How To Use Good Feng Shui Décor For Your Home
Choosing good feng shui décor for your home is easy to achieve if you follow the foundation that feng shui sets for good energy. This means making sure that whatever you put in your house does the following things: keeps your house clean and clutter free; allows good quality air and light in; establishes an organized system and most of all, provides comfort. It also means making sure that each room has the five important elements in various strengths and positions.
Five Feng Shui Elements
The five basic elements according to feng shui are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water. Different objects or colors can represent each of this. Wood is represented by green and brown while the Earth colors are light yellow and light brown. The fire colors are red, yellow, orange, purple and pink; the metal colors are white and gray while water is represented by blue and black. All these five elements should be present when you decorate a room.
Of course, with feng shui, décor and furnishings must be arranged in such a way that there is both a good flow of energy and pockets of centered energy. What does this mean? Furniture and décor should be arranged for uncluttered traffic while there should be warm and cozy areas for rest and interaction.
Color as a Tool in Feng Shui Décor
Colors used in décor bring certain energies into a home. Is this a far-fetched idea? Actually, it is not. Scientific studies unrelated to feng shui have shown that color exerts influence in human behavior. For example, the color pink has been proven to cause a decrease in muscle strength; red seems to stimulate appetite and some shades of blue seem to lower systolic pressure. Feng shui contributes its own use of color.
• Green helps improve health and balance family life if placed in the east feng shui area of the home.
• Blue area supports career growth when placed in the north; it supports health and family when placed in the east and supports the aspiration of wealth and money in the southeast area.
• Yellow in the south area will help make good times and joyful gatherings happen.
• Pure white in the south will help creative efforts and support the well-being of children.
Using Feng Shui Symbols for Home Décor
Some traditional feng shui items have become popular as home décor pieces. These items can be categorized under the five elements so it is not only through color that good feng shui décor can be achieved in a house.
• The butterfly is a feng shui symbol for love and romance.
• Fu dogs (always in pairs) are for protection. They symbolize family status and wealth.
• A statue of Buddha helps bring peace, protection, and love.
• Fresh flowers bring a strong healing energy.
• Aquariums attract the energy of wealth and abundance.
• The turtle is a protection symbol when placed in the back of the house.
• The Chi Lin (a mythical Chinese creature with the head of a Dragon, the body of a Horse, and the scales of a Carp fish) will bring good health, prosperity, and protection from evil forces.
The use of feng shui to decorate a home or an office can be practiced according to many rules and principles and can be done using many elaborate accessories. However, successful feng shui decorating has one foremost principle: the home and the office are supposed to be places where one is safe, comfortable, and able to achieve whatever one aspires. When this is at the top of one’s list in decorating a home, everything else will follow.
