Lock door

Locks for armored door , what are the most secure locks to ensure the safety of your home. Statistically during the holidays the home burglaries are more numerous than in other months. It is time then to think about the choice of a good lock for security door , that makes us feel safe when we are at home and when we are away, to find no unwelcome surprises to return. Because the input is really an obstacle for thieves , it is necessary that the lock is mounted on a reinforced door according to the rules in force. lf not, if the lock does not yield, the thug has a chance to attack the door with great ease.

The types of locks for armored doors

There are two groups fundamental: A levers with double-bit key (so called because on both sides has a series of notches asymmetrical). has steel containment box, key making more referrals of the latches in different dimensions, top, bottom and sides. Barrel, more properly called "European profile cylinder", and a tube, called a "stator", where they placed the "rotors", the gears in which enters the notched key, which is used to align the internal levers to allow the opening. 

Evolution of Security

Both types of lock improvements have been designed to withstand the attacks of robbers.
However, there is the lock impregnable , because, at the exit of new systems, the criminals will always find ways to overcome them. The important thing is to have saturate capable of hindering the attack as much as possible, so as to discourage the thief. For this we must turn to a provider of complete confidence, able to provide products manufactured according to European standards and that installers have as much confidence.

The rules to follow for a secure lock

Protect the steel case, with a further plate manganese steel, which resists drill with carbide tips

Double lock : combine with the dual map cylinder a European, closing, lifting a steel plate blocking the lock of the main key. This device prevents the introduction of lock picks and other tools for tampering, such as endoscopes that detect the shape . unplayable Keys : Choose locks with keys duplicated only by the manufacturer, presenting the code number. For those in combination , to prefer models that have the highest number. decreased so the chances that the thief individuals that set.

Decorating trends for this spring: live the colors!

Fill your home with energetic colors! 

It's finally spring! Returns the warm weather, long days, the sun that we long for the cold winter months. A time of year that awakens the good vibrations, change of clothes! And of course, color! If your wardrobe colorful shade into, why not decorate our home line with the arrival of warm weather? Let this spring multicolored palette of rich, vibrant hues flood your home with garish colors fill us with good cheer, joy and vitality in the form of textiles, and even in the most economical way, making your own ornaments! trends in decoration for spring colors are packed with re-energizing dynamic and expressive hues mixed with other neutral in order to create unique combinations. We show the best in spring decor this joy reign in your house!

Textiles in full color!

Vivid colors become the protagonists and in particular the emerald green will be the king of this spring 2013, chosen by Pantone color of the year. energetic reds, turquoise blues, garish yellows, oranges derivatives in coral . Putting together all the little extras and a white background, will become the undisputed protagonists of stay. 's stripes, flowers, polka dots, checkerboard. prints are imposed both on and off the catwalk.

Dishes with style

The home wares also adopts bright colors and fun prints and of course, are trend. Figures of deer, for a touch vitange, square Vichy and, above all, lots of flowers! Floral prints certainly flood our tables to enjoy the good weather and food and alfresco dining. 'colors prints of the dishes will not have a fixed pattern. You can combine the ones you like, like you're playing Twister and the colors were chosen at random .

Wood types

Woodworking can be, as we have said, a pleasant and enjoyable which, however, requires at least a modest knowledge of this material, not to make mistakes when you decide to buy a certain amount to build something . The best starting point, with regard to the purchase, is to rely on one of the many stores and supermarkets in the wood where there is a wide choice of both the raw timber and semi-finished wood. Faced, however, with a vast assortment you can become disoriented if you do not already have enough ideas precise on what to buy. 

varieties of wood are many, from the most to keep (such as balsa wood, thanks to its lightweight is particularly suitable for modeling because any blade, even the most subtle manages to cut it) to the iron-wood from South America, as well as to compete with hard metals. But between the first and the second there is a whole range wide that only an expert is able to recognize by certain characteristics such as texture, the texture, the grain, the weight, and so on. Here we do not want to make a treaty on the wood, but simply suggest the passionate DIY which type to use depending on what you want to build a shelf, a fence, a piece of furniture and other things like that. And of course help him recognize the wood according to its characteristics and its exterior appearance. Here are the most used ones for some carpentry work.

Spruce. There are several varieties: white (with reddish veins) very soft and flexible, with several knots. Is generally used for framing. The fir red , light yellow in color and straight grain: it is suitable for the construction of rustic furniture and lends itself well to be polished. It also has a special feature: a particular resonance that makes it the most suitable wood for musical instruments. The fir Douglas , reddish in color, with compact grain and no knots, it is very durable and long lasting, and for this reason it is widely used in building construction, especially for windows and exterior finishes (is ideal, for example, to cover part of the facade of the mountain chalet). It is, however, also suitable for home decor accessories.

