Friday, October 31, 2008

 

Colony House

The house in colony model have many kinds, one of colony models can view here:


Detail Measures:
Square Feet : 1126
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 2
Garage: 2
Exact Width: 53'-0"
Exact Depth: 43'-0"
Style: Colonial
Foundation Type: Basement
The layout of this house model is as follows:


Sunday, October 19, 2008

 

House in Farm














On the Top are front look and on the below side is the back look. This design is taken from http://www.designconnection.com. If you like to design a house with this kind of models, you may need a width space for your land. For land that usually located in the "perumahan" or in estate, the model may be not suitable because need a wide area. This design just suitable in ranch area or farm area.

The area of each part of the room as below:

Square Feet : 2272
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 2.5
Garage: 2
Exact Width: 53'-0
Exact Depth: 58'-0
Style: Cape Cod.
Foundation Type: Basement


Wednesday, October 8, 2008

 

Italian Art and Architecture

Italian art has its roots in the aesthetic traditions of classical Rome and in the pre-Roman cultures of the Italian peninsula, especially those of the Greeks and the Etruscans. Such common elements as a shared classical heritage, Roman Catholicism, and the Italian language, function, and content, despite the peninsula’s political fragmentation, which lasted from the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD until the establishment of the Italian nation in the mid 19th century. During that time Italy was divided politically and culturally into numerous continually changing stages based on cultural regions, such as Tuscany or Lombardy, or cities, such as Venice and Rome. Italian art is thus made up of distinct local artistic styles or traditions called schools.

The Middle Ages

Italian art history begins in Rome during the 1st to 4thByzantium in the 4th century meant that early Constantinople, rather than Rome, would become the early medieval center of Mediterranean Christian Culture. Ravenna in the 12thRavenna’s San Vitale (16th century) and Saint Mark’s Basilica centuries with the emergence of a Christian religious iconography and architecture based on Roman prototypes. The transfer of the Roman imperial capital to centuries were the principal Italian locations for the orientalizing aesthetic of the Byzantines. Spatially impressive central plans, lavish materials, sumptuous color, mysterious lighting, and stylized iconic representation characterize the architecture and mosaics of in VeniceSicily from the 9th to 12th centuries also introduced an oriental style of decorative magnificence, as evidenced by Petermo’s Palatine Chapel (1132-40). (begun 1063). Arab artisans resident in

Saturday, October 4, 2008

 

Gardening

The ancient art of gardening, the raising of one’s own flowers, shrubs, fruits, and vegetables within a limited area, is enjoying a contemporary renaissance as millions of Americans discover the satisfactions inherent in working the soil. Almost everyone who has access to bit of ground raises a few flowers, and it is estimated that perhaps half of all American families maintain vegetable gardens. The houseplant business is booming, and plant nurseries and florists have enjoyed record sales.

Soil for gardening must contain the essential nutrients to feed growing plants, and it must have a structure capable of holding air and moisture without becoming waterlogged. Soil analysis reveals nutritional deficiencies that may be remedied through the use of fertilizers, which add the minerals necessary for plant growth. Analysis also indicates the pH, or acidity alkaline, a pH rating of 7 is neutral, neither acid nor alkaline. Most garden plant thrive best at a pH of 6 to 7, although certain plants, such as blueberries and rhododendrons, need a higher acid level. Overacidity, the more usual problem, can be decreased by adding ground limestone. Overalkaline soils, which may cause yellowing in plants, can be treated by adding sulfur or gypsum.

In General soil structure is classified as sandy, clay, or loam, although most garden soils are mixtures of the three in varying proportions. A sandy soil is very loose and will not hold water. A clay soil is dense and heavy, sticky when wet, and almost brick hard when dry. Loam is a quantity of Humus, or decayed organic material, which loosens and aerates clay soil and binds sandy soil particles together. In addition, humus supplies nutrients. Soil structure can be improved by digging in compost, manure, peat moss, and other organic matter.

A good soil can be kept in good condition, year after year, by digging in decaying organic materials and by adding the recommended amounts of fertilizers, usually a compound commercial mixture sold at garden centers. Fertilizers should be applied only as recommended and never in excess.

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