Feng Shui Design Tips: 5 Ways to Create a Peaceful Bedroom Layout
The philosophy of Feng Shui decorating relies on several key focal points, used in a cohesive manner. The five elements (water, earth, fire, wood and metal), proper use of colors in certain areas to encourage a certain vibration, directional mapping of furniture placement and creating a chi (or energy) flow that will bring balance into your life.
Feng Shui Your Bedroom
1. Direction of your bed: Before you begin incorporating any other elements, it is important to literally put your bed in the most harmonious position as possible. It is suggested that you either place your bed at a diagonal from the door, or in the view of the door. However, you never want to place your bed directly IN FRONT of the entry of your bedroom. The flow of chi from one area of your home to the next is (and should be) intentionally different, so you may not want the vibrant energy of your entertaining room to flow into
your bedroom – where you rest, relax and go for peace.
2. Don’t place your bed against a wall: You never want to have one side of your bed placed against a wall. This encourages several types of negative energy. For starters – whoever sleeps on that side of the bed will feel disempowered and trap. The wall will also act as a blockade to the chi flow, and like the stagnant waters of a pond, it may begin to “stink”. Not literally of course – but emotionally and spiritually.
3. Clear the stuff from under your bed: No matter how neat and organize you may (or may not) be, storing things under your bed is a huge no-no! Much like positioning your bed against a wall, clutter underneath your bed severely hinders the chi flow of your space.
4. Be cautious of your wall art: This one detail is often overlooked during our decorating process. The wall art you select for your bedroom should be either a reflection of what you want or bring positive energy to what you have. For example, if you are single and want to attract love and romance into your life – avoid images of yourself standing alone, or artist portraits of a woman in a solitude. Pictures of pets and animals may be nice, but you aren’t looking for a dog as a life partner. Find images of healthy love, couples and things like that. On the flip side, if you are already in a relationship, avoid imagery of single people, unhappy looking people or paintings that denote an intense negative emotion.
5. The bedroom is for relaxing: Get rid of the TV, office furniture, work out equipment and things along those lines. Your bedroom suite should be your sanctuary – not your home gym.
These five tips are useful to get you on your way to creating the perfect feng shui inspired bedroom!
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I will like to if some body knows what I need to change in my room,i have been trying to have a baby for the last four months, my headboard from my bed is pointing north , the foot of my bed is pointing to the south, and two big windows at the east on left of my bed, and each side at the bed, I have a metal mirror faced at the door and television. My bed is the canopy style and it has metal bars on the top, and also my bathroom is left of my bed…My husbands birthday is on 10/21/63 and mine is on 11/21/70 .. please i would like to know if this is “balanced”