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Feng Shui Power Position

1/30/2020

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Hello Beautiful!

The furniture was delivered to our client, Leah’s, family room on Sunday and look who found the Feng Shui Power Position? Animals instinctively know where the “best seat in the house” is--if you’re wondering about yours, check where your pets are hanging out!
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If you’re sitting in this position you can see all entrances to the room, and you will ideally be seated against a wall or other structure, so that no activity is occuring behind you.

Just notice how you feel in your favorite (or least favorite) spot in your home. Are you feeling powerful and confident, or always wondering what’s going on behind your back?

Take a few minutes with me to consider this idea of the Power Position for your Living Room Sofa...

From a Feng Shui perspective, the sofa position is critical in any living room--it’s a place to relax, connect, talk, snuggle and rejuvenate. It’s the FIRST piece of furniture we evaluate in our clients’ living/family room spaces.

Living Room #1--
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​In this living room (you are seeing the living room from the entrance to the home) the picture window is across from the sofa. The sofa feels GOOOOOOOOD there--it’s in the perfect spot for this space.


These clients can see who’s coming up their sidewalk and to their front door from the sofa. They are very likely to sit there to have a conversation, read, work and hangout. Annnnd, bonus points, the sofa has its back against the wall offering them feelings of stability and confidence.

Living Room #2--
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​The sofa is in the power position, with the TV directly across--the view is behind and the wood burning stove is to the side. The curved sofa (like a BIG HUG) gives this family the chance to cuddle into the corner to see out the windows, enjoy the fire or the TV, all from the sofa.


In fact the weekend this sofa arrived, the whole family, parents, teenagers and GRANDMA sat down for a holiday movie extravaganza--a definite first for them!!!

Living Room #3--
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​This sectional creates the room by following the shape of the walls. Sectionals are AMAZING for giving you LOTS of seating room and this one, in particular, is a Great Big Invitation to sit down, relax, read, watch a movie and snuggle.

If you live in a home where there are lots of factors to consider in your living room, start with the sofa position--if you pay attention to how you feel while seated on the sofa, you might  just “know” when you’ve got it in the right spot.

If you have a higher level of difficulty as you plan the space of your living room--and need to also consider a beautiful view, a TV and a fireplace (not to mention chairs!) feel free to email me--I would love to chat with you about your space.

Your sofa position is an important piece of the Feng Shui puzzle!

Lots of Love,
XOXO
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​PS: If you’re on Instagram, look me up,
@jantonovich, we are having a LOT of fun over there--daily-ish posts and videos that I don’t share anywhere else--JOIN US!
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Happy Lunar New Year--it’s the Year of the Rat!

1/23/2020

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Hello Beautiful!

A BIG WELCOME to our new e-community members--we are so happy you’re here! 

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Warner Park Community Center and met so many amazing new people at our “Power of Decluttering” event.
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This is Fil and I afterwards--she did a fabulous  job organizing the event!
Your life can change in So Many Ways by letting the chaos/clutter go and making a plan to keep it gone. This is a wonderful time of year to start...

This year, Saturday, January 25, marks the Chinese New Year (referred to as the Lunar New Year globally because so many countries and cultures celebrate). It happens when the New Moon appears between Jan 21 and Feb 20.
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It’s the YEAR of the RAT this year which symbolizes a flexible and open mind, good luck and prosperity in your career, as well as cleverness, creativity and fertility--this might be a good year for a baby (!) or the birth of a book, a fabulous new idea--anything that feels like a “labor of love” (Like FINALLY clearing out the basement, closets or garage :)

In Chinese culture, a New Year cleaning ritual is a really big deal--but it's just generally done before the first day of the New Year so that the good luck of the first few days of the celebration is not swept away.

Many people also use this time to repaint their homes, clear clutter and fix anything that's broken. (Ahem, yes, I was looking at you :)

I have a yearly ritual of clearing my office at this time--I seem to collect so many samples--tile, wallpaper, carpet, fabric from working with clients--they pile up and it always feels amazing to clear them out!

Do you have an idea of where you will start? Any hotspots calling your name? Email me and let me know what your first project will be--I would LOVE to know--and bonus points, send before and after pics, I would be so excited to cheer you on!

Lots of Love,
XOXO
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What an Incredible Community + New Website!

1/17/2020

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Hello Beautiful!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! We raised ALL the money to paint the Black Women’s Wellness Center (and then some).  
Your generosity is so appreciated and if you still feel inspired to contribute, or missed last week’s post, you can click HERE. 
Even though we paid for the paint and painters, there is still fabric to purchase for window treatments, mirrors, and a seemingly endless list of items to complete this beautiful project!

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It’s SO important that the energy and design of this Center support HEALTH and WELLNESS--that the space is created intentionally to cause women to step into their greatness and invoke their supremely healthy inner beings.

The Feng Shui is doing just that--together, we’ve created a luscious, balanced, invigorating place to work out, relax, and connect.

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I’m honored to be working with Lisa (check out her website)--what a beautiful gift she’s giving the world!

And in other news…

One of my goals for 2019 was to create a new website, and, JUST UNDER THE WIRE, it happened!!!!

Check it out here--

JANE ANTONOVICH DESIGNS 
Fresh copy, fresh photos (and LOADS more coming…) and a website that is a beautiful match to the work that I’m so honored to do in the world.

If you’re short on time, take a peek at the GALLERY page--we are constantly adding new photos so that you can be inspired to take action in your own space.

Annnnnnnd, I have a favor to ask you--

I would LOVE your feedback on my new website--anything at all, really! Just email me HERE--I would LOVE to hear from you.

Thank you for being you--keep shining your light! 

Lots of Love, XOXO ​

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Help the Black Women’s Wellness Center

1/10/2020

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Hello Beautiful!

Happy New Year!!!! I hope you took some time for JOY, PEACE and LOVE over the holidays XO

I wanted to let you know what I’ve been up to (In addition to  working with our AMAZING clients!)...

Meet Lisa Peyton-Caire--she is PASSIONATE about Black Women’s Wellness! (Check out the website.) She is opening a GORGEOUS non-profit space to offer resources, dance, yoga and health education to black women in the Madison area--to inspire them to live long, healthy, happy and thriving lives.
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Lisa and I wrapping up a planning meeting
For the last few weeks I’ve been volunteering my time to work with her to create a stunning space to support all the beautiful work she is offering the community.

I’ve been sewing (OMG, we found some gorgeous African wax prints!!!!), meeting with Lisa to hang pictures, select paint colors and work with Operation Fresh Start to get everything set up and ready.
Fabrics--Whoa!
We are down to the wire (Grand opening on Feb. 1) and need to have the rest of the walls painted to complete the project. Our Jane Antonovich Designs FAVORITE painters, Sean and Allison, have given a very low quote of $750 (they’re so generous) for the paint AND labor. If we raise more than that, the rest will go to the other supplies: fabrics, framing costs and window treatments.
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Our fave Painters--Sean and Allison
Will you join me in donating to this project?

Any amount you feel inspired to give would be beautiful--Thank you SO MUCH!
<<You can contribute by clicking HERE>>
If you’d like to help me complete this gorgeous space or just to help them in their beautiful mission, please consider contributing to this wonderful cause. 

Thank you so much for considering, any amount from $5 to $500 will be graciously appreciated!

Lots of Love,
XOXO
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PS: If you have a friend who would be interested in helping too, please share this post with them.

PSS: If you have any questions at all or would like to donate cash or a check, please email us and we will help you with that.
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