Shelly’s Home Decor Ideas

I would like to introduce everyone to Feng Shui and how to use the knowledge of Feng Shui in your homes to create a better living environment for you and your family. I will occasionally write articles such as this one about the different aspects of Feng Shui.

What is Feng Shui?

Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy that has existed for over 4,000 years. It is the belief that the unseen energy around us has a direct impact on all areas of our life, such as on our health, luck, wealth and relationships. The surrounding environment plays a part on how this unseen energy moves and a person who has knowledge in Feng Shui can rearrange his or her surroundings to make the energy flow better for their benefit.

In this modern age, Feng Shui is about improving your surroundings so you will unconsciously create better habits and behaviors. A run down environment will induce negative thoughts and vice versa.

Bringing prosperity and happiness to a home with Feng Shui.

Chi is an important part of Feng Shui. It is the energy life force that is all around us and inside us. To attract good chi to your house, the first thing to do is make sure you have an attractive space leading up to the entrance of your home. If you have an attractive garden full of flowers in the front yard, it sends out a message that you rejoice life. Make your front door look attractive by painting a bright color to it and keep your doorstep free of dirt and debris. Polish the door knocker and knob until it shines. All this will encourage the flow of good chi into your home.

Chi should be able to flow without being broken up or blocked, and that means your home has to be harmonious in terms of décor, shapes, and design. Clearing up any clutter you have that’s blocking major pathways in your house is of great importance to let chi flow freely.

Once you attract good chi to your house, make sure it doesn’t quickly flow straight back out or you will gain no benefits from it. Having windows and light in a room is great, but having big multiple exposures (such as three windows in a room that stretches from the ceiling to the floor) will allow chi to flow out of the house very fast. You might want to arrange window coverings in layers with dress curtains and blinds.

If you have a wide open garden in the back of your house, have some supportive elements to retain the healthy chi by planting a beautiful tree, shrubs or a lovely ornamental statue. They will support the back of the house and keep the chi in. Remember, it’s not enough to have good chi flow through your home. You have to cultivate it to get the most out of it and this is accomplished by having an uncluttered layout in the home where the chi can flow through at a good pace, with no big exposures for it to quickly leak out.

In future Feng Shui posts, I will go into details about arranging furniture and using different colors in a room with the help of Feng Shui.

Love,

Shelly

Filed under: Uncategorized on June 24th, 2008