Combining Decorating and Feng Shui
If you are thinking about remodeling your home, you might be interested to know how feng shui can work together with decorating for great results and wondering if you can introduce some feng shui principles into your home.
Actually, feng shui and decorating are a blend of both art and science. There are no hard and fast rules about applying feng shui to your life. There are a lot of experts who can advise you but it will be up to you to make the final decisions about what you do and don’t like. A true feng shui guide will never tell you that you have to paint this room that color or put this object there. They can advise and give you tips but the end result should be something you feel totally comfortable and happy with.
This is the aspect of decorating and feng shui that can be considered art; everything is subjective, and there are no real right or wrong answers. What appeals to one person may not appeal to another.
There is plenty of advice when it comes to using color to create tension, energy and mood and also when it comes to de-cluttering your living space, but there are no set rules about this either. One person might view their ornaments as prized possessions and feel happy every time they look at them. To another person, these items might be considered unnecessary dust collectors and serve no other function apart from being in the way.
When applying the principles of decorating and feng shui, you need to exercise caution and show balance. What someone else sees as a lack of clutter, you might see as being cold and sterile, and vice versa. Again, no hard and fast rules, no right and wrong answers, just some principles that you need to interpret for yourself.
Decorating and feng shui is also part science, however. There are some real, biological facts behind its teachings regarding clutter, color, entryways, and so on. Scientists have researched how tense and anxious people feel when surrounded by a cluttered environment, and how color can and does affect ones mood. Bold and bright colors are a great pick me up, while warmer colors make you feel soothed and relaxed. Softer colors can also be a calming influence, while those bold colors make you feel energized and in control.
Additionally, the entryway to ones home and to every room in your house also does much to set a mood or tone. This is like the first impression you get when you meet someone, and that first impression can set the entire tone for the rest of your relationship with them.
When you are apply decorating and feng shui principles, you need to consider that first impression because it is very important. You can stand in the entryway to each room and see how you feel. Does the room in question feel inviting or does it feel off-putting.
Application of these simple principles of decorating and feng shui can help you experience this discipline as both an art and as a science.