Maple. 's a pretty hard wood whose color varies from white to pink to reddish-white-yellow. You can easily work with all tools (even those with a modest equipment of DIY). It can be sanded and polished, taking a beautiful silky appearance. It keeps well in a dry, while the moisture will ruin it. Suitable for furniture and veneers.

Walls sand effect

The advantages of the effect sand

When it comes to sand effect, is generally defined as that type of decoration for the walls obtained by coating a water-based special additives and synthetic resins. The purpose of this type of effect is to confer on the walls of our house that typical effect 'rustic' very distinctive and appreciated not only for its taste a bit 'old-world, rustic indeed, but mostly because it is an effect that helps to mask very well any imperfections that may occur at the stage of painting. Furthermore the advantage of painting sand effect lies in the fact that the surface on which we are to act, be it a single wall or the entire apartment, must not necessarily be 'perfect', the preparation should not be faulted and therefore the preparatory work does not have to be meticulous, since the effect 'imperfect' will absolutely wanted. For the same reasons, this type of painting ensures high wear resistance due to its elasticity and ability to grip. But let's see how to realize the effect of sand.

How to proceed

Once protected walls and baseboards with plastic sheeting and tape paper, and after cleaning the wall and having made it big so smooth, you can begin. Of course you need to get everything you need: a painting called 'wind-sand', its background, the specific dye and Spalter, the brush flat and wide from long bristles. Everything needed for the operation is easy to find in all the paint, hardware and DIY stores. The cost of painting is about 60 Euros for a three-liter jar, but with one box you can cover an area of ​​about 25 square meters. Start with the spreading the paint in the background, that is our base. We can proceed with the roller if the surface is very wide, but in the corners and edges need to use the brush. Because the wall is prepared properly you need to pass both hands in the background. Drying times between the one and the other hand will be about 12 hours. After the substrate and after 24 hours it is now possible to prepare our color: pour into the bucket provided the dye chosen for the painting of the wall: if the small jar should remain some traces of light, you can add a bit 'of water in order not to go to waste the product. 

Once emptied the jar of dye in full, it's time to mix, if the quantities are very large, you can proceed with a special drill mixing, but alternatively will do a nice long stick that will allow us to get to the bottom of jar. Obtained as a homogeneous color, proceed with the painting: before starting from the corners of the surface that we want to paint and then devote the entire wall. The technique allows us to get blasted two different effects: we can proceed with a roller or brush, to have a homogeneous coating effect and more traditional, or for a different effect, again, we can give the coats of paint to the 'bulk' that is crossing movements of the arms in order to obtain an effect over that sandblasted is also pleasantly gradient and so that emphasizes the natural inaccuracy of sanding. After the brush strokes in bulk, you need to go with the clean spalter just put on the painting, so as to more evenly distribute the sand and 'pull' the color to get the nuances very natural. Since we have completed the painting will have to spend about two hours, because the wall in question is dry.

A touch of personality to our home

The aforementioned technique can give a polished or sandblasted frosted satin, depending on your taste and, it was said, is sold only in the form of neutral color. Obviously we can choose a different color for every room in the home or for each wall. It will be just a matter of taste and ability to harmonize colors. However, it is recommended that the effect enough sand 'invasive', and already perceived as' highly decorative, to choose a single wall of our room, maybe one of those that will be the fifth and what we hope to not hang anything, but maybe to lean just a low cabinet or table.

How to choose kitchen cabinets

The kitchen is one of the central spaces of the house. A few tips to help you organize the kitchen, equip it and make it efficient.

The kitchen is one of the central spaces of the house . Some advice to better organize the kitchen, equip it and make it more efficient can be very useful. If we have a large kitchen , or just a kitchenette , organize space is essential in all cases . Equip the space of kitchen efficiently is even more '.

Choose the furniture in the kitchen

For details, consult an interior designer or an architect. In general, however, when you choose a kitchen consider some points of reference:

• A kitchenette with a compact block in line, it certainly takes advantage of the space available, especially if you have little, but can be very little functional ready to use.


• Obtained at least a support surface.


• Do not place the burner attached to the sink , without interposing a shelf / work


• Do not place the washing machine next to the oven without a robust partition that dissipate the heat of the oven.


• Do not place the refrigerator immediately by the fires


• If possible prefer a sink with a drip-free right (unless you're left-handed)


• The cabinets of the kitchen of a small space often are offered in sizes extra long that once hung reach almost to the ceiling. Are you willing to take the time scale to access the shelves ?
  If you answer no, what do you need to close all the space in height to leave empty half of the shelves?
• Favorite counters on the ground more 'spacious where cram in a more' efficient tools and pantry.
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• Make use of the cabinet doors to hang towels, pot holders, envelopes.


