Tuesday, 22 November 2011
The most important thing focused on Feng shui principles so long as bedroom decoration is concerned, is enhancing the romance and love between the couple and helping the singles to find a perfect pair. Feng shui tips, firstly suggest having an objective view in the bedroom, in order to ensure that every item is present in pairs. These tips state that all the accessories including the statuaries, end tables, candles, etc.If you have any form of artwork in the room, it should have sculptured in it. See to it that you try to avoid lonely figures. The bed sheet should be clean enough and selected as the taste of your partner and yourself. It is recommended that you get rid of all the stuff under the bed to ensure a free flow of energy in the room, according to Feng shui tips. Exercise equipments and work related materials should not be present in the room. The reason behind this fact is that work needs to be performed at the work place only and not at the rest place, i.e. the bedroom.Bedroom is considered as the most important part of your house because this is the place where you have a calm and sweet good night's sleep. Feng shui tips can make your night's sleep better than before. The color used in bedroom decoration has a vital role to play, according to the Feng shui principles. The most preferable and acceptable color codes for the bedroom, as defined by Feng shui include pink, red, and shades of pink, because these colors seem to be related to the bonding of relationship. Light colors may not suit the guys; in this case, you can go for mauves or dark maroon in the bedroom. Shapes like oval and round should be deliberately used. However you should avoid using sharp angles because they do not promote harmony.In order to get a sound sleep at night, you need to be careful regarding what is being found at the bed head. Bookshelf is not preferred at the side of the bed head. It leads to confusion and clutters throughout the night. If you a TV set, then cover it before you go to sleep; or else it would be eye staring towards you, thus not giving you a sound night sleep. Wooden beds are preferred over the electric conducting metal beds.Based on the Feng shui tips, it is preferable to use lighting in the bedroom that is not very bright and not very dim. Avoid very large or big mirrors as they may frighten or astonish you at midnight. The headboard of the bed should be supported against a strong, solid wall instead of windows.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011 by Sarah Timberman · 0
Reading the above title, you are probably already groaning. But take heart, this is not about packing a bunch of bamboo, samurais and gongs into your home, promise. Instead it is about creating an environment that is clean, filled with color, and has an instinctive flow to it.Anyone that likes to decorate knows that if you put too much into a room, it can begin to feel uncomfortable to be in. The key to decorating with the principles of feng shui is less is more. It is just that simple. The true power behind feng shui is not in the objects you put in a room, but rather the colors you bring to it. Based on ancient principles that invite positive energy into a dwelling, keeping negative energy at bay, and inciting feelings with color, feng shui can be a fun and empowering way to decorate.Colors form the foundation of feng shui, and colors should form the positive environment within your home. The first step of starting this method of decorating is also simple: get rid of the clutter. According to feng shui, clutter brings about stasis, any energy that would have been moving freely through a home gets caught up in the clutter and dies. Keeping rooms clutter-free also makes them seem lighter and more inviting.Now, onto colors. In China, the colors red, yellow and purple bring good luck. These should be used in the first room that visitors would enter through, to draw positive energy into your home. Keep in mind that you don't have to drown a room in a particular color, nor do you have to repaint or other major changes to accomplish this. The easiest way is to choose one prominent item in a room to use as a focal point for the color. In the first room, if you have a wall facing the front door, place a larger piece of artwork with one of the three colors dominant within it. Simple as that.In other rooms, decide what feeling you want to inspire. Green is the color of freshness, peace and growth. Try a green throw for a piece of furniture, or decorate the room with plants. Just remember, less is more, and keep the clutter to a minimum. A great way to tie energies to a room is with contemporary area rugs. Think about that as you walk from room to room whether the change you want to make is just the rug.Family areas should combine wood and water, or browns and blues. Bedrooms should have the colors of nature within them for peaceful rest and health. This is where you might want to use inexpensive oriental rugs and geometric rugs to anchor and tie the other rooms together into a single, vibrant flow. Decorating with feng shui is easy to do if you know what a color means, and how it can be represented. Use objects to represent colors, like plants, the veneer on furniture and artwork.
