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Kitchen, a room which is identical to the activities of housewives. In this place, the mother provides food for her husband and child. The kitchen in the past imagined as a place dirty and smells. What about your kitchen? Does your kitchen’s design reflects a healthy kitchen?

Assumption that the kitchen as a place that is not excessively dirty. Because to make a meal, there are many foods that should be prepared with a variety of scents in the kitchen. Not to mention the waste it generates, so the kitchen can be one room where the growth of germs in your home. Even the kitchen is dirty and humid weather can provoke the arrival of insects such as flies and cockroaches and rodents in your home. This can be a source of disease spread for your family. So, to create a healthy kitchen, you may notice the following things are.

Light in Kitchen

Light is one of the important things that must be considered as to be able to cook would need adequate lighting. The light itself can be obtained from 2 sources, ie sunlight and lights.

• Sunlight

Sunlight is very useful for killing germs in the kitchen. Since the kitchen garbage so often produced germ often appears in this room. In order to get enough sunlight, when about to make the kitchen look at the number and size of the window or open space so they can get enough sunlight. With sufficient sunlight, meaning no need to turn on the lights in daylight saving electricity usage.

• Light Lamps

Because sunlight is not available at all times, the light is also needed as a replacement light. There are 3 types of lights that can be used in the kitchen, namely:

1. Light General

Used to illuminate the kitchen, especially when there is no sunlight. The lighting should not be too dim or too bright so it can hurt the eyes.

2. Light Special

Usually using halogen lamps and placed under the kitchen set. Used to illuminate specific areas, such as in a place normally used for cutting food with a lamp so that it can be seen more clearly see the color of food and food conditions are still good or not.

3. Light Accents

Lighting is used to beautify the kitchen view. Generally placed in the file cabinet at the glass door that contains the display. With the presence of this lamp will certainly strengthen the beauty of the kitchen.

The air circulation in the Kitchen

In the process of cooking, which is produced as a result of smoke exhaust. Of course not comfortable, if smoke can not be removed from the kitchen. Exchange of air with fresh air that can occur when there is a window or a hole that connects with the open space. However, if you do not have kitchens, you can use the cooker hood that will suck the smoke of the cooking process so that the air in the kitchen to be more fresh.

Kitchen Hygiene

The kitchen is the producer of the largest household waste at home. Waste in order not cause disease and odor, then you have to keep the kitchen clean. The trick is to clean the kitchen finished cooking. Splash of oil, spilled gravy or water spray should be cleaned. In addition, you also must throw garbage in the kitchen every day because of the waste is stored more than one day will be the growth of bacteria and fungi.

Therefore, taking into account the lighting in the kitchen, your kitchen will not be a place dark and dirty. In addition to maintaining air circulation in the kitchen, you will also have a kitchen that is not damp and odorless. And kitchen hygiene is also important to maintain a healthy kitchen. Sure you’ll make the best for your family’s health is not it? Therefore from now, keep your kitchen clean and your health. Happy cooking!

A comfortable sofa can be one of the favorite items in the house. You can let go of tired and lazy in that place. One of the materials used in the sofa is leather wrapped. Apparently, the skin is used as a wrapping sofa was some type. The following article contains information about common skin type is used. You’ll also get information about how to distinguish genuine or imitation leather and how to care for your leather couch in order not easily damaged.

Leather Sofa Type

Skin types commonly used are as follows

• Hairy: The outer skin and the hair is characteristic of this skin type.
• Smooth: Skin feels smooth and is the type most widely used in the manufacture of sofas.
• Suede: Like a towel, a second layer of skin until the fifth.

Differences Between the Original Leather Imitation Leather

If you intend to replace the upholstery sofa, so that you do not be fooled if the leather sofa leather chosen is genuine or just an imitation, the following differences can you accurately:

• Because leather is a unit, then the front and rear of the same skin. While imitation leather is usually at the center plus a thin sponge and then the back of the given layer, then the front and back is not the same.
• Check the skin layer. If it is 3 layers, meaning imitation leather. Because as we mentioned in point 1, there are imitation leather extra layer.
• Touching the skin is used, if it feels sticky it means imitation leather.
• If there will be a faux leather vinyl smell.
• Try to pull the skin. If the pulled up and down with kerenggangannya when pulled left-right, meaning imitation leather. This is because genuine leather from animal skins, then the left-right rift is greater than the top-down.
• Original hard skin burned, but imitation leather will shrink when baked.

