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Everything in your outer life -- especially your home environment -- mirrors your inner self. Your surroundings are in many ways a visible manifestation of your life, a metaphor of how your life is at any given moment. Consequently everything in your home has an effect upon you, from the smallest ornament to the largest design structure.
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Feng Shui is a wonderful transformational tool that can be used to help change the way a place feels. Making positive adjustments to your physical environment means that your surroundings are able to support you rather than work against you.
Applying Feng Shui in your home should be a priority if you are looking to bring more harmony and love into your space.
By introducing the principles of Feng Shui and adjusting and balancing the flow of energy within your home and its outside space, it will become a more harmonious and supportive place to live in. Potentially it can powerfully and effectively influence the course of your life for the better.
Feng shui experts worldwide agree that there are no perfect Feng Shui houses, just as there are no perfect human beings. We are all here to learn specific lessons and houses can be some of the most powerful Feng Shui teachers.
When you first start looking around spaces in your home you will either not be in a position to decide what changes to make, or you might find many areas you wish to change; especially if you live in a larger house. But when you let Feng Shui in the home design it only tells you where to start. It also tells you the significance of doing so.
Bringing Feng Shui design in the home design is not just about making physical changes, it is about giving significance to each and every object in your home so that it has positive effect (or positive Chi as it is called in Feng Shui) on a particular space, your home and off course your life.
A Feng Shui house is a house where all the objects are in perfect harmony to each other whether we talk about the Feng Shui elements contained in them or the particular colors that have been used to enhance the space.
The Feng Shui is about balancing energies, of animate with inanimate and that of the soul with that of the universe, so that you get the positive energies of the universe flowing through the entire spaces in your house.
In feng shui terms, each area of your house is connected to a specific area of your life. For example, East area of your space is "responsible" for the energy of Health and Family, while Southwest area - for Love Relationships and Marriage.
The Ba-Gua or Energy Map of the space, is used to access the relationship between the physical space and the lives of people who live in that space.
Main Enterance :
Just as in love, first impressions are important. That means your home's main entrance -- the one you use most often, whether it's the front door or the door from the garage -- is the most crucial area in which to practice good Feng Shui. The door should be wide enough to admit positive chi, with nothing in front, such as a shrub or statuette. It shouldn't face a window, or your home's chi will fly away as soon as you enter (draperies can take care of that little problem). The door should be sturdy and in good condition; a door that sticks means that you, too, will feel as frustrated as the energy that's entering your home under precarious conditions.
The first thing you see upon entering should not be a blank wall; that will slow down, if not stop altogether, the energy flow, and people will feel stuck, as if they are always running into a brick wall. Place a mirror on the wall, or a picture of a landscape or waterfall. The picture breathes life into the space and prevents blockage.
Kitchen :
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The kitchen is often the center of family life, where food is prepared and eaten. It's fraught with chances for bad Feng Shui, but most are easily cured. Your stove, which is symbolic of good fortune since the food that sustains us is prepared there, should be positioned so that when you're cooking you can see who is entering the room. If it's not, place a mirror above it. The mirror does double duty, as it symbolically doubles the number of burners, which will increase health and prosperity.
Your sink and refrigerator shouldn't be next to the stove either, as that poses a conflict between fire and water, which can wreak all sorts of havoc. Speaking of the refrigerator, position it so it's not the first thing you see when walking into the kitchen. You will be drawn to it, eat more, gain weight, become obsessive, and then, probably, miserable.
Bedroom :
We spend so much time in the bedroom -- often naked and vulnerable -- and we especially want things to go well here. Place the bed against a solid wall, not a window, so that when you are in it you feel safe and secure. The bed should never be directly in front of the door, with your feet facing out, because that's how the dead are carried out.
A bed with rounded edges can encourage the flow of positive chi around it, while a squared-off bed will do the opposite. Pushing twin beds up against each other isn't such a good idea either, as it will bring division and strife into your relationship. Try not to place a mirror in front of your bed, as the Chinese believe your soul leaves your body as you sleep and might be shocked -- shocked -- by its own image. For obvious reasons, don't have a headboard that resembles a tombstone.
Around the House :
A round dining room tables symbolize heavenly blessings, and should have an even number of chairs around them (even numbers being a sign of good luck). And never have only one chair, as that's a clear-cut symbol of loneliness. In fact, if you're single and you want to stimulate the energy of relationships and marriage, place pairs of objects in your house -- two candlesticks or two photos, for example.
Stairways that face the front door imply that energy is flowing right out the door every time you enter. Surround yourself with beautiful pictures depicting nature or the open seas or birds in flight, all of which will encourage good Feng Shui. "Abstract art without a focus", writes Spear, "will create an environment in which the occupants may find it difficult to complete things."
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