Use feng shui to make your home interiors work for you 

January is as good a time as any to figure out how to make our homes and rooms work more harmoniously

Decluttering is one of the main aspects of feng shui (storage by Orthex from €22 at www.wayfair.ie).

The decorations are down, stowed away for another year, and real trees, dried out and droopy, have been dispatched for some virtuous mulching, leaving the home looking bare, even a bit gloomy.

Hang on, though; it’s just two weeks to Chinese New Year when all the feng shui buffs swing into action and start contemplating how to maximise good fortune in their lives for the year ahead.