N & J Upholstery




Specializing in Industrial Upholstery and Auto Trimming

We address the needs of our client’s furniture as if it was our own. We start by carefully inspecting each piece to ensure a sound foundation. If necessary, minor repairs, major restyling, or the manufacture and installation of replacement parts is undertaken. We will not proceed with refinishing and or reupholstering until your furniture is in perfect structural condition. Whatever the need, we handle it all! When done, we carefully inspect each piece to ensure nothing has been missed. We then wrap each item with padded foam to ensure nothing is damaged during the return trip to your home.

We believe our success at N & J is based on our ablility to attract a group of skilled craftsmen. Their dedication and efforts will bring new life to your cherished items. Using modern materials and the best of traditions and standards to ensure your furniture will be both attractive and functional for many years.







Thursday, 23 June 2011

FENG SHUI ON LOVE, MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIPS

 FENG SHUI ON LOVE, MARRIAGE & RELATIONSHIPS


Use these feng shui love tips to feel closer and more intimate to your partner all over again....Make your relationship more exciting and enjoyable.


If you feel that you lack that something in your relationship according to feng shui love rules, you can:

· Improve your relationship with powerful Feng Shui bed positions: you found your ideal Feng Shui bed position; here are little more Feng Shui bedroom tips to apply:


1. This feng shui bed rule is very important. At all cost avoid having a mirror facing your bed. You should never be able to see yourself in the mirror as you stay or go in and out of your bed. It can create very serious health problems as it disturbs good night sleep. According to Feng Shui principles, this mirror reflects back or "doubles" all the issues in your life such as depression, relationship problems, loneliness…. Can’t remove it? Cover the mirror completely at night.


2. Another important Feng Shui bedroom tip is about your bathroom. You shouldn’t be able to see your bathroom when in bed. Therefore, keep the bathroom door always closed or place an attractive screen to close off the view. According to feng shui rules, bathroom plumbing drains the energy. It’s good to get into habit of keeping the toilet lid, all drains and bathroom door closed all the time.


3.To encourage positive bedroom Feng Shui, your bed should have same access from both sides; ideally, you should place nightstands beside the each side of the bed. It invites new love to a single person or assures equality and sharing in marriage or relationship.


4. Another feng shui bed tip, advices to avoid placing your bed directly under a window as it disturbs energies around you; ideally, window should be on your right side so you can receive the positive energies from the universe when you wake up


5. More feng shui bed tips: Do not place or store any items under the bed. Good Feng Shui energy needs to float freely throughout your bedroom. Sounds like too many feng shui bedroom tips to follow? Start by reading Feng Shui rules and follow by reviewing Feng Shui cures. Print it out or make your own notes if possible. Go to your bedroom and see what can or can’t be done. Try to apply as many feng shui rules as you can. Take small steps. Enjoy it……… Don’t forget to apply Feng shui bedroom cures to neutralize negative energy you can’t change. You will feel the difference immediately.


 FENG SHUI BEDROOM CURES

  FENG SHUI BEAM CURES:

If beams are inevitable, feng shui offers these cures:

·  Place a mirror on your nightstands facing up, so they push the pressure of the beams back up (see picture on the right).
· Disguise the beam with soft canopy over the bed. When you look up you’ll see nice, romantic fabric instead of arrow-slicing beam.
· You can place Chinese bamboo flutes under both ends of the beam to symbolically lift them up (hang them with red string at a 45-degree angle and mouthpiece at the top).
· Finally, you can use images of birds, angels… under the ends of the beams to symbolically lift them up.


SLANTED CEILING:

Feng shui principles advise not to place your bed under sloping ceiling. The main reason is that the Chi puts a lot of pressure on you as it flows down the slope of the ceiling.
·  you may feel stressed-out, moody, not yourself most of the time
·  you might experience more headaches, sinus problems, forgetfulness or even depression if the ceiling slopes down towards your head
·  your income or business might be unstable
·  your relationship might suffer as well 


FENG SHUI SLANTED CEILING CURES:

·  Pace mirror facing up on your nightstands to lift the chi.
·  Disguise the slanted wall with piece of luxurious fabric and create a canopy over your bed.
·  Hang a faceted crystal ball over your bed on the lower side for your protection.

 · use Ba-gua to find and fully activate all feng shui relationship corners in your home.

