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Can rearranging your furniture really help you to find
and keep "The One?"
Can storing your underwear in the Tupperware drawer
really heat up your love life?
Well, the jury's still out on that one - But hey, it
can't hurt, right? According to Feng Shui (say FUNG
SCHWAY) experts, little changes can make a big difference
where romance is concerned.
An ancient Chinese practice, "Feng Shui is purposefully
arranging your stuff around you to gain positive results,"
says Karen Rauch Carter, author of "Move Your Stuff,
Change Your Life."
So, what can you do to get your love life on track
fast?
Add a little Feng Shui to the "relationship area"
of your home.
As you enter through your front door, the relationship
section is located at the farthest right hand corner
at the back side of your home.
According to Feng Shui practitioners, specific items
in your relationship corner can spice things up considerably
- whether you're already in a relationship, or a single
looking for love.
Add these items to perk up your love life:
1) Anything red and pink -- Sure, it makes for a decorating
challenge, but these colors represent love. You can't
go too crazy with red and pink here.
2) Candles -- They create heat, they're romantic, what
more could you want? For extra vaa-vaa-voom, try two
pink or red candles sitting side by side. (One for each
of you.)
3) Round mirrors -- This has to do with a more complicated
idea of reflecting energy, but all mirrors are good
here, and round mirrors are best.
4) Whatever symbols signify love to you -- Anything
goes, and it goes here. Flowers, cupids, romantic photos
of the two of you together, hearts, bride and groom
cake toppers, candy hearts, chocolate or a Barbie Doll
in full bridal paraphernalia. If it means romance to
you, put it here.
As you might expect, there are also a number of things
that can put a Feng Shui damper on your love life as
well.
Try to avoid putting these items in your relationship
corner:
1) Negative images -- This is not the place to store
that shoebox with old photos of your exes, or any other
negative images from bad weather to bad times.
2) Anything that encourages distance -- Put the cactus
and your ceramic porcupine collection somewhere else.
They're not helping.
3) Anything with a chill factor -- If it's cold, it's
bad news. Move the refrigerator and the poster of the
polar bear unless you want your relationship to cool
too.
4) Singles only -- Avoid photos of yourself alone here,
your one-slice toaster and that picture of you as the
lone, uncoupled bridesmaid at your cousin Bertha's wedding.
Single-girl (or single boy) reminders have got to go.
5) Games -- If you want to avoid games in your relationship,
you've got to avoid them here.
6) Distractions - Something coming between you and
your one-and-only? Maybe it's the big screen TV or your
decoupage supplies. Put them somewhere else.
Try these simple techniques to add a little (or a lot)
of toe-curling romance to your life. You'll never know
how good it can be unless you're willing to give it
a shot.
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Lisa Daily is the author of Stop Getting Dumped!
All you need to know to make men fall madly in love
with you and marry "The One" in 3 years or
less. At bookstores everywhere.
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