'Designing with the Stars' Radio Show Recording Just Posted

CHICAGO - Oct. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- The show, "Designing with the Stars," attracted numerous callers wanting to know how to improve their home décor based on their astrological Sun sign. Hear the complete broadcast recording at the WGN Radio website, http://wgnradio.com/2013/10/12/designing-with-the-stars/.

During the program, Fontana and Nordhaus-Bike discussed current astrological energies and focused on home design for the fall, as the Sun moves through the autumn signs of Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius.

"Anne has the design chops, the art and creative background, but she's also an astrologer," said Fontana during the show. "I'm a big believer in this other level, this unseen level of design."

One lucky caller won a pair of tickets for "An Evening with Deepak Chopra," which will be held Nov. 12 at the Auditorium Theatre. Fontana and Nordhaus-Bike touched briefly on Chopra's influence on health and spirituality, with Nordhaus-Bike pointing out the New Delhi-born physician is a Libra, born Oct. 22.

Next, the two covered the deep and intense sign Scorpio, followed by a bit about Sagittarius. Along the way, they fielded calls from individuals born under the signs Sagittarius, Taurus, and Cancer. In addition, at Fontana's request, Nordhaus-Bike offered design and home décor tips for a few WGN staff members, based on their Sun signs.

"With astrology, you can use yourself and your home décor as an experiment and just try it and see if what we talk about works for you," said Nordhaus-Bike. "And if it does, then you'll see how valuable and practical astrology can be in your everyday life."

Frank Fontana: Author, Emmy-Nominated TV & Radio Host

Frank Fontana is known nationally as “America’s D.I.Y Designer,” a high style, low cost decorating guru who “tells it like it is” and is not afraid to get his hands dirty. He appears regularly as a design expert for NBC’s “Today” show and is the host of one of HGTV’s longest running and top rated design shows, “Design on a Dime.” Many also may recognize Fontana as the real life "Italian Stallion" of the design world and winner of ABC Television Network's D.I.Y reality competition, “The Great Domestic Showdown.”  Shortly thereafter Frank went on to become the host of his first HGTV show, “Takeover My Makeover.”

In between filming his TV programs, Frank finds time to host two highly popular radio programs, “The Design Dude with Frank Fontana” on WGN Radio 720 in Chicago and the number one, most listened to DIY radio show on the internet (with over 8 million downloads), “The Down & Dirty with Frank Fontana.”

Fontana is also a regular contributor to NBC’s “Open House” and WGN National News and is a Home & Style contributor to Oprah.com. His new top selling book, Frank Fontana’s Dirty Little Secrets of Design, is available in bookstores nationwide and on Amazon.com. He lives and works in downtown Chicago, where he hosts a variety of DIY radio & TV shows and runs his company, Frank Fontana Home Solutions Inc. For more information please visit his website at www.frankfontana.net.

Anne Nordhaus-Bike: Award-Winning Astrology Writer & Artist

Noted Chicago astrologer and artist Anne Nordhaus-Bike is an expert on communicating how astrology and art can help anyone improve his or her surroundings and live in tune with nature and the seasons. The author of the art and astrology book Follow the Sun: A Simple Way to Use Astrology for Living in Harmony, she is an award-winning artist and web designer and a multiple award-winning writer on astrology and art.

Nordhaus-Bike is president of ANB Communications, http://www.anbcommunications.com, a Chicago, IL-based art and communications company offering writing, astrology, art, mystical music videos, and short films “to help you live in harmony,” Nordhaus-Bike said. The author of the award-winning Living in Harmony astrology column for the Gazette newspaper in Chicago, Nordhaus-Bike's book, Follow the Sun: A Simple Way to Use Astrology for Living in Harmony, was published in 2011 to offer a timeless, annual guide to using astrology for living in harmony with yourself, others, and nature. Follow the Sun reviews each astrological sign, shares simple yet powerful ideas for making the most of that sign’s energies and opportunities, and shows how a public figure born under that Sun sign expressed its energies. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23NmwfL3GYc&feature=plcp.



Nordhaus-Bike also is the editor-in-chief of an online astrology and art newsletter, Living In Harmony. She is a frequent public speaker and radio guest, covering topics such as using spirituality to live in harmony and employing astrology for time management and better home decor. Through her spiritual fusion consultations, she provides uplifting information and guidance to help clients harmonize and balance life on the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual levels.

An accomplished musician and theatrical performer, in the past few years Nordhaus-Bike has focused her work in the performing arts on spiritual and mystical subjects and themes inspired by nature. Most recently, she has begun arranging and composing music and combining it with spoken word, photography, and visual art. Her work has been recognized with six Apex awards from Communications Concepts Inc., a Washington, DC-area communication and journalism think tank, and one award from the Illinois Woman’s Press Association. In 1997, she was added to the “Wall of Fame” of the National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, NY.

Nordhaus-Bike is an alumna of the University of Chicago and lives in the Clearing/Garfield Ridge community of Chicago. For more information, call (312) 622-6029 or e-mail media (at) anbcommunications.com or info (at) anbcommunications.com.