Practical Feng Shui Decorating Tips

Want to know where you should put your chair? your bed? or even your bathroom?

Learn some useful Feng Shui decorating guidelines, for arranging furniture and your home...

Feng Shui can help you when you are re-arranging a room in your home, or even if you are re-arranging, renovating or planning your home itself.

The way you arrange your home, and the furniture in your home, can have a huge difference on the energy, or ‘chi’ in your home. This affects how you feel in your home too.

If you have problems of any kind, in your life, Feng Shui Decorating may be able to help address them, by working on the energies in your home.

Or after you made significant changes to your home?

Or does your home have a history of occupants with similar problems?

These are all very definite signs that the energy in your home may be dragging you down, causing tension and arguments, or otherwise having a negative impact on your life.

Here are some really useful Feng Shui decorating tips, to help you to make the most of your home:

• Try to be flexible when designing or planning your home. Choose free standing furniture rather than built in cupboards. These could limit your options for arranging your furniture.


• Rooms with high ceilings, rooms at the top of a building, loft apartments, pointed ceilings and buildings on the side of a hill all have a vertical flow of ‘chi’.


• You will feel more individual, creative and free to be different in these spaces.


• Rooms with low ceilings have a horizontal flow of ‘chi’.


• This means that energies can flow easily from person to person. These spaces make excellent social areas.


• Having doors or windows aligned in a straight line makes ‘chi’ energy flow faster – so it is hard to relax.


• Large windows also make ‘chi’ flow faster – so you have a more ‘active’ or ‘yang’ area.


• If your windows face in a sunny direction this also brings in a lively and stimulating energy into your home.


• Sharp corners which protrude into a room give a sharp, piercing ‘chi’. You might find it difficult to relax if your bed or chair is facing a corner like this. Soften the corner with round-leaved plants, drapes or wind chimes.









• As far as possible, try to use natural and organic materials in your home. Use as little plastic as possible. Instead choose wood, cotton, leather, wool, plants and organic paints.


• Your lighting can make a difference to the energy in your home too:
  • For a relaxing, ‘yin’ feel, choose soft, diffused lighting, and lampshades
  
  
  • For a more lively, ‘yang’ feel, choose bright lights, spotlights and downlighters.


• Choose lots of different types of freestanding lights, to be able to vary the feel and energy in your room, and be flexible.


• Certain directions have meaning in Feng Shui decorating. Take these into consideration when you are planning your home, or arrangement of furniture, such as your bed, desk, chair etc:
  • North
    • good for rest and relaxation
    • calming
    • try meditating here
  
  
  • North East
    • good for mental clarity
    • ideal spot for making decisions – perhaps good for a desk?
    • not very relaxing
  
  
  • East
    • positivity and confidence
    • a good spot for boosting self esteem
    • not very relaxing
  
  
  • South East
    • good for daydreaming and using your imagination
    • the ideal spot for thinking about, or planning your future
  
  
  • South
    • good for being expressive, sociable and outgoing
    • ideal for mental stimulation
    • not very relaxing
  
  
  • South West
    • good for feeling grounded
    • this spot can feel lacking in energy though
  
  
  • West
    • good for feeling content and at ease
    • ideal spot for feeling romantic
    • avoid this area if you are feeling at all low or withdrawn
  
  
  • North West
    • a good spot for using your intuition, and looking into your own life
    • avoid this area if you might be a control freak!


• If you are free to plan the direction of your home, or the arrangement of the rooms within it, the above directions give a good guide to how your home should be arranged:
  • Entrance
    • Your entrance should ideally be in the West, bringing in the energy that helps you to feel content
  
  
  • Bathroom
    Your bathroom should ideally be in the East
  
  
  • Living and Dining Rooms
    Your living and dining rooms would be ideal in the South or South-West.
    • The South is an ideal area for entertaining.
    The South-West is ideal for relaxing and settling down.
  
  
  • Bedroom
    • The best place for your bedroom is the North.
    • The North is great for a quiet, pleasant sleep.
  
  
  • Home Office, Study or Library
    • Place this in the North West of your home.
    • This is the best spot for planning, organization and taking control.


• Feng Shui decorating is actually very helpful when planning and arranging furniture within your room too.









• If you want a lively, active feeling room, choose a minimalist style.
  • Keep furniture and accessories to a minimum
  • Get rid of clutter
  • Clear a space in the centre of the room
  • Go for glossy textures and finishes, instead of soft furnishings and textiles.


• If you want a relaxing, cosy room, choose a softer and fuller style.
  • Move more furniture into your room
  • Add soft furnishings and accessories – long curtains, thick fabrics, plump cushions, low chairs, rugs, plants, wall hangings, lampshades etc.

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