• Make use of the wall space to hang at your fingertips, with the appropriate bar , all thetools you use more 'often.


• Keep in drawers knives, ladles and everything that you rarely use.


• A plan additional work , maybe removable becomes an irreplaceable accessory especially in small spaces.


• If you can get to install a small garbage disposal under the floor of the kitchen. Optimize the space.


• All work spaces must be illuminated properly. bulbs with low consumption and neon with different switches in order to have only the light you need. Eat less and better.


• In the kitchen you have all according to a logic of use . Think of the movements to be made ​​from when you start when you finish to prepare a dish of pasta and prepared accordingly tools and ingredients. The idea is to make less trips possible.
• Ground clearance of the furniture. The regulator depending your height . Make sure that the work surface is at a height convenient for you. You do not have to bend down to wash the dishes or cook . You do not have to try discomfort in my back for counters too low or too high.

Increased optical size of the bathroom

Get a room a very small bathroom functional and aesthetically pleasing is a complex job, but not impossible. Often the arrangement of health is suggested by the designer, who knows perfectly the space needed for their use and therefore can help you find the most appropriate solution. Once this phase, then the customer usually prefers to choose for themselves the finishes and furnishings to suit your taste. When we are dealing with small bathrooms but we must be aware of the final effect of the choices we make. In fact, the risk is to accentuate the effect of confined space or any proportions unpleasant from the outset.

Mirrors in the bathroom

All know that the use of large mirrored surfaces on the walls produces the expansion of a local optical. This effect is certainly true, but to get a good result it is useful to follow some precautions. It is not always easy to put in place a large mirror, especially if we have to go into a small room by performing various maneuvers to place it where you want it. In case of large mirrored surfaces then becomes necessary to break them down into more parts . Interrupting a mirror given by the connecting line between the various plates side by side will not be a cosmetic problem.

However, it is important that these lines are not then to correspond with the height of the eyes or cutting through our figure while we reflect. So if we decide to play a stretch of wall with mirrors that go from the floor to the ceiling, will no doubt be avoid a division into two horizontal plates that have their line of conjunction height of 1.50 m from the floor, which is precisely in the area where they can be annoying while we reflect. Having to opt for a subdivision of the plates in horizontal, suggest, instead of 2 plates, the use of 3 plates , which could be organized in this way: a central plate of greater height of the other that is able to contain our figure at least from the head until the entire torso and 2 plates of equal size but smaller than the central position from above and below. 

In this way, the jointing lines of the plates will not give us discomfort when we reflect. Another suggestion concerns the mirrors placed on walls in the vicinity of the ' angle of conjunction of another wall placed at 90 °. Also in this case the mirror will help to create the optical effect of the enlargement of the room reflecting wall placed at 90 °. However before proceeding with this choice is important to evaluate the angle between the two walls.

If the walls are exactly 90 ° , the mirror will reflect correctly the horizontal joints of the tiles, really creating the optical illusion of prolongation of the room. If the angle is less than 90 °, the lines of flight of the tiles will appear broken at the vertex of the room and where begins the mirror, doing completely invalidate the optical illusion desired. Where are present in the bath of acute angles , a solution to the problem could be to avoid the use of tiles on the wall to reflect and opt instead for continuous coating solutions, such as resins or Venetian stucco.

Floors in the bathroom

In the choice of the floor is important to evaluate carefully color , shape and arrangement . In a small bathroom is always good thing to use the same color of the tiles for both the floor and the walls, so as to camouflage the more possible the perimeter of the room. the contrary, if we choose clear tiles for the walls and dark tiles for the floor , the result would be an emphasis on the visual perception of the size of the floor and then will highlight the small size of the room. trick known to give more space and dynamism of the room is to place the tiles diagonally . When instead we have a bathroom with a significantly smaller of the two dimensions, to correct the imbalance becomes advantageous to choose tiles rectangular and arrange with the long side parallel to the short side of the room.

Lining the walls in the bathroom

In small rooms are always inadvisable dark colors, which reinforce any feeling of tightness in the room. Better then to prefer light colors, like white or pastel colors. Personally, I think interesting to work on textures rather than all the colorful decorations of the walls. We see here an example of a tile texture with damask line Stonevision of Marazzi . Or this other tile motif diamond-shaped line Matter of Fap Ceramiche . A rough texture or reflective in a small bathroom helps to better spread the light and therefore helps to visually increase the size.

