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You’re probably eager to realize the home remodeling project that has been coveted for it. However, do not let these businesses realize their dream house only makes financial condition of the family to be collapsed.

Well, here are some things you need to pay attention to monitor the cost of construction is done, according to financial expert Suze Orman:

Exaggerating budget
Create a spending budget is higher than the original amount estimated. Based on the experience of many people, the true cost you need to renovate the house 30 percent larger than the figures mentioned contractor. This figure could soar even higher, sometimes up to two times that.

To avoid this, wait until the plan thoroughly before running the renovation.

Use savings
Do not pawn your home. Better, use savings to fund home renovations. If you intend to take a home equity line of credit or home equity loan, make sure you are able to handle the additional debt.

Do not until renovations are done raises your risk of loss of homes due to its inability to pay.

Careful hiring
Hire contractors intelligently. Speak first with the client who never handled by the prospective contractor before deciding to hire him. Make sure the projects they previously handled smoothly.

Understand costs
Also, make sure you really understand the cost to hire an architect. For example, if cost is a percentage of the total cost of construction or by the hour.

Also, ask also whether there is another cost that should you spend if he brings additional professionals such as engineers building.

Tricks Exploiting Narrow Space:
1. Pick bright colors and never chose the dark because people will make the room seem more cramped.
2. Select furniture that simple and impressive off-peak, for example select a vertical hanging lamp, high-legged furniture, etc..
3. Choose furniture that has a bone thin and has a simple design that match the character of the house.
4. Take advantage of every detail of the room such as under the stairs, hallway, under the bed or closet. We recommend that you select a closet with sliding openings to not eat the room.
5. If you would like plants, choose plants that are simple and try to choose which has a thin stem.
6. Pick furniture that has the power to adjust to the needs of multifunctional.
7. Put the furniture is rather hard in the corners of the room to see wide visibility.

Modern and simple design is very suitable to give the impression of a narrow area of the room. Necessary steps as follows:

• Bright staining on your wall, eg pastel colors and tries to only one color. When more than one color will be impressed compartmentalized and instead gives the impression narrow.

• Do not use exaggerate accessories in your living room and particularly on your wall. Photographs or paintings can be affixed to the origin is not excessive. You should know is that the impression will only give the impression of a crowded narrow, whereas the empty impression suggests broader.

• Lighting is sufficient for the room. The more light the more spacious impression. But for the lighting depending on your tastes only, for those of you who so slightly dim romantic lighting is okay so long as not too dim room seem more cramped.

• The selection of furniture and electronic is an important factor to support the impression of simple and modern, and also give the impression of widespread or not. Keep furniture that you select should be simple and adjusted proportion with the size of your family room, it is recommended to use custom furniture so it will be very suitable to the circumstances your living room. Electronic goods are not expected to be consuming too much space and fit with the theme of a simple and modern living room.

Minimalist home garden concept was favored recently. For a minimalist garden is usually located in the narrow land, not all the plants and ornaments worth placed there. Since in the area which is limited, usually about two to six feet square, home owners would want a minimalist garden could be set optimally.
To create a minimalist garden, there are several characteristics that need attention. Storey buildings generally minimalist style with geometric shapes or boxes. This form is the impression stuck firm and rigid. Now, the park is expected to reduce the presence of rigid impression.

Minimalist garden with a natural accent should highlight the material that is not too much, especially when building a house has a large window. Besides the health aspect and comfort of residents is very important when creating a minimalist garden. You know not, minimalist narrow residential desperate need of oxygen supply. Well, oxygen demand can be obtained from the process of photosynthesis of green plants. Therefore, multiply the green plants in the garden of minimalist. Oxygen can also be obtained from the water element. Therefore, the present pool plus a waterfall or fountain, is the right step.
You can put it on the front, rear, corner, side, even inside the house. If you love the water element, you can put a minimalist garden-themed water park in the front of the house.

If the park was in the back of the house, make a more simple design. Avoid forms that resemble the mountain, because it will foster the impression narrow. If you want to bring lawn, you should select the small and fine-leaved grasses such as Pekinese.
Another case for the minimalist garden are present in the house. Plant the right to park in a house is a palm-paleman family. Green leafy plants with slightly yellow tinge, Dracena fragrans, is also worthy of your choosing.
Not only a decorative plant. Fruit crops could you show on this one type of park. Instead, select slim trees and vertical growth. For example, trees ceremai, Sugar-apple, and pomegranate. Crops such as glodok towering fir poles or wax can also be an ornamental garden.

Any contemporary kitchen is a multifunctional space. Not just for cooking and dining, work can be done here. Want to know what the kitchen could well be the study?

The kitchen that we can see in this picture is located on land measuring 6m x 6m. The design is modern made island in the middle. Modern impression also comes from the choice of color, black and white, timeless blend that never outdated. Also equipped with extra counter top, on one side of the kitchen. This extra counter top that has many functions.

Equipped with two chairs, this area could be just the sitting area. It could also be food and breakfast table. No taboo is also used to work. Take the pile of office work and a laptop, start working here. So, while waiting for the food cooked, we can tamper with the work. Began to feel bored? Leave for a moment to drink and eat snacks. cool, right?

There are a few things to note, if you want to make the kitchen and a comfortable work area. First, it must always be maintained cleanliness and neatness. Where are good places to work in a mess, dirty, let alone smelled no odor. That’s why, once finished cooking immediately and wipe clean up working table. Thus, we can use it at any time to work.

One more thing, should be provided adequate lighting. As can be seen in this picture, adequate lighting will make the activities in a room to be more comfortable. If you look at the seat design, this kitchen is not ideal for working in a long time. The reason, the back must be sore. Working while waiting for food, about 15-45 minutes is still possible, if more than that it is not recommended.

Well, if it wants to make the kitchen and den, where we will spend a long time there, look at furniture selection. One of them chairs. Comfortable chairs would make a mood to work so much better. His back was not sore quickly. Want to make a kitchen at home and so the study? Hopefully this one kitchen can be one of inspiration.