· make your relationship stronger and more secure by seeing the door from the bed
· solidify your relationship with strong bed and solid headboard, learn more in all about the bed section:  
· remove imbalance by making sure, there is equality on both sides of the bed - same end tables, lamps, equal candles.... on each side of the bed
· Place a bell over the head of your bed to bring in refreshing new energy to your love life (hang it on 9" or 9 cm red ribbon)
· protect you relationship by hanging a crystal ball on any outside door or window in your bedroom. It will keep the chi in and working for both of you (use 9" or 9 cm or any multiple of 9 rule again)
· make your marriage stronger by placing 2 large stones or statue of a loving couple in your feng shui bedroom relationship corner
· unify your relationship by fixing split bed mattress or box spring, see how in our
· immediately release hidden obstacles in your relationship by removing anything stored under the bed and getting rid of any clutter or dirt.

· to eliminate any problem causing issues like sharp arrows, slanted ceilings, beams…, which might be splitting you away from your partner.
· remedy fighting door to stop any relationship conflicts or arguments






Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Feng Shui for Health

Feng Shui for Health



Change your energy



And change your life



Feng Shui can help you to get back in balance, improve your health and well-being, feel better about yourself and move forward in your life.  It can make you positive and confident and feel that ‘there really is something better out there' after all.

Feeling down

These days a lot of people are uninspired with life, feeling that things aren't working for them anymore, fed up with their daily drudge, lacking enthusiasm and motivation, generally feeling down and lacking the energy to get up again. Many of us find it difficult to make ourselves feel better, and doctors do not always have a cure for our lack of well-being. 

Taking more responsibility for your well-being

More and more people are taking responsibility for their own health and well-being by adopting ancient practices such as feng shui.  What feng shui offers is a way of achieving better health, well-being and quality of life by unblocking, balancing and harmonizing the energy which flows through a person's surroundings, which, in turn, creates balance within the individual.  With balance, optimum conditions are created for body, mind, emotions and life to heal and improve. 

Chi

The energy which flows around us and through us is called universal energy, life-force energy, chi in China, prana in India, ki in Japan, and many other names.  We cannot see it but we can feel its effects.  The quality of this energy is important to our well-being and we have the ability to make it work for us or against us.

How does this energy affect us?

We are reflections of our personal environment because we absorb the energy which surrounds us.   This energy flows around us and through us.
Unhealthy, negative energy
If energy becomes blocked or stuck, it will not flow freely, and its imbalance and disharmony will affect everything in its path, including us.  It can cause us to become out of balance and with imbalance comes dis-ease.  Dis-ease means feeling and being 'not at ease'.  There will be dis-ease or discomfort in our surroundings and dis-ease and discomfort in our body, mind and ultimately our life.  We will not feel good. 
The effects of bad energy can include tiredness, lethargy, irritability, depression, stress, loss of enthusiasm and motivation, inability to concentrate or remember things, sleeping or working badly.    When we start feeling like this, our self-esteem and self-confidence may begin to take a knocking, small persistent health problems may appear, there may be a general feeling of disharmony in our lives, and relationships may begin to suffer. 
Healthy, positive energy
If energy is free-flowing, balanced and healthy, we will reflect this balance and harmony in our mind, body and life and any dis-ease will disappear.  There will be improvement in health, well-being, motivation, self-esteem, self-confidence and good things can begin to happen in our life - better relationships, career, prosperity, luck, direction.   

What makes the energy unhealthy?

Clutter - energy which has become stuck and stale around piles of stuff which we have not attended to for some time, can make us congested in our body, confused in our mind and stuck in our life.  
Badly arranged furniture or rooms - bed facing the wrong direction, furniture out of balance in the room,  corners and edges of furniture aiming at people, long empty stretches of room or hall.
Harmful energy from outside - single trees or telegraph poles in line with the front door, heavy foliage in the front, weak foliage at the back, energy rushing around instead of meandering
Wrong colours - each colour has an energy vibration which affects us in different ways.
Badly placed objects - spiky plants, the wrong picture for the room, poor lighting, uninspiring ornaments
A negative attitude - which can affect you, your environment, other people and your life situation - but this is where feng shui can help.

Changing from negative to positive

Manipulating subtle energy can have powerful effects, and sometimes just small changes can bring about positive results.  As soon as you begin to make feng shui changes, negative energy will disappear and positive energy will flow.  Carrying out feng shui on your home, room or workplace will have an uplifting effect on you.  It will help to improve the way you feel, clear your body and mind, and give you energy and confidence to change your situation.

Learning how to feel better

Feng Shui shows you how to manipulate subtle energy to make it work for you.  However, it is not always easy to know where to start nor in which direction to go.  Books are sometimes confusing and if something doesn’t make sense to you, then you can be left still feeling hopeless and helpless.  This is where a good quality home-study course with personal one-to-one guidance from an expert can help.  You can learn at home, in your own time, and put feng shui to work for you straightaway and every day.

 A follow up on tomorrows post......