What does one do for Chinese New Year:
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BEFORE Chinese NEW YEARS EVE
Clean the entire house to get rid of any ill-fortune associated with the past year and make room for incoming good luck.
Pay all your debts
Resolve differences with relatives, family members, friends, business associates
Prepare meals for New Years Eve and New Years [...]

Canadian Sheffield student Nicole Thompson has gotten some great press for her fledgling interior design business. The article, which appeared September 29 in the Corwall (Canada) Standard Freeholder, emphasizes Thompson’s interest in using principles of Asian philosophy in her designs. She says in the article that she became interested in the Chinese text the Tao [...]

Have you been stuck at home, wondering what’s going on in design in the world beyond your little corner? Or maybe you’ve just come back from your summer holidays, and your appetite for new ideas is whetted. Either way, you should check out the new Designer Monthly that just went up today, with features on [...]

You know how, sometimes, you’re standing around in the shower and don’t really need the water on? Especially if you’re becoming more aware of just how precious that water is. And yet, turning the water off and back on again is sometimes just more than you’re willing to do.

Here is the coolest water-saving device we’ve [...]

I’m sick of my front hall. And I know better than to have a lousy front hall. The little I know about Feng Shui includes the idea that the entrance to a home is of utmost importance—another lesson from Feng Shui that also squares with basic design sense and basic good sense.
So. From the front [...]

Summertime and a designer’s thoughts turn to….green design! here on the East Coast of the U.S. the problem of global warming hasn’t seemed terribly apparent, as temps stay low, but we have to remember it isn’t simply the planet heating up we’re worried about—it’s climate CHANGE. And change isn’t always for the best.

And what can [...]

For the past few weeks, we here at the Sheffield School have been busy tweeting away on Twitter. Along with exchanging interesting news and ideas on interior design, Feng Shui and event planning, we recently handed over our Twitter account for three days to a Wedding Planner as she prepares for a Valentine’s Day wedding.
We [...]

Well, okay, maybe that headline is a bit of a stretch. But the folks at the Sheffield School of Interior Design (www.sheffield.edu) are very proud of Jennifer Ellen Frank, their own Feng Shui instructor, who will be featured on Monday night at 6 on NBC news.

The story they’ll run is on a woman who [...]

A McDonald’s restaurant in Southern California has taken the bold step of getting a Feng Shui makeover, a move which at first glace may seem a little like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear—or in this case, a silk purse out of a cow’s ear.
Feng Shui is based partly on [...]

Okay, does anyone mind reading about romance in order to get to the current decorating saga in my life? 
Unfortunately, this is not my story of romance. As you know, my life is consumed with contractors, electricians, and testing out terrible wall colors.  
 
This is the story of my friend, Samantha. Samantha is one of those [...]