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Green Roofs

Green Roofs Many times, the chances of having a garden like any other not given, since they live in an apartment or a house with little space. But the reality is that there is always room for a garden if desired. Such roofs are an excellent place to develop this much needed green space in the home.

You must first design the model on paper, take action, where there will be a glimpse of plants and where they circulate. You should also think that puts them, if they build special beds or simply in pots. To others it is always wise to consult a builder, if the house is old, about the weight capacity that could be the roof.

The garden is not just plants, you can supplement with fountains, lighting accents, small rock gardens, or just flowers.

You also have the option to choose different textures for the garden, the paths that delimits the walls (if they exist) and the pots where the plants will.

Another factor to consider is the seasons of plants, as some have leaves all year round, while others do not, but when they bloom much more interesting, therefore, must choose according to your tastes.

Given all the elements needed to create, you must place your design on the sheet, and imagine, and if that is what she really wanted, because then I can take you to reality.

Concrete home design

Concrete home designNot for nothing, concrete is the material used in construction annually worldwide. Basically the difference a few years ago, is that before the building was used for crude, while today is part of the decor too, because you can find several varieties of colors, applications and uses.

Concrete floors are one of the possibilities that are used today. These can be painted any color later, or you can make a decorative engraving of a format for the entire room.

When designing the kitchen, there is probably no better material than concrete, because it can adapt to any shape or structure you want to build, being able to use concrete of different colors to highlight the room.

The modern bathrooms for their part, have neglected the porcelain bathtubs or cast iron, to innovate in the field of concrete tubs, simple, adaptable and above all less expensive.

For outdoors, we recommend the specific “emission of light” just fantastic material that allows light to perceive as if through walls, giving a truly amazing effect.

As you have seen, not only reduced to walls and ceilings, the concrete is increasingly making headway in the space of decoration, as a variant to the classic material, often less accessible.

Minimalist Houses | decorating ideas

 minimalist homeA minimalist home is less stressful. The disorder is a form of visual distraction, and everything in our vision pulls our attention at least a little. A minimalist home is easier to clean, unlike hard to clean up a lot of objects, sweep or vacuum around a bunch of furniture.

The houses full of furniture to keep them clean is very time consuming and very tedious to do so. Think how easy it is to clean an empty room in front with 50 objects in it. That’s an extreme example, of course, as this article does not recommend you to have an empty room, but only to illustrate the difference. minimalist architecture uses the idea that less is more.

There are no measures in place to make your home a minimalist home, this article merely to present some ideas on how you can go to change your home style as well.

Start with furniture. The greatest things in any room are the furniture, so it is always best to begin simplifying a room looking furniture. Fewer pieces of furniture as possible, the better (within reason of course). Think about where the furniture can be removed without sacrificing comfort and livability. Go for a few pieces of simple furniture, simple (example of a minimalist coffee table) with solid colors, dim.

Keep only the essentials. The other discard it and start to renovate the house of a quarter at a time.

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