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The choice of lights to finish a basement can make or break the whole room. Not being well-informed can lead to poor selections of lighting fixtures and will turn a basement into a dull and dreary place where nobody wants to go to. But choosing the appropriate lights will make it an interesting and inviting setting for family and friends.

It is wise to consider how much sunlight can enter the basement before doing the lighting purchase and installation. More sunlight is better as this will lessen energy consumption which is good for the budget and the environment. Structural designs to finish a basement may allow for bigger windows to let in more sunlight. However, security measures should not be ignored in the process.

Planning the overall lighting to provide illumination throughout the area is not a difficult task if you know what to put. Fluorescent is the best choice for most homeowners since there is not much chance of sunlight getting in and fluorescent are bright as well as power efficient. As most basements are cold and damp, this type of light will warm up the room and give it a cheerful ambiance. Don’t forget the navigation lights for the entrance and stairway; these form part of the overall lighting, too. Overall and navigation lights should have switches beside the entrance doors or at the top of the stairs for safety reasons.

Accent lights are mainly decorative and are not installed for the lighting purposes. They call attention to decorative details or focus on special architectural designs such as tray ceilings or columns. Accent lights may be colored or may be used to create a cozy ambiance.

Task lights are installed for specific functions. Reading, sewing and doing office work where extra light is needed will benefit from the focused beam of a task light. Task lights for closets and areas under cabinets will also be a great help.

Take advantage of the opportunity to use lights to enhance the atmosphere as you finish a basement that will look and feel bright and appealing.

Your bedroom is your Personal Paradise: Large houses might have separate areas for specific functions. A spacious Tudor-style house might have a Complete Amenities such as:

o Wooden Library case/shelf

o Wooden Dressing room

o Wooden Piano room

o Sports room

o Wooden Recreation room

o Room for Prayer.

o Wooden Night stand

o Wooden Canopy bed

o Wooden Walk-in closet (entryway)

o Wooden Dresser

o Wooden Study table

o Wooden TV set cabinet

o Wooden Leather couch

o Wooden items for Shower room/Powder room/Lou/or toilet.

It can have small bedrooms with just a bed made up of pure wooden furniture. Get a bed pillow that’s just right for the way you sleep – perhaps a down pillow you can hug, squash, or rumple around in any way, or a foam pillow that doesn’t shift around when you sleep. Make sure that you get authentic cotton or feather pillows if you are sensitive to synthetic pillow fillings. Invest in quality pillows that last perennial.

For your bed covers, duvets, blankets and pillowcases, choose a sheet fabric that you feel you’re comfortable with – they come in cotton, chenille, linen, or satin. Pick a color that’s soothing to the eyes, like the pale shades of green, blue, lavender or yellow.

A small study table at one corner of the room is a good place for you to lay your document folders or your computer. You may also install a reading lamp and a hanging book shelf overhead the desk.

If you’re into 24-hour movie channels or late-night talk shows, you can set up your television on the wall opposite to your bed. Find a TV rack than can also serve as an organizer for your other gears like PlayStation, CD’s, and video players.

Your bedroom is also a safe haven for your collector’s items, souvenirs, or memorabilia. With glass curio cabinets, you can view your collection any time of the day when you feel like reminiscing the past while relaxing. You can also use a corner curio cabinet to fill that empty nook on your bedroom.

Lighting, Windows, and Walls: Dormant times: You can set up one fluorescent light at the center of your bedroom ceiling, as you might need a generous amount of light when reading or fixing your room at night. You may also put a reading lamp on top of your night stand. If you would like to sleep with a little bit of light on, you can have wall lamps or sconces installed on your bedroom.

Your bedroom window should allow enough natural daylight and, at the same time, provide you security while you sleep in the middle of the night. If you live in high-rise condominium buildings and you have one of those large glass windows in your bedroom, you can furnish it with vertical blinds or draperies but you need to let some sunlight to peep in for avoiding moisture and fond smells from the background of the room.

Paint your bedroom walls instead of covering them with wall paper. This will save you from the tedious effort of gluing the paper and peeling them off in case you want to redecorate. Choose paint in relaxing colors, but you need to get those that match the color and style of your bedroom furniture.

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Inside your home, the living room is the busiest area. This is where your family and friends spend a lot of time, so you want to create a very comfortable and relaxing environment. In order to do this, there are certain steps you should follow.

Your living room design should depend primarily on your lifestyle and your taste. If you enjoy the warmth and comfort that a fireplace brings, you may want to rearrange your furniture around the fireplace to make it a focal point. Or if you enjoy the soothing music that comes from the piano, you can put your prized instrument at the center of your living room. Make sure, however, that the new placement of your furniture does not clutter up the room or disturb foot traffic in your house. Arranging your furniture in an off-square angle is highly recommended. Instead of placing the back of the sofa directly against the wall, you can move it a few feet forward and place a lamp or potted plant behind it.

Colors can be an inexpensive way to add warmth to a room. Depending on the colors you choose, you can inspire feelings of boldness and creativity or relaxation and serenity. Evaluate what mood you want a certain room to project. Play around with different shades and intensities of color. Don’t be afraid to experiment.

If you have a small living room and want to create an illusion of size, you can hang a mirror on one wall to generate a sense of depth. This makes the room look much more spacious than it really is.

You can also add elegance to a room by placing statues-especially those with marble finishing-on tabletops. If you don’t fancy statues, you can use lamps instead. They can keep surfaces from looking too bare.