by Sarah Timberman · 0
Monday, 21 November 2011
One of the most important rooms in the home, from a Feng Shui perspective, is the kitchen. The kitchen is where food is prepared providing the occupants of the home with the essential nourishment they need to live a healthy and balanced life. In this article I cover some general tips, what I call my ten kitchen commandments, to ensure the energy in your kitchen flows in a harmonious and positive way.Commandment 1Your Kitchen should be filled with light A light and airy kitchen fills the occupants of the home with joy, ensuring that the kitchen is a place in which people want to linger. The longer we spend in the kitchen the more likely we are to take care and attention over the meals that we prepare and cook. If your kitchen is in a small room or is narrow and dark you can easily lighten the space by adding lights, mirrors or by painting the walls or cupboards in a light colour. Excellent colours for the walls in a kitchen are white, cream or pale green, the white and cream will automatically lighten the space whilst green brings in the wood element, an important element that helps bring balance to the kitchen.Commandment 2 Your Kitchen should not be an obstacle course For energy to flow in harmony around your kitchen it should not encounter obstacles. The square design of kitchen furniture and appliances often make the kitchen a sharp room filled with angles that may not necessarily promote positive chi. We should therefore not create more problems by placing tables, island units and butchers blocks slap bang in the middle of the kitchen floor. If we do have items blocking the centre of the kitchen we may find that positive energy is blocked from flowing around the kitchen and we may find that we ourselves have difficulty in digesting our food.Commandment 3 Your Kitchen should not be filled with poison arrows In tandem with the point above, the nature of much kitchen furniture means that we may find one or two poison arrows in place in the kitchen. Poison arrows are angles that point outwards at 90 degrees and can cause the energy to be disruptive in the area in which it is pointing. The best cure for a poison arrow is to disguise or hide it. Plants, tubs filled with herbs or baskets filled with fruit and vegetables are all excellent ways in which a poison arrow can be disguised.Commandment 4 Your Kitchen should not be seen from the front door If your kitchen can be seen from the front door you are more likely to walk in to the kitchen when you enter your home and, if you are like me, head straight for the fridge. Ideally your kitchen should be well away from your front door. This however is easier said, or in this case written, than done. Assuming your kitchen can be seen from your front door and you do not want to completely remodel your home there is a very simple cure which is to keep the kitchen door shut. Proving my point that Feng Shui really doesn't have to be complicated.Commandment 5 Your Kitchen should be free of clutter If truth be told, your whole house should be free of clutter. It is worth mentioning specifically with the kitchen in mind however as the kitchen, more than many other rooms, has a tendency to accumulate clutter. Many people make the mistake of thinking that clutter is rubbish, or stuff that you don't need, but it isn't. Clutter is anything that you don't need right now. In the kitchen that includes weighing scales, the toaster, the empty fruit bowl, the pots draining by the sink and old bills and bank statements that haven't been filed away. If you don't need it right now then put it away until you do need it. Who wants to work in a kitchen where you are continually having to fight for workspace with an assortment of unused kitchen utensils?Commandment 6 Your Kitchen should not create a surprise for the cook Not even a pleasant one! When the cook is spending time preparing a meal they do not want to feel insecure, or not know what is going on behind their back. Ideally then when the cook is at the hob they should have an uninterrupted view of the door in to the kitchen. If the placement of your hob means that the cook has their back to the door you will need to place a mirror, or reflective screen on the wall at the back of the hob so that the cook can see behind them at all times when they are cooking.Commandment 7 Your Kitchen should promote positive energy A great way of balancing the energy and promoting positive chi is to add the wood element in to your kitchen. Adding wood creates a positive and harmonious link between the destructive elements of water and fire which are heavily represented in your kitchen. You can easily achieve this balance and harmony by such simple actions as adding wood units, painting your kitchen walls green, adding green crockery or introducing broad leaved plants in to the kitchen.Commandment 8 Your Kitchen's main purpose should be the preparing and cooking of food In our modern day homes quite often rooms are used for a number of different purposes. In the UK and France it is very common for homes to have large kitchen cum dining areas. If this is the case in your home it is important that you create two very distinct areas. If you do not clearly define your kitchen space, which is after all one of the most important areas of your home, you are at risk of losing or diluting some of the benefits that this area brings. Meal preparation may end up being rushed or not taken care of, work surfaces may end up being used as storage areas and the cook's attention may not be focused solely on cooking. A barrier with plants or a decorative screen can work well as a room divider, if this is not practical using two different but complimentary colour schemes in the two areas of the room can create the effect of two different areas.Commandment 9 Your Kitchen should ideally have the oven, fridge and sink at the three auspicious pointsIf you think of the points of a triangle, the oven, as the focal point of the kitchen should be at the top with the fridge and the sink at the other two points. This helps to create a harmonious flow of energy around your kitchen and ensures that natural barriers are in place between the fire and main water elements.Commandment 10 Your Kitchen should always be kept clean and fresh For positive energy to thrive it is important that your home is kept clean, fresh, well maintained and in good decorative order. In the kitchen this means that the floors, worktops and appliances should be kept free of crumbs and stains, the hob and appliances should be kept in good working order with any broken items quickly replaced, and old cooking smells should be got rid of as soon as possible. A good and completely natural way of getting rid of smells is to keep herbs and spices around the kitchen as they give out wonderful fresh kitcheny smells.I hope that this article has given you a useful insight in to how you can ensure your kitchen promotes positive energy. If you would like more information on Feng Shui please check out my weekly blog which is published every Friday and is full of free Feng Shui tips
Monday, 21 November 2011 by Sarah Timberman · 0
Sunday, 20 November 2011
Feng Shui decorating has become the latest trend in interior design.While it may be hard to pronounce, reaping the benefits associated with it is as easy as adjusting the position and location of your existing furniture. The following tips are designed to help you get the most out of Feng Shui decorating, by providing a basic introduction and an overview of how it works!Designing with these principles in mind is intended to utilize the energy in and around your home in a positive way that creates a balance of joy and harmony. While its applications in interior decorating are recent here, its first recorded application was around 4000 BC in China.While this may make it seem obsolete, the practices associated with it are still relevant today when used properly. The first key in placing your furniture for the best Feng Shui benefits is to ensure that you are not blocking or distorting the flow of Chi.The best way to do this is to make sure that furniture and accessories are not crammed into spaces, and that all of your items have proper room to breathe. This includes all sides of your furniture, and is why it is important that all chairs, couches and beds have proper flow all the way around them by elevating them.You should also place your furniture so that all of your pieces have a good view of the entry way, and if a direct line of sight isn't possible, try using a mirror so you can manipulate it via reflection. When you are placing pictures in your home, make sure that the frames are not above eye level.Also, make sure that larger pictures are grounded properly by only placing them over larger pieces of furniture. These rules also apply to mirrors and any form of custom or generic artwork. If your pictures are of loved ones, then these should be placed in the furthest right corner from the entry of any room, which is identified as the love sector.Also remember that pictures in the bedroom should only be of the people that sleep in that room. Many people neglect to embrace Feng Shui decorating cures because they mistakenly believe that to enhance your life using these strategies is both complicated and expensive.This is not the case as usually it means tidying and re arranging your existing belongings. While these steps may seem simple, applying them in your home will help bring more health and good fortune to you, your family and all who enter your home!
