. Thus, this hotel will bring the facility to perform business activities faster modern standards, while providing a romantic feel of the past that no other hotel.
Plan carefully Park
Gardening August 30th, 2010
Creating a home garden can not. If not carefully planned, will only create a bush and littering the landscape.
A park was created in order to bring the beauty. Whether or not a beautiful garden of the election determined softscape and hardscape materials, color composition and shape, and overall harmony of design.
Some of the planning process are often ignored because it seem trivial, but actually very decisive beauty of the park later. Following points should be observed, so that the park is actually created in accordance with our expectations.
Two key things to prepare is preparing garden designs or concepts and technical persipan. Preparation is the design engineering design drawings in accordance with the concept of garden garden design desired.
Making the pattern of land, preparation of electrical and water installations, peletakannya, and determining the point of planting a few things that must be summarized in the concept design created.
This design will serve as guidelines for subsequent plans. To create this design, should consider some technical work to be done to make the park. The following description.
Preparing Land
These activities include excavation work and the reversal of land, hilling, penggemburan, and provision of fertilizers or addition of nutrients in the soil. In addition to prepare land for crops planted and ready to have the appropriate contours of our expectations, this process also frees the land from weeds that will interfere with future plant growth.
This process is often overlooked because often we do not wait to get or directly to plant so that the results are often disappointing: the plants die and do not grow well because of disturbed weeds.
Creating Garden Construction
In this process of planning and making the path taken. This element is important for the circulation path in the park so that all activities undertaken in the park do not interfere with future sustainability of the growth of plants and other elements. In accordance with the extent of the park, design and materials, the path can be made in a variety of options.
Defining Elements Hardware Park (Hardscape)
Which includes the hardware elements of the park are various pots, rocks, lights, and other accessories that will be used as a complement the park, both functional and aesthetic role.
Elements of Software Park (Softscape)
Various types of plants, the choice is planned in this process. It is considered a matter of plant species (shrubs, bushes, and protector). About colors (flowers and leaves) jugs into something that must be considered because it determines the splendor of the park is created and harmonization of existing colors.
The character of each plant concerned: the speed of growth, canopy shape, resilience in responding to the weather (both hot sun and rain / water), determine the choice of plant species that will be used.
Planting and Peletakar Hardscape
Crop planting starts from the protective plants (high) and so is the lower plants to plant ground cover. The spread of coral stone, gravel, stone step, and installation of garden lighting and other accessories made after planting.
The spread of coral preceded by the laying of the fibers in permukakan coral will be given to maintain the water circulation in order to continue to seep into the ground dar park was flooded.
Land Cleanup
Cleanup activities to the rest of the garden work. After the park clean of trash, there was a sufficient watering. And then performed routine maintenance such as pruning and regular watering
How to Overcome Anthurium Pest
Gardening August 12th, 2010
Anthurium is likely resistant to pest attack. But there is still a chance your plants attacked. The following information about pests and how to handle.
a. Aphid
This is a form of pest infestation yellow. Aphid life usually clustered at the base of the shoots of plants and flowers. Spread comparatively quickly. Aphid sucks because fluid leaves, infected leaves grow imperfect, tends to curl, blackened, and dry.
Response: use insecticides such as Te Ye Man, Demiter, Supracide, Decis, Curacron, or Basudin. This insecticide is a combination of contact killing and disturbing nervous. That is, if the insecticide on the insect, the insect dies instantly. If not dead lost their reproductive ability, so terputuslah insect life cycle. Spray an insecticide to the plants once a week Aphid infected within three weeks. Prevention is done by spraying insecticide once a month.
b. Fungus gnat
Fungus gnat is a pest that looks like a black mosquitoes. He lived in the planting medium moist. Adenium attacked characterized by black spots on the flower buds. Then the flower buds will rot and fall.
Response: spraying insecticides, such as Te Ye Man, Demier, or Proleaf to the plant is attacked. Alternative Trigard and 0.5/liter dose Agrimec with water.
c. Mealy Bug
This pest infestation of white flour and have encountered similar to the armpit and leaflet. The attacks led to the growth of abnormal shoots. Response: spraying insecticides, such as Proleaf to the plant is attacked.
d. Nematode
Nematodes commonly found in the planting medium given manure. The initial symptoms are menguningnya leaves and flower buds death of the young. Part of being attacked is the root nematode adenium. If the sick adenium removed from the pot will look like tubers at the root fibers. In addition, the root fibers end many roots die and the base of wrinkled or holes. When viewed with a microscope would look a lot smaller worm gnawing at the roots adenium.
Damage to crops caused by the secretion of saliva that is injected into the plant during nematode bite or eat the plant. This process can lead to death because the power lost roots and shoots, wounds formed, the plant tissue to swell and burst.
