Feng Shui

[Beach Runner]

i am intrigued by the whole concept of feng shui. unfortunately i am a slob/pack rat married to a pack rat, so our house is one giant cluttery mess.

That's so me! But that's why I feel so calm at the beach house -- the colors are calm, and there's no clutter (except for the garage which is my husband's realm over which I have no control). Our house in GA has too much stuff in it -- it makes me nervous.

I hear that there are people you can hire to de-clutter, but they don't exist where we live. I am hiring a color expert in town to help me re-visit our color scheme. I'm sure she knows about feng shui because she used to work for a major textile company as a designer -- actually, she did the colors for our beach house.

 

[Mermaid]

Mermy, I have been decluttering my house for two weeks!!! I didn't think of feng shui, but in a way it is, I guess. I'm talking about organizing, getting rid of, simplifying, and making more functional, every room and closet in the house. I just have to do it before I can even think of bringing in a tree or decor. I had just emailed Mango a few days ago to tell her about my madness.

Good luck, and give us some good tips...

Tootsie, go to the library and get some books out. It's 133.3 in the stacks. You might go through a few of them because some are kind of weird or too complicated, but others are really practical. It's trial and error, I found.

Merman and Fyl understand the part about decluttering. When I say "no unsorted socks in baskets at the foot of the bed" they get it, but when I start mentioning the freeing energy of the phoenix needing to be let loose, they collapse into giggles. Both of them. :roll:

 

[Jdarg]

Tootsie, go to the library and get some books out. It's 133.3 in the stacks. You might go through a few of them because some are kind of weird or too complicated, but others are really practical. It's trial and error, I found.

Merman and Fyl understand the part about decluttering. When I say "no unsorted socks in baskets at the foot of the bed" they get it, but when I start mentioning the freeing energy of the phoenix needing to be let loose, they collapse into giggles. Both of them. :roll:

I'm sorry, but I am giggling too. J-funn said that you are going to come feng shui me!!!! I don't know if I want to be fend shui'ed. If I find out that all of my problems for the past 42 years could have been solved by adding a mirror and turning loose a phoenix,, I'm gonna be really pissed. So let's just keep me dumb and blissfully ignorant.

 

[Mermaid]

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I'm sorry, but I am giggling too. J-funn said that you are going to come feng shui me!!!! I don't know if I want to be fend shui'ed. If I find out that all of my problems for the past 42 years could have been solved by adding a mirror and turning loose a phoenix,, I'm gonna be really pissed. So let's just keep me dumb and blissfully ignorant.

I totally understand. My own daughter--my own flesh and blood!--has banned me from touching anything in her bedroom. I told her when she goes off to college next fall, the room is fair game.

 

[Beach Runner]

When I say "no unsorted socks in baskets at the foot of the bed" they get it, but when I start mentioning the freeing energy of the phoenix needing to be let loose, they collapse into giggles. Both of them. :roll:

Honey, have you been Robo-tripping? JK.:funn:

 

[Paula]

Well, Merm, you've gone and done it. Now I'm planning to go through the house room by room over the next month to declutter it. Our biggest clutter problems are dinnerware (I love plates and have inherited some nice stuff that I like to use, so we have many sets of dishes/glasses), games, books, clothes, craft stuff (kids love to do crafts in the basement), and photos (I have tons of photos -- the kids' lives have been very well documented).

I'm going to start a garage sale pile for the spring.

Anyway, thanks for the motivation. Can you get me to exercise (you've tried and failed before)? Maybe if we find a nice Japanese term for exercise?

 

[Uncle Timmy]

Mermaid,

Believe it or not we studied Feng Shui in school. I haven't come across many, if any, requests for Feng Shui principles in any design work since but I am aware that this is quite common in areas of the country with a large ethnic Chinese population.

It has been a few years since I looked at it, you will have to give all a quick lesson.

 

[Jdarg]

Mermaid,

Believe it or not we studied Feng Shui in school. I haven't come across many, if any, requests for Feng Shui principles in any design work since but I am aware that this is quite common in areas of the country with a large ethnic Chinese population.

It has been a few years since I looked at it, you will have to give all a quick lesson.

This will be funn Uncle Timmy! We will all be fungin' and schwayin'!!! Bring it on, Mermy!

 

[Mermaid]

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This will be funn Uncle Timmy! We will all be fungin' and schwayin'!!! Bring it on, Mermy!

So I understand you're offering live demonstrations of the Mermy Feng Shui Sashay at the Darg residence later this month?

 

[Jdarg]

So I understand you're offering live demonstrations of the Mermy Feng Shui Sashay at the Darg residence later this month?

As I said, bring on your bad feng Shui self! But it sounds like it is going to be hard to find a night with nothing else going on !!! The fungin' schwayin' may have to wait until spring break or the summer....

I need to go to sleep. Is it good feng shui if I am facing my bedroom door? Is it bad feng shui that I sit at the computer, facing a wall? What does feng shui say about exterior holiday illumination? So many questions- my head is spinning...