The youngest interior style, hi-tech, appeared in Europe in the 70s of the last century and was able to very quickly find many fans in different countries of the world. The name of the style very clearly characterizes its direction, translated from English high-tech means high technology, of course, bringing them into the interior is done in a rethought, creatively redesigned and very original form.

There are many building materials that only specialists have known about for a couple of decades, and now it is difficult to imagine our garden plot without them. Some of them are the product of a complex technological and chemical process, the possibility of release of which appeared only thanks to new discoveries in materials science. But there are also quite simple products that could appear, but, unfortunately, did not appear in the arsenal of builders at the beginning of the last century. But now, when these materials have been tested and proved to be economical, they are catching up at a gigantic pace and have entered the life of almost every summer resident. This, in particular, is about paving slabs, an indispensable material in the equipment of the garden space. Let us dwell in more detail on the types, properties and characteristics of these products and tell you how to properly lay paving slabs on the site.

A person’s desire to live in a healthy environment close to nature has led to the emergence of new fashion trends in interior design. One of the most useful for humans is phytodesign, which essentially consists in improving the indoor climate by placing compositions of indoor plants in it.

Increasingly, in modern summer cottages, owners erect impregnable fences. This has become the norm. But not everyone, unfortunately, succeeds in making not just a barrier for unwanted guests and animals, but building something remarkable that would highlight the site, emphasizing its individuality and aesthetic taste of the owners. Meanwhile, to give the fence originality, not so much imagination and accessible materials are required. And of course, basic building skills. The simplest and most reliable massive fence is obtained from brick, either as a whole, or with forged elements or wooden spans. But in all cases, it is necessary to put brick pillars for the fence, which we will discuss in this article, because it is not so easy to qualitatively put a brick pillar, while eliminating its subsequent inclination and falling and protecting it from destruction by atmospheric precipitation.

Is it possible to build a modern one or two storey house of concrete and glass with your own hands, quickly, cheaply, practically, forever? Of course you can! The main thing is to choose and use concrete blocks correctly.

The growing area of \u200b\u200bmodern country houses require significant energy consumption. In addition, more and more additional sources of heat are used underfloor heating, heated steps of the porch, and so on. All of this expends more and more resources. And the tariff growth over the past ten to fifteen years, according to some estimates, has changed by an order of magnitude. For some this is not upset, but most owners of suburban real estate tend to save. There are not so many ways to save additional warming of rooms and the use of more modern technology, which allows to increase the possibilities of country heating systems. It is imperative that you familiarize yourself with such a technique in more detail to make sure significant fuel economy is possible. And it’s not so expensive.

If you need to protect yourself and your house and land not only from physically possible attacks from outside, but also simply from prying eyes, while doing this is powerful, thorough, and at the same time, airy and beautiful, in a special way, then a brick fence with forging the right decision!

One of the main elements of sanitary products, the mixer, is not as simple as it seems. In addition to tricky additional devices, such as a thermostat or a photocell, there is another, not very complicated, but quite useful and effective way of installation. After all, for sure, we all noticed, and not just noticed, but experienced the inconvenience of the long control levers sticking out in the shower. Shower enclosures are usually cramped and any object inside can lead to bruising (and, God forbid, to injury) with an awkward movement. Therefore, more and more often in our apartments and cottages flush-mounted faucets appear. We’ll talk about them.