Sofa Care

Like other appliances that require treatment, then to the sofa you can perform maintenance by doing the following things:

• Every 1 week, clean the sofa with a dry cloth
• Do not place the sofa in a place exposed to direct sunlight. Sunlight can make the skin becomes dry and couch cracked.
• Apply a skin moisturizer on your couch. This moisturizer can be purchased in the market.
• Immediately wipe the sofa with a rag or a sponge when exposed to water spillage.

Rattan is a tree that belonged to a palm. One of the functions of rattan is used as raw material for making furniture such as tables, chairs or other furniture. The use of rattan for furniture making are well known from the first. There are good things from furniture made of rattan, but you also must be clever to care for your furnishings remain durable and look beautiful.

Indonesia supplies 70% of rattan needs worldwide. The remaining supply comes from Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Most of the rattan from forests in Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Nusa Tenggara. Since it became widely used rattan raw materials of furniture, like chairs, tables, and bookshelves. Rattan has several advantages than wood, such as lightweight, strong, elastic, malleable, and cheap. The main weakness of rattan is prone to termites. Also rattan grow faster and are relatively easy to harvest, so is considered more profitable than furniture or furniture made of wood.

Rattan furniture will look classic so its use is not lost though many other materials are now used. Prices of furniture or household furniture made of rattan furniture is not as expensive with a base made with wood, but has almost the same strength. Chair or table made of rattan is lighter and simpler so that the match was placed in a small room and easy to move.

But for furniture or rattan furniture is more durable, there are things you need to consider in care. Things you can do include:

• Clean once a week. Simply use a dry cloth to remove dust, dust. Do not use chemicals because it can damage the cane.
• To clean the dust and dirt that is on the sidelines, wash with detergent. Liquid detergent should not be too thick. After that, wipe with a dry cloth and kerinngkan with diangin-aired. This can be done every 1 months.
• To stay looking beautiful, you can paint it when the colors look faded wicker already.
• Place of rattan furniture in a place not exposed to rain and direct sunlight. This can make your furniture become faded, dry so easily damaged.
• To avoid termites, you can use a solution of camphor (camphor) and kerosene. Spray the solution on the rattan, or enter in the holes made by termites in your wicker furniture.

Of course your home will be cleaner if the furniture in your house clean as well, including furniture or furniture made of rattan. This will enhance the space in your home.

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The bathroom is a core part of a house. Morning activities started from this place. When we want to build or renovate the bathroom a good and healthy, there are things we have to consider.

Some aspects that must be considered, such as size, condition of the bathroom is dry or wet, the location, lighting, air circulation, and security.

Size
Size of a bathroom mainly depends on the available land. If our homes are large, we can make a big bathroom. But if our home land is limited, so the bathroom should also be adjusted. Another factor is the activity carried out in the bathroom. If the bathroom or dressing up to be a place you love to soak the shower size may be greater

Dry or wet
Bathroom with a dry floor cleaner look. However, the wet floor still more preferred because bathing habits of Indonesia. It could also put the bathroom when dry and wet in one room. The concern is there should be a separation in order not to dry the floor wet. For example, by using fiber glass separator or can be made with the wet lower surface and separated the plastic.

Location
The placement of objects in the bathroom should be arranged as well. For example the sink is placed to the front so that when washing hands, we do not need to go to the bathroom or closet should not be placed after a wet floor area.

Light
The bathroom is often the place of development of disease germs. So, if possible, design so that the bathroom can get sunlight, for example, by using transparent tiles or other transparent material translucent sun. Because the presence of sunlight can prevent germs growing. In addition, it can help save the use of headlights during the day.

Air
To be healthy, in the bathroom is also need for air circulation. Circulation is not good to make a bathroom odor. It can be grating at the bottom of the door or at the top of the bathroom. If it is not possible to install the lattice, it can be mounted exhaust fan.

Safe
Bathroom safety also need to be considered, because we do not want any family members who are injured or fall in the bathroom. So for the floor, you should not choose a slippery floor. Cleanliness should also be observed, so no moss so the bathroom was slippery.