Feng Shui Decorating Tips
for Fall

Make Feng Shui adjustments to your home for better balance in your life

By Stephanie Dempsey

The Fall Equinox beckons us to slow down and enjoy the fruits of our labor. The pace of life lessens and the frenetic pace of summer becomes a distant memory. Shorter days and longer nights are ahead, prompting everyone to strike a better balance between their public and private lives. If you feel like one aspect of your life is consuming too much time and attention, this is an opportune time to make some Feng Shui adjustments to your home. Here are a few suggestions that can help you find time for friends and family while keeping busy with work.

Flower power
Nothing says autumn like the burnished colors of chrysanthemums, marigolds and nasturtiums. Display pots of these flowers wherever you tend to feel stressed or overburdened. Glimpsing their russet, gold and orange hues will be like rubbing soothing salve over sunburned skin.

Dim the lights
Change bright light bulbs for ones with lower wattage. It is easier to be active in summer because there is increased sunlight. Now that autumn is here, you need to bring things down a notch. Soft lighting will help you slow down and enjoy simpler pleasures, like a solitary cup of tea in the morning or soothing music in the evening.

Go with the fow
Adding a fountain to your favorite room in the house will help you make an easy transition from work to home. The sound of flowing water can quiet nagging doubts and fears that plague you during working hours.

Streamline your social life
If you feel like your social life is depleting your energy, update your address book. If it's hopelessly cluttered, invest in an attractive new one. The act of entering people's contact information into the new address book will make you more aware of the friends you truly treasure, versus the people you merely tolerate.

Get moving
If you're having a hard time downshifting into autumn, reposition 27 items in your home. Why 27? Nine is considered the number of longevity in Feng Shui, and multiplying it by three, the number of growth, will invite a continuous string of auspicious changes into your life.

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