Kate mackinnon certified feng shui practitioner and founder of creative feng shui combines the eastern practice of feng shui with a western aesthetic to create spaces of elegance and beauty that also transform lives since 2001 kate has successfully consulted for individuals and businesses bringing the power and magic of feng shui to homes offices buildings all over the world.
Direction of wood flooring feng shui.
Be mindful however of how you have these floors installed.
A wood floor is a subtle way to counteract the water draining away energy of a bathroom.
According to feng shui the way you lay the boards will dictate the direction of energy flow.
Well here s an article about wood flooring and the principles of feng shui.
It makes a house look chopped up and it costs more money to install particularly so in smaller and in open plan homes.
Fire earth metal water and wood.
1 minute here on this here blog we ve talked a lot about how practical wood flooring is how it can add resale value to a property and how great it looks.
Or add base board heating to new wood flooring.
Feng shui is an ancient chinese philosophy which concerns itself with the balancing of.
While feng shui masters can often talk about how much emphasis has to be put into the science of geomancy a huge part of feng shui does not talk about compass school concepts such as flying stars 8 mansions or even bazi.
The direction in which the flooring runs may not be a top consideration but it is essential to plan this aspect carefully.
Wood flooring layout for feng shui.
Stay away from turning your wood flooring in different directions in different rooms in an attempt to create interest.
In feng shui it s all about balance and if you have your floors installed lengthwise the energy from the front door will go straight out especially if the front door is parallel with a back window.
In feng shui each color is considered to be an expression of one of the five feng shui elements.
Feng shui wise the way you place the boards determines how the energy is directed so an obvious flooring layout to avoid and the main bad feng shui flooring layout is the laying of wood boards across the length of a narrow hallway that ends in a window or another door.
But what about the spiritual benefits of wood floors.
When you lay a hardwood floor in your home some of the first things that come to mind are color choices and the type of wood.
In a narrow hallway the boards should be placed along the length and not along the width.
Stone tile laminate cork carpeting all natural hues are good feng shui foundations for your floors.
By the way i devote a section of feng shui for love and money to the problem of a wealth corner in the bathroom.
Wood comes from plants and they suck up water.
For example form school concepts like the interior blades and bright halls don t need any guidance from directions numbers or mathematics to implement competently on a.
In other words if your front door opens into a narrow hallway that ends into another door or a window avoid the front.
Each of these elements governs specific areas of your home according to the feng shui map of your space.