An Invitation 

I'm often called on to help prepare a home for sale. Other clients want me to help them choose the right home from say, three they are considering. After working with one couple, I photographed 2 homes on the same street(neither one is theirs.) less than 5 houses apart.  Here's the first:

And the 2nd:

Driving down this street which one draws your eye?  If you are considering selling your home, do I need to say more? But even if you are not currently contemplating selling, consider which one would you like to come home to. . . . . 

Using Feng Shui in your bathroom can have a major effect in the way you feel about yourself, and how you operate in the world. It in recent years, the size of the Bath has gotten larger and the materials have become more luxurious. But I am reminded of the time I stayed in an old home on Beacon Hill in Boston. A wonderful claw foot bathtub, painted chromium yellow, sat against  white wainscoting below pen and ink wallpaper of clipper ship maidenheads -  who would not want to crawl into that tub and luxuriate?

So how do we get there from here?

First, train everyone to Put The Lid Down.  Can't take a bath unless you stop the drain. With the lid up, energy goes you know where.  OK...First, clear out clutter and organize what's left. You don't have to spend a lot of money to create your own spa. On the counter have only things you love to look at. Pay attention to the aesthetics.

Gift Yourself - find a good sale and renew your towels, and perhaps a matching or contrasting rug. I recently found great new towels - the reason I bought them? On sale yes, but more importantly the way they felt in my hand.

Keep the door open, unless you can see the toilet from the bed. In that case, close it at night.

Hang a round Swarovski crystal, or a group of 3, 6 or 9 about 9" from the ceiling. At night, let candlelight play on the faucets.

Use color in the bathroom.  White is nice, but unrelieved it is overly antiseptic.  You can balance it by using hints of all the colors: white, black or dark blue, green, earth, red. Bring all the elements of the five-element cycle into balance. Plants for wood; mirror for metal, silver or gold frames, or candlesticks, the bath for water of course; candles for fire and stones or gold, yellow and terracotta for earth.  Paint the ceiling a wonderful delicious color you love to look at.

Now add fresh flowers from the garden - a perfect rose, a small group of mixed blooms, let your imagination run riot.

THEN, treat yourself like you were going to some 5th Ave spa. Add essential oils to the bath water OR if you are really stressed out:

In a clean tub, dissolve 1 cup sea salt and 1 cup baking soda. Soak for 45 minutes to an hour.  You will emerge from your bath in a very different state than you entered it. You will have also drained off all the excess EMFs you pick up going through your day. Guaranteed!