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Square Base Solid Brass Piano Lamp in Satin Nickel Feature

• Satin nickel finish.
• Uses one 60 watt type T bulb (not included).
• Adjusts from 11″ to 16″ high.
• Base measure 15″ wide, 5 3/4″ deep.

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Feng Shui and Love

Feng Shui involves the balancing of your environment, using energy and compass directions. It is also learning how to attract different kinds of energy through colour, elements, intention and through the movement of chi.

By stirring up the energy in your environment, you will have the ability to attract positive energy in various areas of your life. For this month we will look at attracting positive chi towards love, family and happy marriages. Here are some instructions on how to help move the energy within your space to enhance the relationships in your life.

TO ATTRACT A WIFE/HUSBAND

Women Looking for a Husband: She should bring into her home more “Yang Chi”. Yang chi is enhanced by the use of bright lights, movement, activity, and sound.

Men Looking for a Wife: He should bring into his home more “Yin Chi”. Yin chi is enhanced by dim lights, stillness, rest, and soft sounds.

Men and women looking for mates should display prints depicting happy, loving couples in their home. Birds are excellent energizers for love whether they are real, in a photo, print or imitation. A symbol or print of a dragon and a phoenix are said to be the strongest energizers for love. It is said that they are messengers of “The God of Marriage” who resides in the moon. Lovebirds or mandarin ducks are also very auspicious in pairs to signify undying love and fidelity.

Sleep in your most auspicious direction by placing the crown of your head in that direction.

Add a red or yellow lamp in the SW sector of your bedroom.

Place an earth element object in the SW sector of your home. Crystals are perfect here. The best crystals to use are amethyst and rose quartz as they are highly effective in creating an atmosphere of happiness. They can also be worn as jewellery to manifest their attributes of cheerfulness.

A pair of gold bands or diamond bands worn on your ring finger creates a double-happiness symbol of

marriage.

TO ENHANCE OR RESCUE A MARRIAGE

Neutralize all beams, corners, edges and any poison arrows with Feng Shui remedies. Blocking these sources does not have to be complicated or difficult.

For example:

Place objects in corners of the room to help chi flow easily, thus preventing it from becoming trapped in corners.

If the headboard of your bed is against a toilet wall, move it to another wall preferably in an auspicious direction for both you and your mate.

Neither partner should sleep in their total loss direction.

Ponds/Swimming pools should not be placed to the right of the main door (looking out).

Prevent reflective surfaces from facing the bed causing any reflections in that direction. (TV, mirrors, computer screens, etc.)

Do not place any water features of any kind in the bedroom. No fountains or still water.

Place 7 crystal spheres in the SW corner of the bedroom. Do this to create powerful nurturing chi inside the bedroom. It reduces hostility and raises tolerance.

Place 7 crystal spheres on the centre of the coffee table in the living room to create the same effects. (Note: at least one of the spheres must be rock or quartz crystal.)

A raw amethyst geode tied with red string under the foot of the bed will safeguard against infidelity. Place on the wife’s side, if the husband has a roving eye and visa versa if the opposite is true.

Place a small red light near the vicinity of the bed and leave it on through the night bring the couple closer together. This helps to enhance their bond.

Place a red lantern in the bedroom to create the same bonding energy.

Place a print/photo of blooming peonies in the bedroom to enhance attraction toward one another.

The husband should sleep on the left side of the bed (when lying in bed) and the woman on the right to ensure proper balance of yin and yang.

Display only one pair of birds in the bedroom.

Remove all photos of children or anything that is not representative of romance, love and fidelity.

The matrimonial bedroom should only depict the couple within the room with no outsiders.

Whether you choose to do one thing on this list or all the things on this list, remember to first de-clutter and clear the space by either lighting incense, or essential oil, or ringing a bell throughout the room, or opening windows, or letting in sunshine in. These are a few suggestions that you can use to start fresh in the space of your bedroom to starting a new, more improved married life.

Do everything with intention and thoughtfulness to create the most powerful and positive energy in your space.

TO IMPROVE FAMILY ENERGY

The west side of your home and west side of each room is representative of children’s luck.

If you are having trouble conceiving, this is the area you would concentrate on as this is where happiness energy arises toward the family.

Shine a bright light on a auspicious object such as a symbol of a child or a family to improve conception luck.

Anything that depicts 100 children is very auspicious. Using images of pomegranates whether real, crystal or wood with a bright or red light shining on it will enhance the conception of children as well.

An elephant in the bedroom with it’s trunk down also symbolizes successful conception.

Family portraits in the living room create family closeness and bonding. Each member of the family should be in each photo frame to enhance a close family unit. Everyone should be happy and smiling, on a happy occasion. This will stir up feelings of affection toward one another.

The entrance of your home should depict everyone that lives within the home with the use of objects, decorations or photos that are representative of each member of the family. This could be something as simple as a cheerful family portrait or decorative items that are representative of each person. When people come to your home, they should get a sense of who lives there just by walking into your front hall. This area should also be clutter free, clean, warm and inviting.

Lighting incense daily, ringing a bell, opening windows to let fresh air in, playing pleasant music, the sound of a piano are all auspicious ways of improving the chi within your home and clearing the space of any negative energy.

A daily clearing ritual will help to keep the positive energy or “sheng chi” flowing through your home, thus helping to improve all the relationships within the home.

By implementing some of the above suggestions, you will on your way to improving the relationships in your life and creating a more positive atmosphere within your home.

With that I would like to say,

May peace and harmony be yours.