Furniture and cardboard

Anyone who thinks that the ' designer furniture , is only possible with the use of special metal alloys or   plastic polymers certainly falls into error.

Recently in the world of design you are doing a great use of cardboard not only with regard to packaging and packaging: even the ' furniture  can arise from processing in paper industry , with chairs, tables, armchairs,  lamps,  resistant to any solicitation.

 A large collection of furniture and lamps in cardboard

The series came to the attention of lovers of ' sustainability to propose new interpretations of design and design: the complement is subjected to a diagram that highlights the focal points and then comes together, a process that closely resembles the origami .
 

The particular closure systems  allow objects to occupy the smallest possible space , but when opened, allow them to extend for ascribed to the standard dimensions of the objects. A casing in cardboard hides such a comfortable bed ; what may seem a slab of cardboard folded is actually a functional table .
 

The line consists of the following products: Pop Up Superallun go (corrugated cardboard folding table with maximum extensibility), Pop Up Console (console folding), Pop Up Screen Partition (partition folding), Pop Up Bed (folding bed) and Pop Up Chair (folding chair), all characterized by structure in natural cardboard or rigid shockproof and waterproof, available in red, black, white, green, yellow or blue.

On the occasion of the Fair Mobile 2013 cube Design also submitted new proposals for lighting design strictly made ​​of cardboard : new ideas related to issues of environmental sustainability illuminate every space of the house , with suspensions, floor lamps and table lamps that draw for the their shape, inspirations from different contexts. Made of cardboard, these lights become bright objects versatile, functional,  easily inserted in the various areas of the house and not just adding a touch of style to any room. 

Among the various lamps available, the most unusual is Ted , a table lamp in three-dimensional cardboard. The top screen is polypropylene and the structure is covered with anti-shock rigid material customizable, available in red, black, white, green, yellow or blue. It lends itself to be customized in many ways thanks to six different texture printed on waterproof membrane or to the many emoticons available for the lampshade. 

New line of furniture and lighting made of corrugated cardboard

Research, design, functionality, sustainability and ability to bind with other materials, inspired by the collection of objects and furniture in corrugated cardboard B-Trade .
 

The project was born from  cardboard , that B-Trade presents a contemporary , offering objects and furnishings particularly  original and creative research, design and technology for a basic design , logic associated with functional and aesthetic. The first collection of B-Trade, designed in collaboration with the design studio Sedicilab includes different items ranging from lamps, small tables , up to sessions .
 

Among the furniture more representative of the new line should be noted: First ( series of tables clean design in two heights, made ​​of cardboard blades assembled on two central crowns), Sybil ( chairs erecting tongued, elements and become the protagonists of a compact and light), White ( sitting thoughtful and composed, from the simple and basic design), Ragtime ( plywood seat of cardboard with soft lines and wraparound), Pula (family of furnishings , characterized by soft wrap) and finally Halo , one of the first products resulting from the technical study B-Trade ( table multilayer cardboard that combines the texture of cardboard to the transparency of the glass shelf ).

We also have the  collection of lamps  made ​​of corrugated cardboard, which focuses attention on chiaroscuro , material combinations and textures backlit, all via a simple design in which the research experiment is combined with the craftsmanship.
 

These include  Flo  (table lamp or wall with simple lines that plays with the light, the colors in which it is available and with the various positions that may be), Genia  (the reinterpretation of the experimental classic lamp, plywood cardboard combined with wood and ceramics) and finally hanging lamps  Deda, and Baco Cloud  (where the cardboard sheets are combined in textures, waves and Canett for games of light and shade and shadows).

Robot apartment

The technology always makes great strides, however, not only in the context of connections, wifi, computers and smart phones, but also for all the branch about the house.

Housecleaning 2.0

The robot apartment are in fact now becoming the future of home appliances, at least with regard to the cleaning. The biggest advantage of these products is that they can clean up when you're not there . Just a proper programming and can work independently without the need of AT human. 

Robot vacuum cleaner apartment

The robot apartment are becoming more intelligent navigation systems with very advanced, higher-capacity suction or cleaning, long autonomy for large spaces and batteries even more resistant but at the same time, long-lasting and quick to recharge. The final challenge concerns angles. robot Many of the first generation had big problems to cover and clean the corners, rounded shapes, made ​​to reduce the possibility of getting stuck, forced to tinsel and systems in the long run did not guarantee the same efficiency. Thanks to navigation systems more and more accurate the second-generation robot can use various forms since they can make a much more accurate mapping of the local in order to avoid the obstacles and / or situations that might put them in a bind. Another aspect on which all manufacturers are comparing is the height.

