Vintage Vibes
Recycling at it's best Buying vintage clothes and household items is recycling at its best. You get something "new to you" without damaging your carbon footprint and hopefully it's a bargain too. However, our possessions form part of our life and they absorb our...
The Flat from Hell
In my bio I often talk about the flat from hell and how it was this experience that really brought home to me the idea that where you live can impact how you live in very significant ways. My description often raises eyebrows as if I’m being melodramatic. See what you...
Refresh the Energy after Lockdown
Now that we have a timeline for places of business to gradually reopen, it's time to consider these poor under used spaces and take the opportunity to refresh them after lockdown, ready for reopening. Even healthy buildings need to be used to maintain balanced energy....
How to Maximise your Sleep Potential with Feng Shui
There are so many factors that affect our sleep but one of the easiest ways to maximise your sleep potential is with Feng Shui, by making the connection between where and how you sleep. How we use a room is vital when it comes to sleep. Some rooms have very active...
Feng Shui Tips
These brief (and random) Feng Shui tips and observations will help you make your home an oasis of calm and relaxation! Welcome in good energy The entrance to your home affects the energy that enters the house and the energy of both occupants and visitors. It needs to...
Simple Feng Shui Tips for Work
Working from home is more necessary than ever. Make the most of your space with these Feng Shui Tips for Work Make the Most of your space It’s no surprise that there’s been a surge in people building garden offices to optimise any available space. Trying to have a...
How to bring in good Feng Shui
It's a common misconception that Feng Shui is about moving furniture. Real Feng Shui starts outside a building and if you don't bring in good Feng Shui, then you're wasting your time worrying about the layout of your home. If you think of your home as a body, then you...
A Feng Shui Guide to Renting – finding your perfect place
Finding your perfect rental can be a challenge but this simple Feng Shui Guide to Renting will help you weed out the rogue properties so that you can find your perfect place! Renting a home can be a balancing act – you want to create a supportive space without...
Is your home draining your energy?
I recently saw a property for a client who'd been experiencing some difficulties with life and personal relationships. Even before entering the property I could see that the home was draining her energy. Standing at the door I could see from the front door straight...
5 Home Makeover Tips to lift the energy of your home (for hardly any money!)
I love a home makeover show. It’s fun to see what the designers will come up with and decide if it's going to have a positive or negative impact on the energy of the space. After having spent so much time indoors over the winter, the idea of a spring makeover is very...
When is colour “too much”? or What to do if you want to use dark colours without damaging the energy of a room.
In Feng Shui we use colour to balance out the energy of a space and often the focus is on supporting the yang energy. (Yang energy is the fresh active “chi” we all need and doesn’t flourish in dark spaces.) As a result we often need rooms to be light and airy. The...
When “Things” become a Burden
The last few weeks have been spent clearing a family home full of more than 60 years of parental memories. I have been effectively clearing out the past. Unsurprisingly this has triggered lots of thinking on the subject of our possessions and the way so many of us use...