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The Top 10 Easiest Ways to Eliminate Clutter
Recognize that each small step is a personal success and deserves to be celebrated. For every victory give yourself a reward -- a bubble bath, an afternoon nap, a long walk in the park, coffee with a friend. And maybe, just maybe, you'll discover that letting go is really all about giving yourself the freedom to truly take care of yourself and trusting that somehow the universe will provide what you need when you need it.
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Bright and Reflective Objects
To Enhance Your Prosperity
In traditional Chinese Feng Shui the use or avoidance of mirrors as well as the careful placement of bright objects is said to enhance the energy of the space.
All kinds of bright objects such as glass, mirrors, crystals and anything with a reflective surface can be used to bring light into dark spaces. Corners are particularly important as they tend to trap and stagnate energy, just like an eddy in a stream. The light will keep that energy flowing
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Aromatherapy Begins at Home
Love a clean, fresh-smelling home, but you're wary of spraying chemical air fresheners all over the place ... and $$$ for those lovely aromatherapy candles-in-jars just aren't in the budget? Well, here are some ideas I came across from How Stuff Works. (One of the most interesting sites on the internet. No kidding, I could play here for hours!)
You know how great your house smells when there's a home-made apple pie baking in the oven? (Ok, maybe you'll need to think back to how great your grandmother's house smelled then!!) Or in the winter when there's spiced cider mulling in the kitchen? Well, it's the spices in those things that make the scent, and you can recreate that great fragrance any time you want by letting a collection of spices not-quite-simmer on the stove.
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Develop Clean-house Habits
A messy house can be overwhelming, and the habits required not only to get it cleaned but to keep it that way can seem like too much to tackle. But here's the key: I've found that it's best to use small steps in getting where you want to go. Try these habits for at least two weeks each before going onto the next.
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Out of Sight, Not Necessarily Out of Mind
When we talk about clutter, we are usually talking about the clutter that we can see: the piles of paper, the messy counter tops, clothes strewn on furniture. Very often, the way we deal with that clutter is to put it inside something: boxes, closets, and drawers. Or we move it to the far corners of our universe: the garage, the attic or the basement.
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Feng Shui Color Chart
Re-energize Your Home With Color
Feng Shui is all about manipulating the objects in your space to create the right energy flow. Using a Feng Shui Color Chart to help you select color is an easy way to quickly and inexpensively redecorate a room and revamp the chi of your space.
In Feng Shui, colors are an extension of the Five Feng Shui Elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Wood, and Metal. Each person has their own element based on the Chinese Calendar. You can choose color to honor your own element, or bring colors into your space based on the type of energy you are striving to create. Use color on the walls for a dominant energy or highlighted in art and accessories. This Feng Shui color chart will demystify the colors and the energy they create.
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How to Create a Southwest Dining Room
Many people are tempted to design their dining room in a formal way where everything is perfectly matched, looking like they are living among Better Homes and Garden magazine pages. This style may please some, but for others, creative energies are better delighted using a Southwestern theme decor.
A southwest style dining room lends warmth and says "welcome." An important idea to keep in mind when developing such a dining room, is to bring in a casual, comfortable, and imperfect feel. While shopping for items for a Southwest dining room, places like flea markets and second hand stores can be a great source for finding just the right distressed piece.
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Calling all Packrats!
If you are like me, you are always finding some treasure in a thrift shop or garage sale. A frame, a postcard, a pillow, a quilt, or some other knick-knack that catches your eye or touches your heart. But no matter how much you like the objects you find, they can become an all-consuming avalanche of "stuff!"
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Is the Energy in Your Home Driving You Crazy
3 Principles to Create Harmony in Your Living Space
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101 Feng Shui Tips for Your Home
By
Richard Webster
We've been told that everything is vibration but what does that really mean? Simply put, vibration is reverberation, the variance between one thing and another. It's energy. It is the relationship between something and something else.
We know it easily with sound. When Paul, my mechanic, hears the purr of my 1965 Chevy pickup and smiles, I know he's tuned her just right. It's a little harder to grasp when talking about things like a chair or sofa. But I bet you can feel it, even if you can't name it or know how it works exactly.
The thing is, we all experience vibration in the place we call home. This vibration is what creates harmony or discord. Objects have energy and they resonate with us or they don't. It's part of what goes into making up your particular style, the one that is very personal to you. Here are some principles to help you create a living space that you actually want to live in.
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Zen Mind: How to Declutter
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Richard Webster
One of the things that gives me most peace is have a clean, simple home. When I wake up in the morning and walk out into a living room that has been decluttered, that has a minimalist look, and there isn't junk lying around, there is a calm and joy that enters my heart.
When, on the other hand, I walk out into a living room cluttered with toys and books and extra things all over the place, it is chaos and my mind is frenetic.
I've been a simplifier and a declutterer for years now (probably 8-9 years) and I've gotten pretty good at it, but I've found that you have to keep coming back to revisit your clutter every once in awhile.
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Landscaping Improvements
Enchanting Evening Gardens
Full moon above your heads, fragrant flowers around you and the sound of wind chimes complete a perfectly romantic evening for lovers. This dream night garden gives you and your partner a place to spend dinner dates that aren't costly but undoubtedly romantic.
Moon gardens are designed to give pleasure for those who come home at night and want to relax in their gardens. Special landscape designs are considered to be able to view and enjoy the beauty of night gardens. Here are the essential elements that should blend well to create a magical and enchanted night garden.
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