How Do You Use Feng Shui To Organize Your Home?
Feng shui (“wind and water”) is an ancient Chinese art dedicated to using chi, or life energy, to its best advantage. Chi is said to flow from a home’s doors and windows and circulate throughout a house. A lot of feng shui is common sense–you don’t need an expensive consultant to tell you that a dark room with holes in the walls and piles of clutter can sap your energy. Read 80 Design a New Home With Feng Shui to learn basic feng shui concepts. Create a flowing path for chi within your home. Your front door should open inward, and the entry area should be free of clutter. Make sure that all doors can open fully, that corridors are not blocked, and that your possessions are not stored on the floor. Eliminate clutter and other negative influences (see 37 Conquer Clutter). If an object makes you feel sad, angry or resentful, get rid of it. Patch and paint your walls, doors and other surfaces. Removing imperfections makes chi flow more smoothly in your home. Fine-tune the energy in each r
