Feng Shui DOs and DON'Ts

 

 

DOs

• Place your bed so that you can see the door

• Make your bedroom cozy, comfortable, intimate, serene, sensual, and deeply restful

• Use subtle lighting, peaceful colors, and comfortable furnishings

• Encourage equality with two nightstands—each with a lamp

• Choose rich, warm feng shui bedroom colors like browns, cream, lavenders, pinks, tans, beiges, peaches, violets, earthy reds, coral, chocolate, butter cream, terra-cotta, raspberry, burgundy, gold, bronze, rust, salmon, and honey

• Add images that calm and inspire you

• Images seen from bed should be harmonious, calm, peaceful and pleasant

• Select natural, luxurious, and sensuous linens

• Have a solid headboard

 

DON'Ts

• Avoid cool colors

• Avoid photos of friends, family and religious figures “watching” you

• No sharp edges

• Don’t hang heavy objects over your head

• Avoid views of cluttered closets or bathroom from the bed

• Don’t put your bed in path of door

• No mirrors reflecting the bed

• Don’t store clutter under your bed

• Don’t put your bed underneath a window; if you can’t avoid it, create the illusion of support with drapes, wooden shutters, or use a heavy headboard

• Avoid all electrical equipment within five feet of the bed

• Remove or soften anything looming overhead like a ceiling beam by moving your bed or covering the beam with cloth

• Avoid having a TV in the bedroom or hide it when it is not in use

• No desk or exercise equipment (screen them if you have to)

• No live plants or flowers, silk is okay (too much activating chi)

• No water and water images—too much emotional energy

• Don’t overcrowd your bedroom with furniture

• Avoid clutter, cluttered closets, or junk under bed

 

Finally, some important things to remember about Feng Shui.