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Recent TIps & Ideas
- Is it clutter, a collection, or hoarding?
- All the feels: when letting go is hard
- The emotional cost of inaction…
- God is in the details. Or maybe the devil?
- If you’re bored with collecting ceramic frogs…
- Clutter-Clearing: Baby Steps or the Full Kondo?
- The elephant in the room…
- Paint colors: how to lead the eye and set a mood
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Tag Archives: feng shui
Paint colors: how to lead the eye and set a mood
Visual trickery is so much fun! I live in a 730 sq ft condo in a hundred-year-old converted warehouse. It’s basically a studio apartment because the bathroom is the only space with a door. When I moved in, the walls … Continue reading
Portland Craftsman before and after
Inexpensive makeover for a Portland Craftsman, mostly done with paint and rearrangement of furnishings, creates a warm welcome. Continue reading
4 ways your brain tricks you into keeping stuff
Marie Kondo’s clutter-clearing success may be because she understands how our brains trick us into keeping stuff. Can behavioral economic theory help us fight these cognitive fallacies? Continue reading
How to dispose of what doesn’t “spark joy”
You’ve done a major clutter clearing, and now you have piles of stuff to get rid of. Here are links to 20 places to sell or donate or recycle it. Continue reading
Setting an intention for your home: sankulpa
By the simple act of setting up your space with intention, you say to yourself and others, “Welcome! I value you.” Continue reading
New Year’s Resolution: Simplify My Mind
In the quest for leading simpler, less cluttered lives, the last frontier may be our overloaded minds. The Internet is a miracle drug and an addictive one. Time to disconnect. Continue reading
Feng Shui Funnies
I’ve collected a lot of feng shui-related cartoons over the years. Here are a few to brighten your day. Continue reading
The “paint doctor” is in.
If your brain is frozen by too many color choices in the paint department, you may need a “paint doctor”. Continue reading
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