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Home interiors retail chain, Evok Mega Home Store enters Kochiindiaretailing.comSpread over 12000 sq.ft., the outlet offers over 16000 lifestyle products including home furniture, soft furnishings, home décor and accessories, modular kitchens, laminated floorings, bath fittings, and lightings. Speaking on the occasion, DK Jairath, ...and more » |
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Updating a classic decor schemeCalgary HeraldAll of this is to say we don't want our weekend place (that will eventually transition into our retirement home) to look fuddy-duddy and country. We love that we have purchased an historical home but want the interior to be fresh and vibrant. |
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Von Nash Interiors movingCoeur d'Alene PressThe variety of furnishings and decor are fascinating and the possibilities of interior options are endless with Von Nash Interiors. And so is the lady's enthusiasm to move. Because her landlord isn't extending her lease at 849 N. Fourth St. (evidently ... |
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HouseCalls: Trend spotting; what's old is new againCalaveras EnterpriseOne of the interesting things about getting older is watching trends, styles and fads come and go … and come yet again. In the interior design industry, for example, what is now called “mid-century modern” seems to be my parents' old stuff. |
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Milking it for all it's worthFort Wayne Journal GazetteContemporary country and shabby chic meet in the barn's interior décor. Auctions provided many of the furnishings. Four years of planning and construction went into converting the barn, which the Imels moved into in 1998. Converting a barn into a home ... |
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New online community serves interior designersBaruch College The TickerVedere, the Italian verb meaning "to see," now shares a name with a new online community for professionals in home décor. Christian Turnier, former interior architect for Michael Bagley, conceived the idea to found Vedere in the country of its namesake ... |
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Direct from Market: Las VegasGifts & Decorative AccessoriesAt the Las Vegas Market Gift + Home, the wave of increased buyer traffic and a more confident mood seen at throughout the other winter markets across the country continued. Buyer traffic was up "significantly" over the summer show and also up over the ... |
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Interior Decorating Featured Article
Using Candles in Feng Shui Decorating
02/08/12
by: Jennifer Hall
The basic belief behind Feng Shui is that there are five elements, some combinations of which create a productive cycle, and some a destructive cycle. When one of these five elements water, wood, fire, earth, and metal, respectively for the productive cycle are combined with an element adjacent to the main element, a productive cycle is perpetuated. The reason being that water sustains wood, wood feeds fire, ashes create earth, earth creates metal, and metal holds water. So if you have a room where wood is the main element, it would be good Feng Shui to add a water or fire element to the room, as water feeds wood and wood feeds fire. This is where candles would be a nice touch of good Feng Shui.
A look at the destructive cycle will show which elements do not work well together: water, fire, metal, wood, earth. And we can see that water puts our fire, fire melts metal, metal cuts wood, wood clogs earth, and earth muddies water. Although these elements are generally considered bad Feng Shui combinations, one can be used with an adjacent element in the destructive cycle to minimize an overpowering element. For instance, if a room has overpowering metal elements, maybe filled with modern metal furniture, you can minimize that with wood elements like some green leafy plants, or with fire elements such as red throw pillows, a fireplace, or even candles.
It is beneficial to bear in mind the productive and destructive cycles while decorating, but for optimum Feng Shui, a room would have an equal balance of all five elements none being too overpowering. If this isnt the case and there is not one overpowering element, then the productive cycle is a good place to start when decorating.
Now that we have a basic understanding of the elements, we can see how to best utilize candles in our decorating. In areas with predominately metal or water elements rooms which would have a lot of blue or silver colors or metallic furnishings a candle would help minimize the overpowering colors and add balance. If you want to start using Feng Shui in a room with no overpowering elements, you could bring in a candle and a complimentary element like a plant or a brown oval rug since that color and shape are associated with the earth element.
Candles can be an easy way to bring a natural element into your home and can be a good starting place for implementing Feng Shui design. Not to mention that scented candles are often great Feng Shui because of the mood-enhancing qualities certain scents have. Candles provide a simple start in creating a pleasant ambiance and good decorating style.
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