Designer Insights with Anjie Cho

Anjie Cho November 5, 2014

Anjie Cho is a holistic designer and architect, offering a feng shui and green design service in the state of New York, see @holisticSpaces. Anjie is passionate about creating nourishing and beautiful spaces for her many clients. Through her work she enhances balance and harmony, utilising sustainability and ancient feng shui techniques. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and certified feng shui consultant from the BTB Feng Shui Masters Training Program. So we are proud to bring you the Designer Insights of Anjie Cho.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, DESCRIBE YOUR UNIQUE STYLE AND CREATIVE ASTHETIC?

Feng shui and holistic design inspire my work for meaning and purpose in my design decisions. We find beauty in simplicity and balance and design harmonious living and work spaces that resonate uniquely with each individual client.

WHEN STARTING A NEW PROJECT, WHAT IS YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS?

The creative process begins with the needs and desires of the client. From there, we work with the physical and energetic environment to create a holistic space.

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Feng Shui Your Way to Good Health

Anjie Cho October 12, 2014

featured this week on Examiner by Cheryl S. Grant

Stress sadly plays a great role in most of our days. From getting up in the morning and getting yourself out for the day to dealing with financial woes. We all feel under the gun to do more, make more, and be more. Sadly, most of us don't recognize that this constant state of fear is wreaking havoc on our bodies' ability to fight off things as simple as the common cold. Many studies have found that it even weakens our immune system.

With winter being the time of year when we become most susceptible to getting the flu, finding ways to stay peaceful is a good way to stay healthy.

A good practice that can help to bring about some peace in your life is to have the proper environment set up in your home. Things such as furniture placement or picking calming wall color choices can bring about a sense of calm.

Anjie Cho a holistic interior architect and expert in the field of feng shui believes that the command position is an extremely important concept in feng shui that promotes positive energy flow. It provides an advantage that allows you to what life brings you so that you can move forward with your eyes open.

Ideally one would place their bed, desk and stove so that the door is always visible. You want the entire room to be visible. You shouldn't be directly in front of the door but rather across the room diagonally from the door.

This positioning puts your entire room within your vision. When you ensure that furniture follows this pattern you will reduce ongoing stress that can be so harmful and produces, instead oxytocin, the hormone that is responsible for us feeling good and positive, says Cho.

Now just add some beautiful sedate shades of green throughout your casa and change your outlook daily.

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eHow.com Video: Separating the Area in a Studio Apartment By Using a Curtain

Anjie Cho September 24, 2014

Separating personal from public space is important. Use a curtain to facilitate this separation in a studio apartment.

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Video Transcript:

Hello, I'm Anjie Cho, and today I will share with you some tips to separate an area in a studio apartment by using a curtain.

The most challenging aspect of living in a studio apartment is separating your public active space such as your living, dining, kitchen and work areas from your private passive sleeping area. It's very important to visually and physically separate your sleep and public areas when designing the layout of your studio apartment.

One way you can achieve this is with curtains. In this example I've used a ceiling mounted curtain track. There are also curtain wires that will work but in my experience, depending on how long the span is, the wire will begin to droop with the weight of the curtain and this doesn't look good. The ceiling mounted curtain tracks and rails are rigid and end up looking the cleanest. Regular curtain rods will also work well if you can mount the supports on the ceiling.

Make sure you get the correct types of screws and anchors for the ceiling you have. I have concrete slab ceilings here, so I used a hammering drill and concrete anchors. Be sure to measure out the space you have so the holes are located correctly.

In this application I used a semi opaque fabric so there is visual for that privacy but you still see some light pass through. If sound is an issue, it might be better to use a heavier fabric.

The other advantage of drapes is flexibility. When you need more space you can open it up like this because after all a studio is a small living space.

I'm Anjie Cho, and this is how to separate areas in a studio apartment by using a curtain.

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