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16 THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2000 SHOPPING THE HARTFORD COURANT Luxuriate in bargain linens Vastu: Feng Shui's Indian cousin By KORKY VANN Special to the Courant I tR Your sneets towels ana" other I TTlinens are looking threadbare, I I check out the huge clearance sale going on now at the Linen Barn Outlets in Old Saybrook and Orange. The stores feature a wide range of discounted brand-name kitchen goods, bath furnishings and home-decor accessories. Sale -markdowns range from 25 percent to 50 Savvy Shopper YOUR BARGAIN GUIDE sets, blankets, mattress pads, pillows and flannel, jersey and cotton-blend sheets. A special group of summer clearance items, including grilling accessories, plastic patio ware and gourmet sauces and marinades are marked down even more. Payment is by cash, check or credit card.

Items may be returned within two weeks with sales slip. Linen Barn Outlets are located at 665 Boston Post Road in Old Saybrook and 220 Indian River Road (off the Boston Post Road) in Orange. Old Saybrook store hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Information, 860-388-2812. Orange store hours are Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Information, 203-799-7386. Are you a savvy shopper? Carry the bag that proves it. Send us information about your favorite bargain finds, special sales or local outlets. If we use your suggestion, we'll send you a free tote bag. (Businesses: Send sale info at least two weeks in advance).

Send suggestions to: Korky Vann, The Hartford Courant, 285 Broad Hartford, CT 06115 or scholars to be a distant cousin of vastu. Both practices are based on a set of principles that are meant to restore the balance in the home and bring success, happiness and spiritual well being. Placement is everything in vastu: Location. Location. Location.

Put the photos of your grandparents in the southwest section of the house because thisls where you can tap into their wisdom. Paint your home office yellow to stimulate creative thinking. Don't put your guest room over your verandah or basement, unless you want guests to suffer from mental instability. Site the living room on the west part of the house to promote memory and intelligence and enliven social activities. Two books are being published within a few months of each other.

Kathleen Cox, a journalist who has written about India extensively for Fodor's travel guides, has penned "Vastu Living: Creating a Home for the Soul" (Marlowe $16.95, 247 which is arriving in stores this month. The "Vastu Vidya Handbook" (Three Rivers Press, $18.95, 160 pp.) by Juliet Pegrum, a London-born textile designer, is due in December. Both women are currently vastu consultants in New York. ByJURAKONCIUS Washington Post Now that we've learned how to pronounce feng shui, there's another even more ancient domestic science winging its way from East to West promising harmony and prosperity. Can you say vastu? Two new books out this fall explain the intricacies of a Hindu system of philosophy based on the belief that we can improve our lives by rearranging the spaces where we live and work.

Vastu principles date back thousands of years to the Vedic civilization. Vastu is practiced widely in India, where there are vastu experts with weekly TV shows and well-known vastu consultants. The philosophy uses the five basic elements space, air, fire, water and earth to align spaces to maintain harmony with nature. Like feng shui, the Chinese art of placement, vastu teaches practitioners to examine their environments and make the most of cosmic influences on their homes. Feng shui, which has inspired harmony-seeking Americans to install fountains in their living rooms and hang mirrors over their stoves, is believed by percent off the lowest-ticketed price on selected kitchen, bath and bedding items, as well as giftware, home accessories and other household goods.

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