feng shui
This is how you set up your living room optimally
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If you want to furnish your living room according to Feng Shui, you should pay attention to a few things! We give you an overview and design tips.
What is Feng Shui all about?
Feng Shui means “wind and water”, which is an old Chinese theory of harmony. The focus is on the Chi: the life energy. And this should be able to flow undisturbed, even in your own home! If certain rules are observed in the living space, this should have a positive impact on our well-being. But: It is difficult to generalize Feng Shui to all apartments, it is too complex for that and every living space is cut differently.
Here we give you an overview of the possibilities for Feng Shui in the living room. With Feng Shui you can strengthen certain areas in your life, a certain scheme from Feng Shui will help you.
Feng Shui in the living room – Bagua
The best way to set up the living room in accordance with Feng Shui is to follow the bagua. This scheme is divided into eight areas of life around the field of Tai Chi, these areas of life are in turn connected to the living areas.
At the center is Tai Chi, which stands for health and balance. If you want to strengthen one of the areas of life, you should pay attention to a few things for this living area.
You can transfer the bagua map to your floor plan of the living room:
- Your floor plan must also include windows, doors, and furniture.
- You calculate the center of the room, so that’s where the Tai Chi goes, the lower area (career, life path) is at the front door.
- Now you can draw in the individual areas of life.
In this example, Bagua has been applied to the floor plan of an entire apartment:
Feng Shui living room – the individual areas
Here’s how you can strengthen each area in your life:
- tai chi: For this area of life, i.e. the middle, you should leave the living area as free as possible, because this is where life energy flows together.
- wealth: This area stands for finances, but also for a wealth of experiences and adventures! Go for shades of green or red here. Pieces that remind you of good experiences are also welcome here: letters, holiday photos, etc.
- Fame: This doesn’t mean the degree of popularity, it’s much more about the charisma and how you are perceived by others. Here you should focus on light and use everything that brings brightness and clarity in this area.
- Marriage and relationships: Yellow, white and pink are appropriate tones for this zone. A table for eating together, gathering and cultivating relationships fits well here.
- family: Here you can hang up family photos, but also set up plants and install friendly lighting. Blues and shades of green fit into this field.
- children: Life, creativity and imagination fall within this range. The desk could be here, for example.
- knowledge: This is not about general knowledge, but about inner knowledge – reliability and consistency also play a role. Books are here B. correct and the color red activates this area. It doesn’t have to be a red wall, accents such as B. a carpet will do it!
- career: Bright, clear and spacious, ideally combined with the color blue.
- friends: Colors like white, black or silver go well here. This area, which represents supporting influences, should be designed to be inviting. You can hang up beautiful pictures, install friendly lighting or put up flowers.
A few more tips for Feng Shui in the living room: The sofa should definitely be against a wall and not in the middle of the room. In this way you create an atmosphere of security and your gaze falls into the room. And you don’t have to paint every corner of your room a different color, focus on the areas of life that are important to you.
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