Has the Pandemic Changed Your Home to a Zen Minimalist or an Abundance Look?

Being raised in Japan, I must admit that I do like the “zen” minimalist look.   However, I was never a minimalist.  I just like simple, clean lines in a room and I’m not a fan of too much stuff in a room either. How much is “too much?”.  I guess that’s all relative.  I’ve …

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Make a Living Room Feel More Energized

Does your living room feel organized and neat but you feel that something is missing? Being an interior designer and a feng shui consultant, I get the opportunity to visit a lot of different homes.  Living rooms come in all shapes and sizes.  Some are large, some are narrow, others have very high ceilings, while …

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Understanding Feng Shui for the Home – Part II

Continuation from Understanding Feng Shui for the Home Part I Over the years, I’ve come to realize that Feng Shui for the home is based on relationships.  Relationships between you and your environment, including the location, topography, weather patterns, neighborhood, neighbors and your family.  What we have the most control over is our home environment.  So how can we …

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How to Arrange your Living Room Furniture

image from pixabay Arranging your living room furniture can be a challenge.  One must always understand the relationship between the size of the room to the size and number of furniture pieces. The other day I was trying to help arrange the furniture in a client’s living room when I noticed that each piece they …

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Asian Inspired Living Room Décor

A guest post by  Design Shuffle. Natural, serene, soothing, calm and Zen are often used to describe Asian-inspired design and the environment it creates. Many Asian interiors are in large part the result of bringing the outdoors inside through the use of natural materials and the colors of nature. A minimalist approach is also a …

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Creating Zones In Your Home

Unlike the homes of the 70’s and 80’s where the kitchen, dining and living rooms were all separated into individual rooms, families today enjoy the use of a great room.  The great room usually incorporates the kitchen, family room and casual dining area.  We tend to watch T.V. and generally ‘live’ in this space.  This …

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