Response: pull the plant from the pot and wash the roots in running water. Cut and remove all the root fibers are damaged and rotten. Furthermore roots soaked in a solution of insecticide or nematisida (for example, or nematisida Dazomet 98% with the recommended dose) until all the roots and base of the stem submerged for half an hour. Next lift the plants and wind-aired in the shade for 1-2 weeks. Having healthy plants should be planted in the planting of new media sterile. Use clean planting media and organic materials that have been cooked properly. If need be added nematisida like Furadan 3G granules mixed in the planting medium.
e. Root Mealy Bug
Pests of white hair lice are generally found in moist planting medium. Plants that have withered shoots attacked, damaged stems, and roots with decay. If the media dismantled plant will look smaller animals attached to a white powdery on rotten roots.
Response: combined use nematisida, insecticides, and fungicides, such as Sursban or Diainon (dose of 1 ml / l) or 98% Dazomet by being sprayed directly into the planting medium, or replace the entire planting media with new media to a sterile plant. For prevention, insecticide spraying can be done once a month.
f. Ants
Ants often nest in the planting medium or under pots, which can damage the roots and shoots adenium. Ants belong to the disease vector.
Response: adenium pot soak briefly in water or water it uses antisemut drugs.
g. Spider Mite
This pest looks like a spider and red. Other names or motes of red mites. These pests like to hide under leaves and axillary leaves. Adenium whose leaves are hairy very vulnerable to pest attack is because the mites like to hide on the sidelines of this fluff while sucking the leaves and stems boo. In plants at the bottom of sick leaves or stems of red mites found in nests of fine threads.
Symptoms initially, leaves will mat. Next the leaves yellowing and falling fast. In addition, looking tiny dots of red color on the surface of the leaf browning. Can be fatal attack was marked by the death of the dried leaves and tops of plant stems because the liquid sucked out.
Response: akarisida use, for example Kelthane or Omite. Spray the whole plant and environment with the recommended dose. Spraying done 2-4 times per week. No need to worry if the leaves were sprayed adenium fall, because the new leaves and will soon appear healthy. The most effective prevention is to put plants in places that have good air circulation, sunlight and rain water directly. These pests do not like where the blustery and exposed to rain water spray continuously.
h. Thrips
His form is a black lice move quickly. Thrips attack the flower buds that fail to expand and become dry. Response by spraying insecticides, such as Detimer, to the affected part of the attack.
many things that must be considered
Decoration August 12th, 2010
In decorating the room, many things that must be considered
to produce and design the room maximum. You’ll want to shadow your dream home a reality. Home decorating in accordance with the style and taste, accessories and furniture until you really comfortable atmosphere that makes you want to always be at home.
Here are some tips that will help you decorate the room:
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Sketsa floorplan and include important information, such as room dimensions, location and size of windows, electrical lines, position and other electrical socket. Bring your floorplan always when shopping. This will be a guide to facilitate and minimize mistakes.
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Further dig the concept and style that will be applied. This can be done by reading a magazine, attended the exhibition, browsing the Internet and visit the showroom. Write down any ideas and things that interest you.
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Define each room you want to wake up with writing and must detail (not just “the room is minimalist”, but “The room decor is minimalist with white and painting as the main accent”)
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Consider past uses and functions of a room before deciding on furniture and peletakannya. For example: your bedroom also serves as a workspace, then you have to prepare space for tables, shelves and lighting.
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In decorating, as much as possible using the matching elements, especially the decor trim color, wood elements, materials for floors, motif, material, or material.
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Take advantage of the light not only as a light, but also for dramatic effect. Use dimmers to adjust the intensity of light will help shape the atmosphere.
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Find the best quality furniture your budget versions. Know that quality construction materials and extend the life of your furniture. And this choice you will be more profitable, than you need to replace furniture on a regular basis.
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Choose accessories that are reinforcing the color and theme of the room
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Note the scale and magnitude of furniture for balance between space. Do not pile up furniture with a large size only in a room.
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Something that would be more interesting contrast. Place furniture or accessories with a contrasting color (but still in harmony) with the basic colors to produce an attractive room.
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Use a pair of accessories to create a symmetrical and balanced
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Use an odd number (3,5,7) to classify the monotony of small accessories. The placement of a triangular built to add interest.
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To do the preparation of a formal room symmetrical and monotonous. Instead, do the preparation of asymmetric and as they pleased for a relaxing room.
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Take advantage of the line to reinforce the theme of the room. Horizontal line will give the impression wide, spacious and quiet. Straight line will cause high impression. Diagonal lines create a dynamic impression and spirit.
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Note also the location and architectural style in interior planning. One thing that’s not redundant if you make a Home Theater is very good in the basement, while your location is a flood area.
