The living room is considered the social hub of the home. It is an area to receive and entertain guests as well as a room to relax and unwind and get together as a family after a long day of work,.
It is important to make this area of your home comfortable, safe and balanced so [...]
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Tonal variation
Whether you lean towards the calming greens of jade, moss, mint, apple and emerald for your bedroom or would love your living room to be awash with blues that are as deep as the ocean or as light as the sky, decorating with these colours tone-on-tone will evoke a connection with nature like no [...]
Step 1
BED POSITION
Positioning your bed properly is the first important step to feng shui your bedroom. Ideally the bed should hold the “command” position. When you walk into the room, the bed is positioned on the opposite wall. You want the widest scope of the room to be available to you as you lie in [...]
Many people are fascinated with Feng Shui and with many good reasons. While others generally believe that it is just some oriental superstitious set of paradigms on interior design (but that is just part of the extensive definition for Feng Shui), the Feng Shui that we know now is actually comprised of various schools of [...]
Count your Blessings like gold.
Take a few moments every evening to think about all the good things that happened to you today and to express your gratitude for what you have received. Small things count, too, it doesn’t all have to be spectacular. It’s not what happened that’s important; it’s getting in [...]
Growing wealth will involve good placement in your environment but it is also very important to address your own personal thoughts and behavior towards money. Wealth starts with attitude.
Pay attention to how you handle money every day.
Do you keep paper money neatly sorted in your wallet or money clip, or [...]
Add a healthy plant with round leaves
According to the Bagua, the wealth area of your home or office is associated with the wood element. Wood can be represented by a wooden piece of furniture, the green color on any surface, plants and fresh flowers.
The Chinese community has been using for decades certain specific plants to [...]
Use the element of Water to enhance your wealth area.
Aquariums, images representing water and water features like fountains are a boost for the wealth area of your home or office.
A lot of Chinese restaurants showcase aquariums or fish imageries at their entrances. An Element of water at the entrance symbolizes new [...]
Accent your money areas with the colors green, red or purple.
Green symbolizes vitality and growth
Red brings energy and power
Purple is the best color for wealth.
Gold signifies luxury. Donald Trump uses a lot of gold for his properties.
You can place a big chunk of purple amethyst in your wealth area and have [...]
Enhance your area with symbols of prosperity:
You can place a bowl of coins (add your loose change to it every day), a “lucky bamboo” plant, or anything that symbolizes success and prosperity to you.
There are lots of Chinese luck symbols available, but you don’t have to use them unless you want to.
A [...]
Your Front Door can Enhance Your Wealth:
Is your front door hidden? Does your home or office face away from the street?
If your entrance cannot easily be seen from the street, opportunities and income have a harder time getting to you.
Invite chi to your front door by placing lights or moving objects or colors along the way. [...]
To enhance Your Wealth Area you need to:
Clear out any clutter from these important areas.
Clutter is a sign of stagnant energy, and clutter in your wealth areas can clog up your cash flow. Getting rid of clutter is one of the most powerful ways to shift the energy up.
Fix things that are [...]
Feng shui associates prosperity with the back left corner of any space. Stand at your front door facing into the house; your wealth area is at the back of the house on the left-hand side. There’s also a wealth area within each room: facing in from the doorway, it’s the corner area in [...]
Make a list of things that you desire or want to achieve. Doing this helps you clarify your intentions. So be bold! Take a notepad or open a new document on your computer and make a list of 108 things you want to do or have in your life (It sounds like [...]
Know what you want: The strength of your intention is what makes your success with Feng Shui. If you are enthusiastic and excited with an idea or a project, your energy level is so much higher than if you don’t really believe in it. When you focus on an unsatisfactory situation, your energy becomes stuck [...]
The term “bagua” is derived from the book of the I-Ching, a sacred text used to tell the future. But while the word may sound foreign or unfamiliar to you, ‘Feng Shui Bagua’ is one of the most basic and fundamental tools of Feng Shui.
An ancient Chinese term “bagua” means “eight areas” (“ba”=eight, [...]
The Metal element is a very positive yang element. It is usually represented by hard, flat, shiny surfaces that encourage Chi energy flow to circulate faster and easier. The Metal element is also a very supportive element that carries the water element. Imagine a river supported by the crystals and natural [...]
The Earth element is a very grounding element, useful for helping with decisions taking and the thinking process.
