The more people you talk to about Feng Shui and gardening, the more opinions on it you get. Ms. Robin Wood, a very talented landscape architect once told me, “Feng Shui gardening is really just good landscape design.”
And to a point, I would agree with her. In many ways the ancient Chinese philosophy of Feng [...]
The kitchen is sometimes called “the heart of the home,” and with good reason; in ancient cultures the hearth was a sacred place representing the life-giving sustenance of Earth’s bounty. Feng shui recognizes the kitchen as one of the most important rooms in the house because it is where we connect with the energies that [...]
In ancient cultures, “breaking bread” together, whether as a family or with strangers, was a honored way to build community. More recently, potluck dinners, pancake breakfasts, and company picnics have continued this tradition. We haven’t done so well at maintaining this important ritual in our homes, however.
Today, the dining room is often one of the [...]
Many home offices are set up in whatever space is available: in a corner of the bedroom, on the dining room table, down in the basement, or upstairs in the attic or in the guest bedroom. Some of these locations are fine places for a home office; others are not so great. Here are some [...]
The bathroom has a bad reputation in feng shui, and in some ways this is deserved, as you will discover. But it’s not all negative. Comfort, cleanliness, and convenience are key ingredients to good feng shui, and our modern bathrooms provide them all.
One of the challenges posed by the modern bathroom is that there’s no [...]
Starting with the Hallway, the chi enters a house through its doors and windows, but mainly through the main door, known as the �kou�, meaning mouth. The chi must be able to curve and wander through the hall in a meandering fashion, not just rush through and be wasted or lie in stagnant pools, losing [...]
Feng Shui in the garden is not a modern trend or design statement. It is probably one of the oldest forms of cultivation in the world. Remember that originally, after grave siting, Feng Shui–using the natural chi energies which flow all around us and within us, was used for the planting of crops [...]
A quick tick list for you, from TV�s leading exponent of feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of �moving and harmonising the natural energies� of the home. Paul Darby has been used by many �make-over� programmes, including-Under Offer, Under the Hammer, Housebusters and of course Big Brother, Heaven and Earth Show and Richard and Judy!
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The direction of the front door should matter more than most other Feng Shui considerations and is considered to be the “mouth” as the most all-important ch’i enters the building through this direction.
The direction in which the door points determines the kind of ch’i that enters the house. We know from reading about eight Trigrams, [...]