Try to reduce it to its lowest terms means allowing the robot to act under all or most of the furniture that can be in an environment. The final frontier is the bed.This type of furniture is often very close to the ground and does not allow accurate cleaning the underside. many of them that are all the rage, especially if equipped with a compartment for storing blankets, are still a mirage, but many manufacturers are looking for solutions that to improve the performance of their products. In this sense, even the ease of use and simplicity of maintenance play a significant role. The first side is now the offer is geared entirely on a single switch that starts the machine and the rest is absolutely independent.

Parquet, all the choices to make flooring

A wood flooring besides being beautiful entails additional advantages compared to a normal and common flooring tiles made of?

When addressing the restructuring in an apartment suffered one of the choices is that relating to the type of flooring to use. In the past, the choice was simple, the floor was made ​​of the joint tiles , choose from these meant to decide at most the size and the type of color or finish, if matta or glossy. Today, however, the extensive studies performed on materials that allow us to know at 360 ° their characteristics and their properties, allow us the same time to make floors with any of them, from rubber elements, glass, wood etc.  suitably shaped according to the needs of the buyer. Just the wood in recent years has played an important role in the construction world. The good looks of a wooden floor makes the room more comfortable, no doubt creating a state of mental well-being in people who live that space, but the wood is also a material that has excellent properties, which make it preferable the parquet to other types of floorings.

Choice of flooring: size, type, installation, geometry, finish

When choosing a particular type of flooring the main aspect to be taken into account is the intended use of the environment in which we're going to place it. If you wish to adopt the floors in environments such as kitchens and bathrooms, which usually have flooring with tiles because considered humid environments, the choice of the type of wood to be used must be particularly accurate, in fact in environments of this type it is usual to choose essences particularly hard as Teak  that, that in addition to moisture also resist well to create conditions in which sudden changes of temperature. 

Generally the parquet it is found commercially in the form of strips or planks with a rectangular shape, the strip flooring is defined as such only if the surface has a layer of real wood with a thickness of at least 2.5 mm. When it comes to flooring a further distinction to be made ​​between the solid parquet , that is formed by a single layer of solid wood and laminated flooring , consisting instead of multiple layers, of which only the first is of solid wood, hardwood, the remaining layers are made ​​from laminated wood or multilateral. But the parquet must be distinguished for different type of installation , we can indeed speak of floating parquet (or floating), nailed and glued parquet flooring. 

The floating floor is usually used when choosing the plank large, this type can also be applied over existing flooring, it is important that the base surface is perfectly flat, if it were not acting in a the application of a self-leveling product. This system in fact is based on the principle of the joint between the individual strips, in fact, does not provide for the use of any type of adhesive base if not of small layers of glue along the perimeter fittings and adhesives to be spread along the grooves of the joint . The nailed parquet, unlike the floating, requires a footboard support also made ​​of wood, which then will be positioned on the beams placed at a distance of about 30-50 cm with a section  on which then the individual planks from male-female joints are then subsequently nailed. Usually for this type of flooring you are using planks thickness ranging from 1 cm to 2.2 cm, of a width which varies from 6 to 14 cm in length running from 40-50 cm and can reach up to a maximum of 2 m. For this type of flooring may occur in circumstances where the presence of plants prevents the nailing in some points, in this case and may be used where necessary to a mixed system of gluing and nailing .

The glued parquet is the most widespread in the absolute, the strips are glued on an existing floor or on a concrete slab, also in this case it is important the flatness of the surface on which it is going to operate so it is equally important that the bottom is perfectly dry, this is because the presence of moisture would be to damage the flooring itself. It then has a layer of glue, making sure that this is not too much to create imperfections in the subsequent step of positioning of the strips. The drawings that can be created by the combination of the various strips are varied, we speak in this case of laying geometry , the most common are those with a herringbone pattern, a ship's deck (also known as a caisson or running), checkerboard, mosaic etc. ... But the variability of the design that you want to get may depend on different wood choices that trade are so many.

The element, however, can make each different from the other is certainly the parquet finish , in fact are different types of treatment to which the strips may be subjected after installation. The coating provides the brush it chin of the surface with a first layer of the bottom, need to clog the pores of the flooring (the wood being a porous material) and then a series of successive layers which have the function to create a protective film which can be depending the type of product used gloss, semi-gloss or matte and must be maintained over time.

The oil treatment , unlike the two previous techniques, does not create a film on the surface of the wood, but impregnates the same protecting it, giving it shine but leaving it transpire at the same time. 
Even this type of finish as well as the wax is more expensive and requires definitely a maintenance more accurate  than the painting. In conclusion we can say that the floors in an environment is not only beautiful but it creates a state of well-being, above all due to its versatility and its characteristics.