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Colors are key to the Chinese art of feng shui (″Fung Shway”), a system of placement whose simplicity and ecological good sense have struck such a chord recently in the West. Now Lin Yun and Sarah Rossbach, well known for their introduction to the West of feng shui, have written a fully illustrated guide to color application in all areas of life: home, garden, clothes, food, environment, health, and fortune-telling. In LIVING COLOR readers will find not only answers to the most common color qu
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Hung in windows, crystals can bring chi energy from the outside into dark areas of your home or office.A crystal placed in the south-east, north-west, or center of a room can aid in stimulating prosperity. Each is made with a hole for attaching to projects, or for hanging in your window. They make great gifts! The quality is excellent.These are great chandelier parts and perfect as Christmas tree decorations or any time of the year!This stunning crystal creates beautiful rainbows year round!
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Normally we do feng shui for a specific client or for our own home or business. The aim is to improve the luck of a business, a family, or an individual. But what about, for example, a house that is meant to be rented out to summer or holiday tenants?
In homes built in the 1930s or earlier, you may wish to keep a period look. That can complicate things a little, but not much. After all, feng shui is ancient and eminently adaptable. That is why it is still so popular. However, you may want to consult a magazine like Period Living for decorating tips and inspiration for compatible decor for older homes.
Now back to feng shui. Of course, you want to balance the chi as you would for any structure. But since you are renting the home (using it to make money), you might focus the feng shui plan on business and prosperity.
In a sense, you are focusing the decor on business, but you do not want it to look that way. You want it to be appealing and restful in a way that you would not want a place of business to be. For example, each bedroom should be a haven for peaceful sleeping for your guests.
Bear in mind that your renters are your guests. You want to make them feel as welcome, safe, and happy as any other guests. So you want to make the decor not only beautiful, durable and easy to clean but also comfortable and welcoming.
Feng shui can help. So can Period Living magazine. It offers tips and inspiration for authentic decor that harmonizes with the style of your house yet is still practical and livable. And as you know, harmony, practicality and comfort are hallmarks of feng shui.
For tips on the best way to prepare your home for rental and to keep the process as smooth and effortless as possible (another feng shui trait), you can find information in HomeAway, where you may want to also list your home for rental.
Feng shui can help you make money from your second home and attract more and better tenants. And well-done feng shui need not be noticeable to anyone but you. So it need not conflict with period decor of any era. It will simply make life a bit easier and more pleasant for you and your renters.
A centuries-old Chinese practice, feng shui has captured the Western imagination as a tool for design and well-being. In this classic book, complete with helpful drawings and photographs, Sarah Rossbach shows how anyone can apply its principles to enhance their careers, family life, health, and prosperity. Rossbach interprets the teachings of feng shui master Lin Yun for contemporary Westerners, offering practical methods for achieving harmony with one’s environment. Focusing on common problems
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This hgihtly accessible, fully illustrated guide is the most comprehensive volume available on thsi popular Chinese tradition. Internationally best-selling author Lillian Too puts prosperity and success within everybody’s reach as she presents the fundamentals of feng shui and offers simple steps for employing its principles at home, outdoors, and in the workplace. The book is packed with practical instructions for making small changes that lead to big ones, such as placing potted plants in the
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Looking for luck, love, wealth, and health? The world’s best-selling writer on feng shui takes you step-by-step down the road to happiness! Lillian Too, renowned author of books and articles on this ancient Chinese art, divulges the secrets of controlling the powerful forces of ch’i to bring success into our lives. With 179 tips on everything from personalizing interior decoration to improving family relations, it’s the most practical, thorough, systematic, and stunningly illustrated guide to el
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Money is more than a bank balance; it’s a reflection of the overall abundance in your life. Now, a CPA and feng shui practitioner presents an unusual and valuable application of the ancient Eastern tradition of feng shui. Delving into all of the life forces that affect financial health, The Feng Shui of Abundance is not just a monetary makeover; it is a whole-being program whose benefits include:·Locating the wealth area of your office or home·Dislodging clogged energy in your career·Drawi
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Feng shui makes great use of water features such as fountains and pools. Water features are beautiful, and if properly placed and maintained, they attract very good chi.
The only catch is: They must be well maintained and kept very clean. Stagnant or dirty water is an equally powerful attractor of negative chi, or sha chi.
Clean and sparkling, moving water carries wonderful energy. In practical terms, it releases negative ions that clean the air, invigorating all who breathe it. That is why people are so attracted to natural waterfalls.
Fountains and waterfalls provide the most powerful energy. Adding a small waterfall or fountain to a swimming pool, for example, not only adds beauty and the lovely sound of falling water, it also enhances chi.
But a well-filtered swimming pool with good circulating pumps can be a powerful source of good chi, too, especially if kept scrupulously clean. It may not be glamorous, but swimming pool maintenance is just as important as the size and placement of the pool.
In some parts of the world swimming pools are used all year long. That makes a regular water maintenance program, using good-quality pool supplies, especially important.
Whenever pools are uncovered, even if not in active use, such as in the spring and fall in cool areas, they still must be treated, filtered and cleaned. Using the proper pool filters and pool chemicals assures that swimming pools stay sparkling clean to protect the health of swimmers as well as to attract good chi.
So take good care of your swimming pool and other water features. Keep them clean and well-maintained for the sake of your health, and those well-kept water features will attract good chi.
That is good sense as well as good feng shui.
As feng shui has become more widely known, Sally Fretwell has noticed an increased rigidity in feng shui practice — a change that has intimidated many people new to this timeless art. In her down-to-earth style, Fretwell presents a fun, commonsense approach to the principles of achieving balance and harmony in one’s life. Covering homes room by room — as well as gardens, offices, health-care facilities, and stores — she discusses color, direction, and light as well as “nine star ki”
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Awarded Best How-To Book 2010. The first Feng Shui book that shows how to use the power of practical Feng Shui one day at a time, throughout the seasons. Feng Shui Master Practitioner Carol M. Olmstead reveals how to attract wealth, find love, create family harmony, improve your career. The book includes a day-by-day calendar of 366 quick tips for home and office and a unique monthly clutter-clearing guide. The author includes powerful success stories from her clients across the country to show
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