Feng Shui

Feng Shui Is Full Of Natural Interior Design Ideas

When openly considering interior design the question that is sometimes asked is ‘what is good design?’ According to the ancient Chinese Feng Shui is good design. Feng Shui (pronounced ‘feiing swee’) is an ancient Chinese theory of design and placement. Feng Shui is a different method of incorporating harmony and natural well being by designing the home and environment to allow ‘chi’, the almighty energy life force energy, to flow smoothly. Confused yet? Let’s shed some light on the subject of Feng Shui.

Balance
Interior design is about creating a balanced environment in which to live life. Homes are first and foremost places for living in.

No matter how much time and money is spent on improving the living space, unless the home is a happy refuge, it will never be any more than a beautifully decorated but lifeless space. By changing your surroundings Feng Shui boosts energy, emotion and causes a decorative balance.

Five Traditional Elements of Feng Shui
What are the five traditional elements that must be included in the Feng Shui school of Interior Design? They are Fire, Water, Earth, Metal and Wood. When the Feng Shui elements are brought into alignment it creates a balance that is essential to a harmonious environment. The fundamental principles of good design are natural and to a large extent innate. How often does the interior designer throw received wisdom to the wind and work from eye and instinct alone?.

Feng Shui is largely common sense and good design and it is important to take time and listen to intuition about what feels right and how you can use and carefully set the individual items you already have.

Art of Placement
Feng Shui is as much about positioning of items of furniture as it is about the different types of objects you possess. Basically, according to the philosophy behind Feng Shui, all you really need to do is remove the clutter or create space for the ‘chi’ to flow smoothly around the home. Go through each room and correctly position the furniture in the 'best' directions according to your personal success map.

Use colour in therapeutic ways, and position your personal accessories in strategic energy rich locations around the house, making changes to these every now and then. Feng Shui works in residential and commercial interior design. The extent of the project does not matter. Feng Shui will work in small apartments or in mansions and it makes no obvious distinction if the property is rented or owner occupied.

Conclusion
There are inevitably going to be aesthetic problems in properties that are architecturally based. Feng Shui cannot always resolve these problems but avidly pursuing the basic principles can minimize them. This is because Feng Shui is about design and placement. As must be expected, the principles are not embraced by everyone and it is not possible to become an expert overnight but a relaxed doctrine that promotes the natural creation of harmony and balance in anyone’s life and home is certainly something to at least be considered.