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Bring in health, wealth, success and happiness with these 9 tips:

1- Now is the perfect time to define your objectives and goals for the New Year. A great way to do that is by using a VISION BOARD. On it, you can list the things you want to attract to your [...]

Creating a haven of calm in your own bathroom is becoming a life essential with our busy schedules and many responsibilities.
The bathroom is the place where you can close the door on your problems.  It is where you can be free from outside tribulations, family life and just be yourself.
You can just lock the [...]

In most cultures, the kitchen is the heart of the home.
The kitchen brings the family together. This is where the family gather to catch up on the news of the day, where kids do their homework on kitchen table, where a close neighbor will drop by for a chat. Also cooking can be a [...]

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 [...]

Your entrance starts right outside your door. Look at the environment surrounding your door and ensure your home entrance is clearly defined, well lit and inviting. Watch out for big trees, utility posts or roads coming right at your door. Those send negative energies to your home. You also ideally don’t want to be located [...]

The kitchen is the central hub of the home, as the unified need to eat brings friends and family together. Therefore by being probably the most important room in the house the kitchen needs to feng shui’d to make the social centre of your home evoke yin energy by being sunny, cheerful and clean. The [...]

Perk up tired projects with fresh ideas, avoiding typical design faux pas which others unwittingly fall into. Create better ways with free-flowing function, captivating coziness and visual bliss.
1. Reflective or lackluster paint sheens. Most paint professionals guide well, yet paint offenses continue. Eggshell on walls looks best, yet some experts hype satin or semi-gloss in [...]

1. The most important Feng Shui tip of all: clear the clutter! Ask yourself two questions about every item in your home: Do I love it? Is it useful to me right now? You need a YES to at least one – preferably both – of those questions to retain the item. Otherwise, it’s not [...]

Studio apartments present obvious decorating difficulties that call for great interior decorating tips. The difficulties center around your need to fit the functionality of every room – living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen - into the formality of one room without making it cramped. These design tips are sure to help you out.
1 – Let it [...]

When it comes to retail, the right application of Feng Shui can bring quick and immediate results. A better feng shui energy in a retail space will attract more customers, more sales and a better mood for the people who work in the store.
Shopping is all about an emotional experience – we buy things [...]

When the stock market, your 401K, the value of your home all sink into an abyss, perhaps you should say, “Feng Shui it!” File this one under “it couldn’t hurt” and know you’re attempting what some of the rich and famous have already embraced to some degree. Madonna and Boy George for a start, but [...]

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 [...]

If you are serious about your retail business succeeding, I strongly recommend hiring a qualified Feng Shui Consultant. The tips I offer here are helpful, but each situation has unique factors that someone with a trained eye and knowledge can help you find the right solution for. But here are some things you can try [...]

Minimalist homes are getting more and more popular these days. The appeal of a clean and clutter free home is enormous but achieving this may be quite difficult especially if the house has a lot of residents and there is not much space for the residents’ things. The right kind of interior design may be [...]

A group of trends from the German and Scandinavian schools of the 1930s, modernism remains a popular theme for interior design. Modern home interior design has several distinct characteristics: emphasis on line and shape, use of black and white, strong artificial lighting, and polished chrome accents. Interior design for the modern home portraits a sophisticated [...]

Do — Use your stove as much as possible. The stove represents your ability to maximize your potential. The more often you cook, the easier it will be to take advantage of opportunities for health, wealth and romance. 
Don’t — Display knife blades and scissors in the kitchen. The cutting energy of these tools can create [...]

 
Placement of objects in a particular area or quadrant of your office or desk can enhance the energy to various aspects of your life. To understand where the various quadrants of your desk are, consider where you sit as the front of the desk. For example, as you sit facing your desk, the [...]

 
Color research shows that people are stimulated in specific ways by different colors. Feng shui uses color as a cure to promote the appropriate energy for a space. That’s why it’s important to pick a color based on the tasks you will be performing. For example:
• Yellow stimulates clarity of thought, creativity, [...]

 
According to feng shui, the placement of your desk can impact how you feel while working in your office. If possible, follow these dos and don’ts in arranging your desk:
 

Do place your desk diagonally across from the doorway-this will allow you a clear line of vision.
Do place your desk so that you’re [...]

 
 
Have you ever walked into a home or office and instantly felt comfortable and relaxed? Can you recall an environment that made you feel uncomfortable or anxious for no apparent reason? An explanation for these positive or negative feelings in different environments may be found in the principles of feng shui (pronounced fung [...]

Does your bathroom look cluttered because of its small size? Do you want to create the illusion of more space? Having a small bathroom is not a reason to worry. By altering the lighting technique and setting of your bathtub and by making the right choice of colors, you can open up the [...]

Professional organizers and helpful-hint sources often recommend storage solutions such as shelves above doors and in corners, hooks on the backs of doors, and peg-board for tools and small appliances. They are masters at maximizing every square inch of a closet with bins, baskets, shelf dividers, and multiple hanging rods. What they [...]

  
What do you think of when you hear the term “junk in the trunk”? The phrase became popular with hip hoppers and rappers appreciatively referring to women with ample butts.  Our butts are behind us. Makes it somewhat hard to see what’s going on back there. What’s all this [...]

 
Feng Shui for the home is a great way of bringing balance and peace in your life but what about your office…? 
With people spending more hours at work than at home, building positive energies in the office or workspace can affect your overall attitude and health.  If your job’s got you down, [...]

 
 
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 [...]

 
As a Feng Shui expert and Interior Designer, I always advise people to first define how they see their ideal life, then I help them with setting up a home that is supportive of their goals and desires. 
Wether you live in a single room or a big house, the rules for making your [...]

The Chinese New Year is January 26th, the year of the OX.  Since Feng Shui is based on Chinese philosophy, I’d like to share some easy, fun and simple ways to start your New Year off right.
 
Bring in health, wealth, success and happiness with these 9 tips:
 
1- Now is the perfect time to define your objectives and [...]

 
 
I have put together a list of great easy to apply Feng Shui tips for the New Year: 

BEFORE NEW YEAR’S

Make a list of your goals for the year.
Organize and de-clutter your environment, home, office, car, etc.
Donate to relatives, friends, charity, thrifts shops or sell old items on Craiglist or Ebay.
Clear yourself of emotional clutter [...]

Lots of our New York apartments do not have as much space as we would want them to. Nevertheless, there are a few advantages to small spaces, for example, decorating a small space often helps you save money. Another advantage is: small spaces often look cozier… But sometimes, you simply want your space to just [...]

 
Creating a haven of calm in your own bathroom is becoming a life essential with our busy schedules and many responsibilities.  
The bathroom is the place where you can close the door on your problems.  It is where you can be free from outside tribulations, family life and just be yourself.
You can just lock the door, [...]

Feng Shui for the home is a great way of bringing balance and peace in your life but what about your office…?

With people spending more hours at work than at home, building positive energies in the office or workspace can affect your overall attitude and health.  If your job’s got you down, it may not [...]

Finding Your Wealth Area

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 [...]

We all want Happiness, Love, Money, Family, Health…
 
But what is your strategy to get those things?
Most of us work really hard for everything… and some wonder if there is not an easier way… I use Feng Shui.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese art which utilizes Chi, the energy in your environment, to balance and enhance things [...]