Earth element is associated with yellow, beige, tan, all the family of earthy colors. Those are cheerful and joyous colors, great for lifting your spirit and stimulating your intellect.
Yellow is an inspiring color and can [...]
The Fire element is associated with South and the season of summer. It is symbolized by lights, candles and the red color.
Red is a very passionate, romantic and vibrant color that will always make a big impression in a room.
To bring romance and passionate relationships, this [...]
The Wood element relates to green and brown colors. It is an element that represents growth. It is always restful and grounding to have wood in an environment. It has a lot of energy. It represents all living trees and plants.
The areas in the home associated with the wood elements are family [...]
The Water element is associated with blue and black colors. Blue also brings a beautiful sky in mind, calmness, turquoise seas. It also represents coolness of a space, relaxation and having more a of leisurely time.
The water element also connects to flowing water. The wonderful trickling sound of running water is very soothing [...]
Feng Shui is based on nature. The original buddhist monks who created the amazing philosophy of Feng Shui did a study of environment, spaces and nature and their impact on people.
When applying Feng Shui to your home, you are actually bringing in the forces of nature and integrating that nature in your [...]
A fundamental part of Feng Shui is the balancing of the opposing forces of Yin & Yang.
Yin is female, dark and passive, while Yang is male, bright and active. The Tai Chi symbol show the unity of yin & yang. One cannot exist without the other. Night does not exist without day, [...]
By increasing energy flow, people who introduce Feng Shui into their home improve general well being and family relationships. In addition, they enhance other areas of their life such as career, love life and financial prospects.
The principle of Feng Shui is that if you improve your home or any space [...]
WHAT IS FENG SHUI?
For thousands of years, Chinese Feng Shui masters have studied environments and their impact on people. Knowing the elements of nature and the stresses of modern life, they have learned to create harmonious environments which, by their design, foster the best possible health, wealth and relationships.
HOW [...]
No design is complete without beautiful accessories.
Using a few bold looking accents in shape and texture will give a feel of grandeur and character to your room. It is also better to use a nice big statement and give a clean elegant look using one accessory than several little pieces that actually create clutter.
Using the whole height [...]
Lighting is a major factor for creating a spacious look. Well lit rooms will always look bigger that darker ones.
Natural Light:
The best lighting is natural light. So if your home has large windows and lots of light, you want to make sure you preserve this natural life. Choose sheer curtains [...]
Color not only brings personality to a space but color also improve your home energy.
The most important thing there is to know is: only use colors you love!
They can be applied to your walls, your soft furnishing, and your furniture in various shades.
They can be vivid or subtle, applied on whole surfaces or as accents [...]
Comfort can be find in shapes, in textures and throughout the space lay out.
Designing your space in Feng Shui style means to promote the feeling of calm and relaxation.
A fundamental part of practicing Feng Shui is balancing the opposing forces yin and yang.
Yin is female, dark and passive, while yang is seen as everything male, [...]
Creating the perfect layout in a small or a large apartment involves the same main rules. The objective is to create a practical, bright, inviting and comfortable space.
As an Interior Designer, I follow very strict guidelines that even the most famous designers use.
One of the most common complaints I [...]
In theory, the color of a room has the power to affect your mood.
Colors can make you feel warm and comfortable, or anxious and excited. Some colors even make you feel hungry. Colors can become associated with events or people in our brains.
In Feng Shui, Color is one of the easiest ways to shift the [...]
The perfect Venue is the one you dreamt about since you were little…
Feng Shui only adds a few elements to guide you in the direction to choose the perfect venue, enhance it with the perfect accessories, display the perfect accents… and make all your efforts all worthwhile for your dream wedding.
Looking to have a Feng Shui wedding and still following “The Tradition”. Feng Shui is this fabulous Asian philosophy that adapts itself to our western traditions and really let us have the best of both worlds.So for your wedding, you can have:
Your wedding is the most important day of your life and it is essential that your environment should nurture you and make you feel uplifted. The atmosphere should be one of harmony, love, and warmth. Using Feng Shui in your wedding will reduce the stress on the bride and groom and their families on the [...]
French native Marie Burgos founded her interior design firm in 2007 with an emphasis on residential spaces which rapidly expanded to commercial design. Marie’s ultimate talent is understanding her clients needs and creating home, office and commercial interiors that are balanced, sophisticated, and highly functional.
