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In 2024, the Wood Dragon year, we’re entering a new 20-year Feng Shui cycle, signaling exciting changes ahead. The last Wood Dragon year was 1964, and several exciting things happened:
The Beatles took the world by storm
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, abolishing racial segregation in the US
The Four Celestial Animals are key principles in the Form School, the earliest and most traditional method of Feng Shui, which focuses on topography. Today, many people feel that landforms are no longer relevant, however it is a shame to throw away the old ideas completely since we can learn much from the ancient Feng Shui masters.
We use Feng Shui to inform our designs, and we believe the most stunning interior design is the implementation of Feng Shui. Here is the entryway of a home we did in Winchester, Massachusetts, and we’ll explain our reasoning behind all the color decisions.
January 22nd is Chinese New Year in 2023. Rabbits rule this year. To ensure abundance and prosperity, it is best to follow these traditions to the letter.
Many ancient cultures recognize that salt has cleansing properties. It is also thought to ward off negative energy. Combined with water, it becomes a powerful cleansing device. The addition of the metal coins helps to stimulate a chemical reaction, allowing the negative energy to be dispersed and absorbed.
There is much confusion around lunar calendars, solar calendars and Gregorian calendars. Many people don't know that the Western calendar is called Gregorian, named after Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it in 1582.
If your home is historically significant, destroying the original features of your home can dramatically alter the value of your home, and not for the better. For example:
When people walk into a home for sale, they decide within 15 seconds whether they want to buy it.
Using Feng Shui as a secret weapon in the competitive world of home staging can bring a faster, more lucrative sale in a cooling real estate market.
Dark wood, natural materials such as rattan, leather, or linen and exotic accessories – this is how we know the colonial style, which combines traditional European design with elements of distant lands. We have put together 6 ideas on how to interpret this style in a classical way or in a different way.
“Having good Feng Shui in your workplace will make you feel balanced, supported, and powerful, and, very often, happy! It can also prime you for a promotion, a raise, or even an entirely new career. Tailoring your Feng Shui to your ‘Gua’ number can give you an incredibly dialed-in solution to maximizing your working environment.”
What are patterns in nature? When we spend time in nature, patterns are all around us. The organic shapes and beautiful colors calm us down, and make us smile. When we spend time in environments that are devoid of these patterns, we become stressed out and even ill.
Feng Shui is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, classified as physiognomy (observation of appearances through formulas and calculations). The Feng Shui practice discusses architecture in metaphoric terms of “invisible forces” that bind the universe, earth, and humanity together, known as qi, or energy.
Here are 7 Feng Shui mistakes that many people are making right this minute. Bathrooms can really be a drain on the energy of your home, and making these Feng Shui errors is a trap for the unwary, to be sure. Fear not, however, as most of these fixes are either free, or almost free to execute.
The 12 most iconic and popular mid-century chairs were designed during the golden age of the 20th century, when technological innovations and the upward mobility of the masses drove the world’s best designers to seize the creative challenge of re-inventing a lowly piece of furniture.
My clients are usually pretty bummed when I tell them they need to get rid of the TV in the bedroom….but the reason is clear! The bedroom is for only 2 things: loving and sleeping. Period! If you’re wondering why your relationship is so lame, take a look at your bedroom!
Many of my clients ask how they can Feng Shui their pets. Well, pets need Feng Shui almost more than we do. They are incredibly attuned to their environments. In fact, having things out of whack can cause them to become stressed out, scratch things that they shouldn’t, or relieve themselves in areas you’d rather they didn’t!