Cold beverages. Check. Chips, Chili, Pizza-Check, check, check. Working batteries in remote. Check. Silly looking fan gear. Check. Loud and animated friends. Check. Pigs in a blanket-Double check. Clorox bleach pen and dust buster. CHECK.

But wait! That new flat screen sitting on that sad looking entertainment center just won’t do. And, yuck, that recliner is on its last leg. Is that DUCT TAPE!!?

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We wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2012 and look forward to serving you!

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The five elements [fire, earth, metal, water and wood] each correspond to a specific direction:
Fire: south, northeast and southwest
Earth: northeast, southwest, center
Metal: west, northwest, north
Water: north, east, southeast
Wood: east, southeast, south

Let’s say you want to introduce a water fountain cure to your home. Ideally you would place it in the north, east or southwest room of your home, and if it has a direction (ie, it faces a particular direction rather than looking the same from all sides), you aim to face it north, east or southwest within that room.

Here’s a link to an excellent post on feng shui cures.

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In our last post, we determined the Bagua, or zones of our home. Each of these zones is associated with a Feng Shui element: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water or Wood.

Each of these elements has associated colors:
Fire: red, orange, pink, purple, bright yellows
Earth: light colored yellows, beige and tans
Metal: gray
Water: blue or black
Wood: brown or green

According to Feng Shui principles, you would choose your room colors based on the element indicated by your Bagua(see previous post).

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In the East, they use compass points to determine the Bagua.  Here in the West,. we typically use a simpler method which uses the front door of your home as the starting point.  Here is an excellent, easy to read article on defining your Bagua using the western method.

In future posts, we will continue to learn about Feng Shui. If you need a few home furnishing items to improve your Chi, please consider Furniture Distributors, with showrooms in Havelock, Greenville, Morehead City and New Bern, NC. You can also visit us on the web at www.furnituredistributors.net.

Bagua is like a road map of what type of elements should be in which part of the home. The home is divided into eight directional areas associated with it. Each has its own unique feng shui element(water, wood, earth or fire), feng shui colors, and ideally, a particular feng shui life activity associated with it.

For example, for the Northern direction, the element is water, the colors are blue and black, and the life area is Career or Life Purpose.

So for the best Chi, or energy, in your home, you would try to make your office on the north part of the home, add a water feature and use a color scheme incorporating blue and black.

This is the simple explanation. As we explore Feng Shui principals in more details, you can fine tune your home design.

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Feng Shui home decorating, in a nutshell, means creating a happy positive environment in which to live. It means creating a home with light and energy. It does not mean it has to look Asian or ‘zen’. If you love country, you can still incorporate Feng Shui principles to make your home looks and feel its best.

We will be exploring various Feng Shui principles for the home in our upcoming posts.

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Simply find a waterproof vessel — I used a rectangular flower pot WITHOUT drainage holes. I put clear silicone caulk on the interior seams just to be safe, but this step may not be necessary. Just use your judgement.

After waiting until the caulk cured, I then I poured distilled water in the vessel (distilled prevents clogging and hard water marks) to within an inch of the top lip.

I bought an inexpensive tabletop fountain at my local box home center for well under $50, set it underneath the water with the fountain pointing up, on low, and then plugged in to a GFCI outlet.

On the low setting, the fountain gurgles nicely without splashing and adds a nice spa touch to my bonus room. Keep an eye on the water level and replenish as necessary as the water does evaporate over time. Don’t let the pump become exposed to air.

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Happy Veteran’s Day and a salute to our men and women in uniform in the present and the past!