The Year for Kindness
This sweet Rabbit year of 2023 holds an energy that we all can benefit from after the tumultuous past years. Rabbit year ushers in the energy of gentleness, prosperity, [...]
Meet the 2023 Color Trends
We are emerging from the years of neutral tones, gray walls and pandemic colors that made each home look like it was professionally staged. Warmth, personality and character are at [...]
Master your Master Bedroom
In Feng Shui, the master bedroom is the room that has the strongest influence on our "chi" - or life force. The master bedroom can set the stage for good [...]
Love is in the Air!
Getting ready for a romantic Valentine dinner? Did you ever think to apply the ancient wisdom of Feng Shui? This 6000-year-old Chinese art of arranging one’s environment to improve [...]
Getting Happy with HYGEE — The Art of Intimacy
My husband is Danish, and so I was delighted to delve into the “Danish” conscious living strategy that is simple, easy to obtain, and life enhancing on many levels. Hygge [...]
A Colorful World
A Post occupancy overview on Color, and its Intentional use in a Commercial Design project Mary Dennis, EDAC Evidenced Based Designs Accreditation and Certification Dean of Design, The Conscious Design [...]
Tech Meets Design. Neuroaesthetic Design
Google Offers Scientific Proof that Design Is Important with "A Space for Being" A neuroaesthetic design installation was on view in Spazio Maiocchi in Milan, as part of the [...]
Green Design in Commercial Environments
Graceful Lifestyles™ Goes Green for Corporate America Going Green is all the rage these days, but for Graceful Lifestyles Designers, it is a seamless marriage between two design perspectives. [...]
Keep Evil Away with a Hint (Haint) of Blue
In the South, there is a long standing tradition of painting porch ceilings blue. It is an old belief that a particular shade of blue called “haint blue” will repel evil [...]
Does Culture Influence Color?
For years I recommended a soft, ivory or beige coloring for the interior, “neutral feel”, of my client’s homes. I specifically chose an earth coloring for the natural, elemental [...]