Luna Negra

Luna Negra

The tiles

I wish to highlight several details that I like most

• The dining chairs. Simple and classic and made from solid wood
• The tiles. Using the hand-made cement tiles to cover all of its floor (massive area!!)
• The hanging lamp on the open kitchen. Very unique shape and matches well with the brick-wall of its background.

The first drawing

This is the first design of Naim Project from our architech/contractor.
Many many revisions will come afterwards ;)

Kedai Kopi Kemang: a Javanese vintage and rustique-themed coffee shop

Kedai Kopi Kemang

Rustique finish for windows and main door

Wall hanging ornament.
Using the same glass ornament as its windows and main door

Main door

Colourful glass windows

Colourful glass windows

2 seaters 'Sedan' chair

Retro style arm chairs covered in batik Tuban(?)



Retro style arm chairs covered in batik Tuban(?)



'Sedan' chair in dark melamic finish

'Kanjengan' chair in natural waxed finish with batik mega mendung pillow cushions

I like the ideas of having the 50's style arm chairs are usign batik as their covers as well as the colourful pillow cushions from batik mega mendung.

Used wine bottles for dining lamp

We had a dinner at Gourmet World at Kemang and we were booked to one of its dining room. The dining lamp is very interesting as it was made from used wine bottles. They even did not peel of the wine label.

In total they used 10 wine bottles to lit up the room for a 10-seater dining table.

Interesting stuffs from local antique market

Various antique stuffs

Wall mounted telephone



Wall mounted telephone



Wall mounted telephone

Standing and table fan made from steel and teakwood

Tools to make minced meat

On Sunday (2 months ago) we went to local antique market at Jalan Surabaya, and I took pictures some of interesting stuffs.
Maybe oneday I would consder to buy those to decorate the (new) house.

Some inspirations for swimming pool

2-bedroom villa at Villa Bali Asri

As the Naim Project will have a new swimming pool, we started to get some ideas for the swimming pool and its ground design.

We further decided that the swimming pool ground will be in Yogya Paras stones, while the pool tiles will be the Green Sukabumi stones. We really love the pool at Villa Bali Asri, and and we want to build the dream pool similar to that.

source: google search and own photo

Rustique Grill and Wine



Wagyu Ribeye grade 9+

 

Wagyu steak in closer look

 

Dilmah's Green Tea

I ordered:

• French escargot baked in garlic and herb butter
• 200gr Australian wagyu beef grade 9+ ribeye cooked in medium with wasabi mashed potato
• Dilmah's green tea

My DH ordered similar menu of Australian wagyu beef and he opted the sirloin. I am always the ribeye addict so I had no difficulty to make up my mind on my chosen dish :p

 

Rustique Grill and Wine
Plaza Senayan, 4th Fl Unit 413
Jl. Asia Afrika No. 8
Jakarta
Phone: 021 57852760

Boci-Boci Authentic Japanese Restaurant

Yaki Camembert Cheese

Akashiyaki

Our favourite dish: black sesame ramen (Tan Tan Men)

Okonomiyaki

Kawa and tebasaki yakitori

It was dinner for two at Boci-Boci Restaurant at Jakarta's Little Tokyo (aka Blok M). We ordered: akashiyaki, yaki camembert cheese, kawa and tebasaki yakitori, okonomiyaki, and tan tan-men. The highlight was ramen in black sesame broth ;)
If I am not mistaken, the restaurant was previously named 'Ambai'.


Boci-Boci
Jl. Melawai VIII no. 4
Blok M
Kebayoran Baru
Jakarta Selatan
Phone. 021 7279 8463

(Psst, this place is just next to Hotel Golden Boutique at Blok M)

Antique tiles: made from hand-pressed cement

We further found out that during the East Indies era, many buildings used hand-pressed cement tile or we often called it as 'tegel'. The variety of colour was plenty. The finishing was normaly made sheen. It was possible to make these beautiful cement tiles during that era because the Dutch imported the raw materials (like colouring chemical, special cement, etc) from Netherlands and allow the Inlanders (local people) to produce the tiles to decorate the buildings that the Dutch constructed.

Nowadays, the producer of such tiles is very limited as most of cement tiles producers closed down its manufacturing due to the massive invasion of ceramic tiles. There is only one or two manufacturing in Yogyakarta area who keep producing the cement tiles. They make cement tiles based on the patterns of antique tiles and reproduce them in vast choice of colours that customer can choose from.

Naim Project: The Inspiration

We want the house to be redesigned in a classical style that reflects the history Indonesian. We do not want the house to be in typical Javanese or Balinese design as this has been very common.

So we further decided that a Java Colonial style can meet our desire. Hence the research was commenced to find any related archives that can give us further ideas. It was not an easy job to get the archives. We looked in the internet, hotel website and books, visited Jakarta's old town and Menteng area and had an indepth discussion with the expert, in order to allow us getting the grip on the desired design.

The house should be elegant, grand, and has the Indonesia feels.

In my own interpretation, Java Colonial design is the common building design used during the era of East Indies in Indonesia. It should be circa 1800 til early 1900. The influence of European design is very strong so that buildings used column and steel construction and the 'grand' effect is very obvious. No wonder that palaces in Indonesia (presidential or Kraton) are recognized to apply this design.

*From time to time I might revise this interpretation if I gain further understanding

source: google search