Feng Shui – Water, Water Everywhere

We have just had a major yacht festival in our French town and it is mind blowing seeing the different boats, incredible money being thrown around and an industry that has not been part of our lives. I was asked how can Feng Shui be applied to a boat and to be honest, I had to stop and think. It is on water most of the time, relies on the tides, the storms which are basically rain, the waves, oceans, rivers and lakes. Basically, masses of water! It would be a challenge and one that I haven't had to

2024-09-15T16:37:27+00:00September 15th, 2024|Feng Shui|Comments Off on Feng Shui – Water, Water Everywhere

Feng Shui – Managing Stairs

This is a very practical post and people often forget that Feng Shui practice is not just about interior design but is also about common sense. Steps or stairs are often at the entrance to your house or apartment and they say a lot for a first impression and also about how you feel entering a home. This is where your personal Chi energy comes in to play. As you go up the stairs, do you feel there is enough space, are the steps cracked or broken, are they too high to step up on to? This initial feeling

2025-02-02T11:57:11+00:00September 1st, 2024|Feng Shui, Interiors|Comments Off on Feng Shui – Managing Stairs

Feng Shui – The Colour Red

"My mother warned me to avoid things coloured red", said Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born American pop sculptor. I am with his mother. It is a powerful primary colour that can't be missed. Traditional Feng Shui practice loves this colour as it is represents money, transformation and good luck. An ancient colour worn for celebrations, it is on many country flags and emblems, and is all about fire and passion. It is not a cool or restful colour and is guaranteed to active and add energy. Personally, I can't wear bright red for long but I love a cherry pink coat

2025-02-02T11:57:25+00:00August 11th, 2024|Color, Feng Shui|Comments Off on Feng Shui – The Colour Red

Feng Shui – Helpful People & Travel

"We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know", (W. H. Auden). The Helpful People & Travel sector is diagonally opposite the Wealth sector on the Bagua Map, and the two go hand in hand. Helpful people are friends, associates, your bank manager, real estate agent, carer, doctor and anyone else who makes your life easier and happier. The Wealth sector is often supported by helpful people if we think about those who help us make things happen. This sector is often left inactive as most people focus

2024-07-22T10:35:17+00:00July 21st, 2024|Feng Shui, Interiors|Comments Off on Feng Shui – Helpful People & Travel

The Colour Orange – Feng Shui

The Cannes film festival is on and different beach clubs compete for razzamatazz and glamour. The colour orange, mandarin, tangerine, is out in full force. It is a combination of yellow and red, earth and fire. An interesting mix of stability and foundation with positivity and energy. Feng Shui practice is based on Chinese culture and the colour orange is all about opportunity, connections and good luck. Often orange fruit is given as a gift for different occasions and is seen to generate prosperity and also representing the fruit of labour. It is a colour best used in the

2024-05-20T07:09:54+00:00May 19th, 2024|Color, Feng Shui, Interiors|Comments Off on The Colour Orange – Feng Shui

Decorate the Tree!

I have given in and the tree is decorated, fairy lights are out and a small fortune has been spent on baubles and decor ready to enter into the Christmas season. Maya Angelou said, "I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights". I am with her. It is a crazy time with so much expectation packed in a few weeks and full of nostalgia, Hollywood movies pressure and the dream of happy families and good cheer. Some stores

2023-12-10T16:33:40+00:00December 3rd, 2023|Feng Shui, Interiors|Comments Off on Decorate the Tree!

Feng Shui Basics for Rentals

This is a very practical post based on recent questions from friends regarding renting a place and managing Feng Shui practices. Some have a house, some an apartment and others, just a room. Not easy to manage and also, most requests are from people on a budget or who are not keen on spending too much money on a temporary space. Start with the owner and ask for permission to make changes, they can always say yes. Many are willing to allow changes and painting within reason as long as the apartment is restored to its former glory for

2023-11-26T20:47:46+00:00November 19th, 2023|Feng Shui, Interiors|Comments Off on Feng Shui Basics for Rentals

Black & White – Water & Metal

While some people live in a world of black and white, most of us live in tones of grey, moving across both colours. Some interior designers see black and white as being 'non-colours' and others, as the perfect monochromatic palette. Rooms can look chic, simple and dramatic with the sheer simplicity of the two colours combined. Personally, I immediately itch to add a third colour, lemon, lime, aqua, pink, red or orange; anything to lift the space.   Black is Black Black represents the Water element in Feng Shui. Think gentle flows of emotion and growth and not full-on

2023-11-26T20:47:20+00:00October 22nd, 2023|Feng Shui, Interiors|Comments Off on Black & White – Water & Metal

In the Pink 2

"Anything is possible with sunshine and a little pink" said Lily Pulitzer. Pink represents charm, femininity, innocence and romance. A colour that only came in vogue during the 18th century at the French royal courts and by the 1950s, has become associated with women. Feng Shui practice has pink as a shade of red, one of the lucky colours and associated with Fire and all about romance, passion and keeping something alight. It is a popular colour in Southern France and Italy and against the blue skies, offers a sense of sherbet, summer and the sea.   Feng Shui

2024-10-06T16:23:37+00:00October 8th, 2023|Feng Shui, Interiors|Comments Off on In the Pink 2

Feng Shui Conversation – Earth and Water

Alexander Herzen said: “To build a city where it is impossible to build a city is madness in itself, but to build there one of the most elegant and grandest of cities is the madness of genius.”A recent visit to Venice immediately showed a city that has the destructive cycle of the Earth element trying to hold back the flow of the Water element. It is an amazing city built on man-made canals and wooden pilings for the foundations of some of the world's grandest buildings and it has been sinking ever since. So how does this present in our personal

2023-09-17T18:36:31+00:00September 17th, 2023|Feng Shui|Comments Off on Feng Shui Conversation – Earth and Water
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