Feng Shui Decorating
Rooms and Spaces –

4. Decorating Rooms and Spaces –

• Family room and Dining room – the focus of your home – paint walls a bright and happy color (‘yang’ colors) to promote yang energy. Hang a wall mirror to reflect the abundance of the food on the table and the happiness of the people.

• The Living room’s south-east corner is the wealth corner – energize this corner by placing a plant or aquarium. (Only in living room – definitely not in dining room, bedrooms or toilets).

• Bedrooms – color decorate with ‘yin’ rather than ‘yang’ colors. Keep lighting soft and low to encourage sound sleep. Cover windows with heavy window furnishings. Never place mirrors in bedrooms. If you have a dressing table, conceal the mirror with a soft piece of lace or some light decorative fabric.

• Hallways and Entry Foyers and your Front Door – Decorate with plants and a water feature for good luck – an aquarium is best, either on the left side of the door as you look out or directly facing it. Keep the area well lit and warm in winter. Especially near your home office. Hang a bright luxurious light above the front door to welcome in the ‘chi’.

• Staircases – should not face the front door – allows negative energy to run directly into the home and out through the upper floor. Counter this by placing a bright light, screen, plant, or wind-chime between the door and staircase.

Keep the staircase and landing well lit to encourage a good flow of ‘chi’. You could hang a painting on the landing (with a cheerful subject). If the staircase is narrow, you can hang a mirror to give the illusion of widening it.

Make sure you have full treads. Horizontal treads allow the energy to dissipate. Avoid spiral staircases also as their shape spirals energy up and out and their horizontal treads exacerbate this.

• Long, narrow, cramped areas can also be freed up with light colored paint and bright lighting.

• Small rooms, hallways and entry foyers – To enlarge small spaces and tight corners, Mirrors can be used - clears stale energy and creates a feeling of space. Place the mirror on a wall that doesn’t face or reflect the door directly (otherwise this would dissipate the positive energy).

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