Again while browsing today I came across this interesting online shopping arcade full of home-made products by artisans. Not exactly a new idea about it is an interesting site.
The first boutique that caught my eye was Sheri’s Crystal Designs. Now that I’ve been browsing it for several minutes, I just had to bookmark it and felt almost sad to (ctrl + W) – say goodbye!
It seems full of very elegant mini crystal chandeliers and generally within the antique French genre. She describes it as reborn antique.
Antique French mini crystal chandelier
Crystal Wind Chime with Beautiful Purple and Turquoise Gems
She has created a crystal wind chime which again looks a very attractive little piece. Knowing its handmade makes all the difference and if you’re at all into the theory and practice of feng shui, you will realise and appreciate the value of this.
You can apparently place it in the garden but I think I would rather have it in a bedroom that catches the sunlight, and preferably the morning light. A very innovative creation – thank you Sheri! as she says, this is the perfect little Mother’s Day present – in fact a present for all occasions – particularly if you feel the need for some online shopping therapy.
Filed under mini chandelier by on May 1st, 2010. Comment. 
Having spent a couple of days writing lengthy articles on Feng Shui, or what I would term, natural or aesthetic design, I was delighted to stumble across a couple of interesting looking blogs. The first, the green blog on greenandsave.com was the one to alert me to this very interesting blog that’s well worth a browse: simplesteps.org, and particularly, I loved their article on No Bulb – Best Bulb!
Extend Natural Light with Mirrors
This No Bulb – Best Bulb article particularly caught my attention through their suggestion of using mirrors that of course naturally allow light to bounce around all over the place. With feng shui, mirrors have always been regarded highly and efficacious for all the various aspects of one’s home and well-being. In these articles that I wrote, I was drawing attention to the placement of mirrors within the family section of the home or room that you are developing or designing. It’s obvious that the placement of mirrors can be planned to allow natural light from windows to be reflected in two less well lit corners. And of course this clearly applies to whatever electrical lighting you have installed.
Task Lighting – Another Energy Saver
I don’t want to crib their article but another good section was there a discussion on the placement of different lights for different purposes. Again if you had one main light to flood the room for all purposes you may be wasting a lot of energy. The alternative is to establishing a variety of different small sources of light for specific purposes. Halogen bulbs would be useful for directing lights to specific areas, for working or hobbies. LEDs would also be an excellent choice for wherever is suitable. Of course we’re talking about a slightly higher outlay, but this should soon be recouped by the energy saving.
Anyway, do please have a quick look at their article.
Filed under lighting by on Apr 19th, 2010. Comment.
