Review of Feng Shui Quick Guide For Home and Office: Secrets For Attracting Wealth, Harmony, and Love (Paperback)

Feng Shui has finally made it into the mainstream with Olmstead's new book.Far from being "woo-woo," Feng Shui: A Quick Guide for Home and Office gives an easily understandable history of Feng Shui and a practical approach that I have found useful in my daily life. For instance,I have tried to arrange and decorate the rooms in my home, as suggested in the book, to reflect the bagua of Feng Shui, and I have enjoyed the results. After reading the book, I changed the orientation of my desk in the living room and created a reading area, and the room was far more welcoming and balanced. The book also pays homage to the seasons and includes a calendar of 366 Feng Shui tips, which are great fun to read and employ in your daily life.

Product Description
The first Feng Shui book that shows how to use the power of practical Feng Shui one day at a time, throughout the seasons. Author Carol M. Olmstead, known as The Feng Shui Maven reveals how to attract wealth, find love, create family harmony, improve your career. The book includes a day-by-day calendar of 366 quick tips for home and office and a unique monthly clutter-clearing guide. The author includes powerful success stories from her clients across the country to show how real people made simple changes with big results. Carol Olmstead has taught thousands the simple secrets of using Feng Shui throughout the adventures and misadventures of real life, and now she shares these secrets with you. This book is a must-have for anyone who thought Feng Shui was too confusing, too New Age, or too complicated to use everyday. Includes illustrations, index of Feng Shui tips, and a glossary of common Feng Shui terms.

About the Author
Carol M. Olmstead, FSII, The Feng Shui Maven, is a consultant, author, and speaker specializing in practical, contemporary applications of Feng Shui for our homes, offices, and businesses. Carol practices a contemporary version of Feng Shui that honors the essence of its 5,000-year-old Chinese heritage but focuses on the practical applications for our culture today. Carol first learned about Feng Shui more than 12 years ago when she was a marketing communications consultant. She rearranged the furniture in her office and two weeks later signed a contract to consult for a week in Hawaii which extended into a second week after she got there. After extensive study with the Feng Shui Institute of America she became a Certified Feng Shui Practitioner, qualified to use the designation FSII. Carol was recently awarded Red Ribbon Professional status from the International Feng Shui Guild. Carol has been featured in such publications as Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Prevention Books, Telecommuting for Dummies, and online home decorating and remodeling websites. She is a frequent guest on TV and broadcast and Internet radio.

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Review of The Art of Redesign (Paperback)

The title says it all, finally a home makeover book with a zero budget. Redesign is all about taking what you already have (the space, furniture, walls, big and small stuff) and creating a dynamic and appealing change.

The author will guide your application of the simple five-step system and guidelines that will give your home a brand new look.

Intertwined in the system and guidelines are real-life stories and examples of the joy that was felt by those whose homes Val redesigned.

The five simple steps include: 1) Taking everyone into consideration who lives in the home. Identifying what each person desires from the redesign is vital to your ultimate success.
2) Focuses on the space, its current and future utilization.
3) Helps you decide how to best use the big stuff in the rooms and where these pieces can be placed to better meet your needs and make a stunning impact.
4) Focus on the walls. Choosing where to hang art can be daunting. The author identifies how to experiment with placement without leaving holes in the wall.
5) Selecting the right place for the small stuff, those cherished accessories, without creating clutter.

To help you visualize the dramatic redesign transformations, the author has photographed many of her projects. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. The results will certainly motivate you to begin your redesign-it did me.

Val recommends taking notes while you quickly read the book. Once you've completed the book it will be easy to apply the ideas in one project rather than in bits and pieces. This is great advice; when you follow it you will have the most successful outcomes from your own redesign efforts. Have fun; enjoy your redesign experience, and the results.

Armchair Interviews says: Check out this book to see how you could redesign your own space.

Product Description
It s Not What You Have, It s How You Use It.

Your dream home is right in front of you simply waiting to be revealed. Discover the key elements to creating your dream home with this step-by-step guide but without buying anything new. Highlight the things you love in the space that you have by following design principles that will make your home both look and feel---beautiful and uniquely yours.

If you re convinced your life will be complete if only you can recreate last week s episode of that decorating show you saw, this book isn't for you. If you want to create a dream home that communicates your life one that feels great, flows and functions well---this book is the only home improvement tool, supply or material you ll need to make that happen.



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