Feng Shui for Mountain Homes

· In isolated areas, place bird feeders and wind chimes on the property to attract more life.
· Warm, toasty interior colors— browns, oranges and reds— can counteract isolation and stark outside terrain.
· Keep beds out of the pathway of sliding-glass or French doors. Too much energy running through a sleeping area can cause illness.
· Energy cannot [...]

Retreat Chic Color “U” Energy Chart

The Carole Shashona Color ‘U’ Energy Chart is designed to help you nurture yourself with energy.
Your Color ‘U’ Energy Chart will help you to choose colors for your home palettes and is specially designed to uplift your spirit to restore, relax, and replenish your inner sanctuary – – your heart and home.

Carole Shashona Fashion Color “U” Energy Wheel

Change your colors…Change your life
Why is the Color ‘U’ Energy Wheel different?

The CSMD Color ‘U’ Energy Wheel is designed to help you nurture yourself with energy. The world is a kaleidoscope of colors, all of which penetrate, and go within us in various ways. Energy with color can align, expand, compress, and enhance you! Your Color ‘U’ Energy wheel will help you to choose colors for your home and fashion palettes and is specially designed to uplift your spirit to restore, relax, and replenish your inner sanctuary – - your heart and home.
Urban Color-Energetics – The language of Colors

Feng Shui Therapy

Designers often feel — and function — like therapists. The real satisfaction for many designers, however, is to do what a good psychiatrist often does: to lead the client to a new understanding of himself, to provide an insight that will foster a new approach to living.
Although many designers rely on ordinary psychology to steer [...]

For Balance And Harmony: Applying The Principles of Feng Shui to The Kitchen

Putting the principles of feng shui to work in a kitchen can be tricky.
Because a kitchen contains both elements of water and fire, achieving the appropriate balance is difficult — the sink can’t be too close to the stove, because fire puts out water. You want to balance that fire element . . . fire [...]

HOME SHUI HOME. Rearranging a city apartment according to ancient Chinese principles.

As a feng shui master and interior designer, I believe the more you are at home in your home, the more you are at home in the “universe”.
Feng shui, which means wind and water, is an ancient Chinese system of organizing objects in a natural pattern, using symbolic colors to harmonize and balance the energy [...]

Feng Shui Chic and ALTERNATIVE DESIGN Healing

Feng Shui is not about luck or superstition or religion. It is about intent: living purposefully, mindfully, and richly in order to achieve harmony and balance. Those who embrace the principles of Feng Shui are welcoming the possibility of transformation and change to their lives.

FENG SHUI FOR MODERN LIVING

Rounded corners and soft curves predominate in my home, and furniture and objects have all been placed in harmonious positions to enhance the natural flow of positive energy. Colors, shapes, textures and designs have all been carefully considered to maintain a perfect environment in which to live. I am very sensitive to my surroundings. Our [...]

Empower Yourself! Seasonal Tips from Carole

Think of this article as your lifestyle bouquet for all your senses to appreciate and enjoy daily. Feng Shui Chic combines the traditional ancient art with a modern day approach. This is the formula of how feng shui evolves and through your participation, so can you.
Reading this, some of you are feng shui advocates, while [...]

Home Ecology: Feng Shui Basics

“Feng what?” you may ask. If you are not familiar with the term, you are not alone. Rooted in Buddhist and Taoist teachings, feng shui (pronounced “fung shway”) translates literally as “wind-water” and is often defined as the ancient Chinese art of placement. More than interior decorating, feng shui is a deeply held and widely [...]