My grandmother never read a book on manners. She didn’t have to. She was raised by her grandmother, who was a lady of refinement. They lived in a grand colonial house in the historic center of Quito, Ecuador. My grandmother attended a super exclusive private Catholic school. Between her grandmother…
Several years ago my family was leaving the home of a couple of our friends, who are very wealthy. Once we were on the road, our younger son, Zaffar, asked a very pointed question about our hosts’ dining area. This question elicited three reactions in me: Pride that I have…
I don’t have a use for umbrellas. I like getting caught in the rain. The rain does wonders for my curly hair. However, I just bought a beautiful umbrella holder to keep umbrellas I personally will never use. I did this because I have really good memories around umbrellas. When…
When my parents built their house, the trend was to have wooden floors downstairs and wall to wall carpet upstairs. My parents chose light oak floors for the living areas, and a no pile carpet for the bedrooms and hallway on the top floor. My father despised what he called…
You can attract more chi, or positive live energy, to your front door by placing chi attractors near your front entrance. Chi attractors are the same things that small children, toddlers or pre-schoolers like. Things that Children Like Bright colors. Water. Movement. Sound Art. Shiny objects. Lights. Flowers. Watch the…
Choosing the right Feng Shui front door colors is a tricky subject. You want to make sure that the color of your door brings you good energy, but there’s a lot of contradictory advice out there. Because I have been practicing Feng Shui for over 20 years, I can tell…
If you Feng Shui your home it should look good! I have met too many people who had tried to apply Feng Shui on their own and their home ended up looking really strange. People would go in and cringe or wonder “what in the world?” Something that promises to…
