Home remodeling is not just about knocking out walls,
painting, and refinishing floors or woodwork. Home remodeling is
about changing furniture arrangements and accessories to create
a harmonious living space - feng shui.
Feng Shui In Your Home For The Placement Of Furniture
Feng Shui for the placement of furniture is becoming more popular
in the Western world as people seek to bring balance into their
hectic, modern lives. Feng Shui involves placing objects such as
furniture in a space so that good energy is allowed to flow through
unencumbered. When decorating your home and placing furniture, you
can follow some of Feng Shui’s basic principles to capture positive
energy and keep negative energy away.
In each room of your home, there are rules you can follow to ensure
furniture, and other objects, are placed in prime locations. First
of all, you should position furniture according to comfort and convenience,
making sure that no object blocks external and internal doorways
(a symbol for blocked opportunities). As you arrange a room, keep
high traffic areas open and unobstructed as well.
The most common rule of Feng Shui, as it applies to furniture placement,
is to place main pieces, such as bedroom furniture or desks, in
the “command position.” This is simply the space facing the door,
and off to the side. Without knowing anything about Feng Shui, most
people have an innate sense of the good energy of this position.
In a meeting, for example, most people try to grab the seats in
this area of the room.
Placing important furniture in the command position has many benefits.
If you place your office desk and chair in this position, you might
see an improvement in your career prospects and increase your productivity.
For those in business for themselves, the flow of good energy can
lead to an increase in customer phone calls (and therefore business),
more respect in your chosen industry, and opportunity for continued
success. As long as your chair does not back into a window, the
command position is one of the first things to consider when applying
the basic principles of Feng Shui to your own home.
Because sleep is such an important aspect of our lives and contributes
to good health, placing your bed in the command position is crucial.
Keep in mind, the worst place for the bed is right in front of the
door with your feet facing toward it. Labeled the “coffin position,”
because the dead tend to be moved feet first, placing your bed in
such a manner promotes the wrong type of energy. Keep the head of
the bed away from a window as well, as this allows personal energy
(chi) to escape outside.
Feng Shui is applicable in every room of the house, including the
kitchen. It may be difficult to move existing appliances to cater
to Feng Shui positions, but if you plan to redesign your kitchen,
you may want to keep some of these tips in mind:
The stove needs to be placed so that anyone using the stove does
not have his/her back facing the kitchen door. If you really can’t
rearrange the placement of your stove, there is a trick – put a
mirror behind the stove. A handy way to deal with this issue, a
mirror above the stove also lets the cook see who enters the kitchen,
without having to turn away from the food. The mirror also doubles,
symbolically, the number of burners on the stove, which represents
prosperity.
If you can, make sure the refrigerator and sink are not beside the
stove. As Water element appliances, they should not be placed directly
next to a Fire appliance. As you might guess, Water douses Fire,
so keeping the two away from each other will only serve to contribute
to our family’s health, happiness, and prosperity.
In addition to using furniture placement to promote good chi in
your home, it can also be used as a means of redirecting the flow
of chi. In family and living rooms, especially larger ones, make
use of the space by creating conversation areas with the furniture.
This will help direct the flow of energy in a harmonious manner
throughout the space, rather than letting it enter the front of
the house and rush straight through, and out the back. Think of
this energy as air circulating through your home, cultivating good
vibes. Another way to encourage this type of energy flow is to set
up screens and dividers to ensure there are no straight paths from
doors to windows.
In houses where the living room and dining room meld into a single
L-shaped space, the large area can be difficult to tame. Guests
and family members feel less comfortable and have trouble enjoying
intimate conversations in such an environment. As mentioned above,
grouping furniture so that smaller conversation areas are created
is the best way to deal with such a situation, but you can also
divide the area into two separate rooms to provide more privacy
and comfort in each space.
In a dining room, which usually features a double door entryway
facing a window, it’s quite difficult to keep the energy flowing
well. It’s no wonder these rooms are seldom used. What you can do
to make guests feel more comfortable, when you do use this room,
is to try and place each seat so that it faces a wall and protects
the people sitting down.
Keeping spaces free of clutter is also key to good chi. Although
cozy spaces are required to maintain a good flow of energy, an overstuffed
abode will only foster a sense of chaos and confusion. Don’t use
too much furniture – just enough as necessary without ridding the
entire room of open spaces. Breathing room allows positive energy
to circulate in every space of the room, without facing obstacles.
To hamper chi from settling in corners, you can put furniture in
corners of the room.
Feng Shui is a great way to spruce up your home and invite good
feelings into your personal space. Although furniture placement
may differ depending on the framework of your own home, once you
start to sense how chi flows well in your dwelling, you’ll be able
to see what works best. If something doesn’t seem to be working,
change things around until you find the best furniture placement
for you.
