April 2010
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live in LA? meet the fab furniture Re-Do-Ers!
Oh, they do the coolest things! Mid century, regency, retro—- They professionally refinish each piece, they will customize, and they are delivering me stuff TONIGHT! If you are within 70 miles of them, free delivery! Astonishing! I hope they let me interview them for a moment today….
March 2010
Heartbreak feng shui cure 100,076
Some people, you all have told me today, scream, cry, drink tea, do art therapy, kundalini yoga, write music and more to mend a broken heart. This feng shui girl will be finishing her apartment this week! Furniture selection will set me free! Black Laquer coffee table, regency dresser, teak bookshelf, lamps and picture frames will set me on the right path!!! Soooo exciting!!!!!
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Psychology Today: The Power Of Love
Wow, now this was some mega-love life feng shui! Particularly the part that discusses how people without “love skills” will fail. Like I say in love feng shui, if you want love, work on wisdom. This is my bit of gleaned wisdom for you today:
“It is not only possible but necessary to change one’s approach to love to ward off depression. Follow these action strategies to...
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“If you love something let it go free. If it doesn’t come back, you never...”
– Doug Horton (tricky part is letting it go. it can be a living hell.)
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Heartbreak Cure #54567 of the week
Aromatherapy and Chakras. Yes, like all things that can be viewed as energy tools, I say, if there is a science behind it, why not!? So, in my quest to overcome and learn a lesson from this really confounding breakup with a soulmate, I am whipping out the lavender oil and dripping it on the green dot (heart chakra) area before bed tonight.
Aromatherapy and Heart Chakra
It is the fourth...
What's the best thing you've ever done to fix a...
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A Magnetic Field Applied to the Brain Can Alter... →
For every time I’ve been laughed at for saying that I think humanity is in jeopardy due to electro-magnetic pollution, waves and magnetism gone haywire: Check it out! I was right!
There's a difference between who we love, who we...
chanelfierosiacouture:itsneshaa:
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Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam:27, 1850:
I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; ‘Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
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Risks: the cost of designing your dreams.
There is the saying: “no risk, no reward.”. I would rewrite that to say: “no risk in following your dreams, no reward of fulfillment.”
In feng shui, design of life to support your dreams can only happen when you have decided to risk losing your old ways. Change can happen like magic, and, as with all things, with change and growth there are some messy, ugly moments of...
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“The truth is more important than the facts.”
– ~Frank Lloyd Wright
Science weights in on "love at first sight" →
“you must respect the existence of love at first sight, because of the existence of psychological types and other behavioral programs that define the human reactions.”~Christina Sponias
A-Z →
(via notational)
Andrea Zittel’s website.
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love and wisdom
know yourself and be open to it before you go looking for love. i can feng shui your life like crazy, but if you do not get to know who you are and what your heart is after, no amount of cures or even spells, mantras, lists, prayers will make it an easy road. and, ever after you know yourself and love yourself, its still not always easy. but, it is always the best feeling in the world.
give...
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“Beauty awakens the soul to act.”
– Dante Alighieri
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Los Angeles, Design Community, My Clients and...
Pampa Furniture on Beverly Boulevard (and over the LA area) has some pretty seriously investigated “F” Ratings by the Better Business Bureau. Be aware!!!!! And in case you are wondering: HERE is how I found out. Also there are some choice Yelp reviews as well, if you enjoy dark comedy.
I want you all to be happy and stress free, loving your spaces! xxx Dana
@thetaoofdana
on Twitter.
(soon I’ll have a redesigned blog/website situation and this will be more elegant, but at least now you know where to find me! xx Dana)
“Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your...”
– Dante Alighieri (so look up, even if its hard to do!)
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“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.”
– Mae West
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