Sunday, 20 November 2011 by Sarah Timberman · 0
If you are planning to decorate or redecorate your home anytime soon, then you may want to do it in accordance with the principles of Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of aesthetics that helps bring about positive results in the lives of people. This article contains several Feng Shui decorating tips that anyone can implement immediately.This ancient art involves the arrangement of the different elements of a building or structure including furniture and appliances to improve the flow of chi, or life energy. When chi moves freely in a house or building, positive things happen to its inhabitants which include improvements in their finances, health, love lives and general disposition in life.If you are interested in knowing about Feng Shui decorating tips then you should read this article in its entirety.1.Get a water fountain. If there is one piece that you should add to your home it is a water fountain. In this art, water stands for wealth. Having flowing water in your home will encourage the flow of cash in your life.2.Improve lighting in your home. This is one of the most practical Feng Shui decorating tips that you can follow. Having a well-lit home will not only improve the flow of chi in your home, it will also greatly improve its look. Who wants to live in a dark house anyway?3.Get air-purifying plants. Adding plants in your home will definitely make it more livelier but you should not use just any kinds of plants. Choose plants that help purify the air such as Lady Palm or Bamboo Palm.4.Familiarize yourself with a bagua map. Your house has different centers that correspond to the different areas of life. With the help of a bagua map, you will identify the different energy areas of your home.5.Get a comprehensive guide. Feng Shui is a very extensive subject. If you want to maximize its benefits, you will need a comprehensive guide that will teach you everything more than just basic Feng Shui decorating tips.Follow these decorating tips and start reaping the benefits of this ancient art of increasing the flow of positive energies.
by Sarah Timberman · 0
Saturday, 19 November 2011
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art of placement to encourage the flow of "chi" or energy through a person's living or work space. It is used to attract such things as prosperity, love, wealth, good luck, health, a successful career, balance, harmony, contentment, and happy relationships. Wouldn't you like these in your life? Items connected to wood, water, fire, metal, and earth are used for feng shui decorating to attract these benefits to the inhabitant of the space. If budget concerns limit the use of actual objects such as symbols or statues depicting these items, their facsimiles are often used in the form of photographs, posters, sketches, paper sculptures, etc. The lifestyle mainly has to do with the placement of furniture in an arrangement to allow chi to flow through the home or workspace, but decorative items placed in various locations can also be important. When possible, feng shui advocates that the items should be in pairs.According to the ancient Chinese, for example, some Feng Shui symbols are golden pigs (especially in a new home); mandarin ducks (symbols of fidelity); dragons (for protection); bells (placed outside the home); plants (placed indoors for wealth); a metal dish with coins (not to be on display); a dragon and phoenix (side by side for a happy union); three coins tied with red ribbon (for good luck and prosperity); white tigers (because of their rarity); goldfish (a symbol of prosperity); fountains (outside the home to reflect the beauty of nature); turtles (containing the secrets of the universe); fish tanks (people are drawn to them); Fu dogs (for protection); three star gods (for wealth); three-legged toad (a symbol of fortune); two sided cat with a broom ( for abundance and to sweep away problems); indoor water fountain (to attract what you desire); and a crystal lotus for luck.Mirrors are used to attract chi benefits as they can alter the chi flow; bring a sense of rejuvenation; and also bring calm. It is believed however, that placing a mirror across from a bed can bring a third party into the relationship. Also, if you experience pressures at work, bankruptcy, legal or other problems after your fish tank has been in a location for a few months, move it to another spot.Feng Shui decorating is all about being in harmony with nature. According to the Chinese, ying and yang (opposites) are active in our lives every day, and creating a balance between the two is necessary. Decorating can be an important part of this.
Saturday, 19 November 2011 by Sarah Timberman · 0
Price: $14.95
by Sarah Timberman · 0