I recently received this question from a reader: I wonder if you could help me to understand one thing in feng shui. It is about a swimming pool in front of the house fasade. The fasade and entrance door face the south. Right in front of the house fasade and to the right side […]
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Strange Ch’i in (gasp!) Las Vegas!
While traveling to the World Market Center in Las Vegas for the Interior Design Society's National Conference last month I stumbled upon this building. It was twilight and I couldn't see the structure very well. I thought it was a derelict building that was falling down! Landscaping was scrubby and unkempt. As I passed this […]
Which Direction Does Your Front Door Face?
Most people know what general direction their front door faces. But did you know that there is inherent energy, or chi, associated with that direction? The chi for each compass direction is created by the sun’s path through the sky. Months ago, I wrote a series of blogs on the front door direction for businesses. […]
Creating a Feng Shui Garden: Fire Element
Adding Fire to your garden is the final way of creating a Feng Shui space. You can use flowers or objects with red or bright orange colors, pointy shapes, such as zig zag patterns, star or triangular shapes. But my favorite way of incorporating Fire is with fire pits, fireplaces, and pagodas (which, in there […]
Creating a Feng Shui Garden: Earth Element
Incorporating the 5 natural elements into a garden space is natural – especially the Earth element. Earth is represented by soil, rocks, and stone; materials of terra cotta and pottery. Earth colors are the colors of of yellow, and the colors of soil from sandy beiges to orangey clays and muddy browns. Other ways […]
Feng Shui Hotels Around the World
Some people are surprised to hear that Feng Shui is not only practiced in Asia, but the Middle East and Europe are much further along in integrating Feng Shui into their architectural design practices than we are! And since Feng Shui is all about creating spaces that make people feel good, the industry that […]