| Obviously you have come to this page to find out | | | | Mirrors - placement of mirrors within your home |
| about this home decorating application known as | | | | needs to be considered carefully. For example, a |
| Feng Shui. The significance to interior design is | | | | mirror should never be placed in a bed room - it |
| beneficial but it's not as much about design tools as it | | | | interferes with restful sleep. On the other hand it can |
| is about a life style of beliefs and related actions. | | | | place in a small foyer to create more space a light. |
| Though unfamiliar to our Western culture it has been | | | | Perfect for dining area or foyer. |
| practiced in the Eastern hemisphere for thousands of | | | | Organize and Declutter - Everything in your home |
| years and is far more profound than the | | | | should serve a purpose and be in good working |
| oversimplification we are applying here. | | | | order. Too much stuff and the energy cannot flow |
| The most basic foundational energy source within | | | | easily. Chipped dishes, burned out light bulbs, repair |
| Feng Shui is the Yin and Yang of 5 Elements: Wood, | | | | and replace or your energy resources are draining |
| Fire, Earth, Metal and Water which is believed to be | | | | away. |
| universal energy that runs through in and around | | | | Keep The Bathroom Door Closed and the Toilet Lid |
| everything and everyone. | | | | Down - Believe it or not this is one of the most |
| The center belief of those who practice Feng Shui is | | | | important rules to having and keeping wealth. The |
| one of understanding this balance of energy in all | | | | Chinese believe you literally flush your wealth away |
| areas of life. By practicing its disciplines you will not | | | | when you do not keep your toilet lid down or your |
| only be decorating your home but directing life | | | | bathroom door closed! |
| energy that will increase wealth, improve health, and | | | | Get a Pet! Pets move around and help circulate the |
| enjoy peace in your intimate relationships. | | | | energy. Any healthy living animal: dogs, cats birds, |
| Some would consider this a form of religion - others | | | | goldfish brings good energy into a home. But, if you |
| a spiritual discipline. As you read through this page | | | | don't take the time to treat them properly - then it |
| you decide. Certainly, Frugal is not attempting to | | | | will attract Sha Chi. |
| instruct but rather to introduce you to the home | | | | Use Water Fountains or A Fish Tank - This elixir to all |
| design principles found within the study of Feng Shui. | | | | life is a huge magnet for attaining wealth. Place a |
| Let's start by defining Chi Energy - the Feng Shui | | | | small bubbling up fountain in your home office - it's |
| energy that moves amongst all objects. There are 2 | | | | sure to bring success! |
| main types: | | | | Avoid Art that suggests Unhappiness or Aloneness - |
| Sheng Chi Energy - The positive energy. This is the | | | | Place pictures that have more than one person or |
| good, healthy, positive energy. Happiness abounds | | | | animal. Solitary trees and flowers are to be avoided |
| within and without. You feel organized, light and airy. | | | | over landscapes and floral arrangements. Think life, |
| Fresh flowers, fresh air, bright cheerful sunshine is a | | | | companionship and sharing depicted in your wall |
| good image for Sheng Chi energy. | | | | accents. |
| Sha Chi Energy - When everything seems to be | | | | Now that you have an idea as to the surface |
| going wrong and the dominate mood is one of anger, | | | | elements of Feng Shui understand this is just the "tip |
| unhappiness or lethargy. You feel ill more times than | | | | of the iceberg" and to truly benefit from these |
| not and nature seems bland and lifeless. Friends and | | | | lifestyle designs one must incorporate the more |
| family appear gloomy and discouraging. | | | | comprehensive aspects of this discipline and |
| Within these 2 main identifying energies the primary | | | | applications of the energy sources listed above. |
| goal of Feng Shui is to attract the Sheng Chi into our | | | | Along with energy that flows around us, it is also |
| lives much like a magnet to metal. | | | | believed we possess a luck Kua number and a |
| To do this we now need to introduce a few | | | | predominate direction of East or West which |
| magnetic forces that are believed to be within the | | | | powerfully influences the positive experience in our |
| home design arena. | | | | lives. The position of our rooms - the placement of |
| Doors - the placement, color, condition, direction of | | | | furniture - our wall color - the accents we choose all |
| opening, size and style all affect the levels of Chi in | | | | significantly influence the energy in our homes. |
| your home. | | | | To summarize, at the risk of gross oversimplification, |
| Plants - Using dried flowers of any sort is a strong | | | | Feng Shui is the embracing of all that is vibrant, alive |
| magnet for Sha Chi (negative energy). Use only fresh | | | | and fresh and cleansing from all that suggests |
| or live plants throughout your home. Never use a | | | | confusion, darkness, depression and death. |
| cactus as an accent, It is believed to be the most | | | | Feng Shui fits perfectly to the needs and aspirations |
| "unlucky" of plants. | | | | of every heart that desires to make a house a |
| Live in Your Rooms - rooms designated for only | | | | home. Regardless of how deeply you believe the |
| special occasions build unused stagnate energy and | | | | spiritual aspects,the benefits found in its application |
| can counteract the more positive spaces in your | | | | are self evident. |
| home. "Dead energy" can exert a bad influence and | | | | Life over Death - Love over Hate - Peace over |
| can cause illness to the people who live there. | | | | Conflict - Who can argue with that? |