In feng shui, deferred maintenance on a house means deferred money. In other words, if you’ve put off replacing that cracked window or cutting down a dead tree, you’re likely not receiving all the money you could be if your home were in good repair. Why is repairing your home so important to feng shui? In a word: chi.
Each direction of feng shui has a corresponding color, number, aspiration, element, and shape. The shapes have meaning and they can be used to create harmony and balance in your home’s décor. There are five main shapes of good fortune, and in general, seven shapes of misfortune. These common shapes can be seen in the…
Much like in the west where there is a high regard for hard work and the fruits of our labors, eating and displaying fruits in feng shui symbolizes the culmination and attainment of your efforts and goals. Their wood element also represents good health, good fortune, and longevity. The Chinese culture has many myths and…
According to Benjamin Franklin, early to bed and early to rise was supposed to make us healthy, wealthy and wise. And Ben Franklin was right. He understood the importance of proper rest and being industrious and productive during our daylight hours. There’s no arguing that a good night’s sleep makes you feel like you can take on the world.
One of the most critical concepts in watching your star rise? You have to see it to believe it. Fame and recognition belong to the eyes and heart in feng shui. It’s why movie stars and celebrities captivate us; all eyes and cameras are on them. Even if you’re not on the big screen and…
There are many questions about how to divide up your home when you are trying to understand its feng shui but no more so than when you have an open concept home. When you have a home that’s open concept, how do you apply feng shui to a large open space? Let’s go over some…
Besides its uses for pursuing goals, feng shui is a very popular and intriguing concept in home design today. In addition to the life benefits it provides, it also offers a roadmap, so to speak, of not just how to decorate… but why. In short, it offers you, the homeowner, design with purpose, in addition to the aesthetic aspect. This is what is quickly becoming the real appeal of feng shui. For a child’s room, this meaningful design is especially important. Feng shui gives parents a guide for decorating childrens bedrooms, and perhaps more importantly, a reason for adding particular elements — something standard decorating practices don’t always offer.
When we want to read our environment to learn more about our lives, feng shui helps us to understand what our environments are saying about our business success, our family, our health and our relationship happiness. What’s fascinating about the study of feng shui is to see the correlation between our lives and our bodies. In addition to reading our spaces to tell us where we can improve our lives, we can also look at our bodies to gain better understanding of our lives and our happiness.
It’s no secret that a successful relationship can be the key to happiness. But sometimes, even the strongest of relationships needs some help from time to time. Feng shui is an ancient art and science that has been used for centuries to create harmony in both homes and businesses. It can also be used as…
Feng shui has many animal symbols and one that towers above them all is the world’s largest land mammal, the elephant. Many often ask if elephants are good luck. The answer is yes. Elephants symbolize some of our highest ideals and can be used in feng shui to improve everything in your life, from wealth,…
The allure and fascination with beauty has captivated philosophers, artists, and poets for millennia. The beauty of a woman’s physical being has long been a source of esteem and admiration, but we also need our homes to be a source of beauty and inspiration. This type of beauty can be explained by the concept of…
From determining pricing to having to keep a home “show ready,” marketing a house is always a challenge. And, just like inoculations, homeowners usually want to get the sale over as quickly as possible. Here’s nine feng shui tips to help your house move faster.