Feng Shui is a philosophy that promotes harmony and balance in homes. It involves arranging buildings, objects, and spaces according to its principles, such as the flow of energy, traffic flow, welcoming entry, incorporating plants, using the command position, and creating yin and yang balance with colors. To create a harmonious home, one must clear away clutter, open up traffic flow, design a welcoming entry, bring in feng shui plants, utilize the command position, and choose neutral colors.
Feng Shui bedroom layouts should be designed with the bed in the command position, avoid squeezing against corners, balance the five elements and their colors, and avoid positioning the bed underneath a window. Room dividers can help section off the bedroom, and sunlight direction and indoor lighting should be considered when choosing colors. Neutral colors, such as beiges, creams, or earthy tones, are ideal for promoting positive energy and good sleep.
To create a restful bedroom with Feng Shui, place the bed diagonally opposite the door and keep the space clutter-free. Aim for a serene environment, lighten heavy architectural features, balance all five elements, invest in a large bed, and aim for a serene atmosphere.
To optimize your bedroom according to Feng Shui principles, create symmetry, establish a commanding position, adopt a less-is-more approach, position the bed away from the door, never use underbed storage, double down on softness, choose the right colors, and focus on balance. The ideal Feng Shui bedroom layout places the bed leaning against something sturdy like a wall to provide a sense of security and support.
📹 Feng Shui does makes sense! The basis of how to plan your home for comfort and practicality
Feng Shui is alot about energy and Chi(Qi) now what is this? I will try to explain it to you in a very simplistic way that get you …
Where not to put bed?
Bed placement is a crucial aspect of interior design, often associated with feng shui principles. However, it’s important to consider these principles when designing a bedroom layout. Some tips include keeping the bed away from doors, moving it between windows, and not placing it against the bathroom wall. Instead, center the bed on a solid wall, make the most of an off-centered bed, and let the bed share the same wall as the door. When placing the side of the bed against a wall, ensure that the bed is placed on the same wall as the door.
These tips can help create a more functional and functional bedroom that complements the overall design of the space. For more bedroom layout ideas, check out Spoak’s design suite or explore other bedroom layouts and floor plans designed by real Spoak members.
How do I arrange my room for good luck?
To optimize feng shui, position your bed in a commanding position, facing the door but not directly in line with it. Avoid the “coffin position” where feet point out the door. Place your headboard against a solid wall and avoid placing it under a window. A solid, soft-edged headboard is ideal, and secure attachment ensures support and strength. Clear the space under your bed to allow qi (life force energy) to flow freely and evenly around the energy fields, rejuvenating you overnight. This will ensure a comfortable and supportive bed environment.
Which direction not to sleep?
It is strongly recommended that one should sleep with the head oriented towards the north and the face turned towards the south. This is due to the association with Yama, the Hindu deity who presides over the afterlife. In order to align a bedroom with Vastu Shastra principles, it is necessary to make adjustments to the layout, furniture, colors, and accessory placements. It is recommended that the walls be painted in soothing colors such as light rose, grey, blue, chocolate, or green. It is also advised that marble stones, especially white and yellow, be avoided.
What is bad feng shui in the bedroom?
Feng shui principles suggest that sleeping in line with the door is the worst possible position, as it is considered the “dead man’s position” or “coffin position”. This is because chi enters rooms through doors and windows, and sleeping directly in line with the door puts you in the pathway of all forces entering the bedroom. To increase safety and security, consider adding a footboard to your bed, but it may not always be ideal.
Other options include creating a “shield” by placing a chest at the end of your bed filled with heavy blankets or placing a low screen between the bed and the door. A mirror on the sidewall can also help to see anyone entering the bedroom.
What is the first rule of Feng Shui?
The First Rule of Feng Shui is the Commanding Position, which involves placing important furniture in a position where you can see the door while avoiding direct contact with it. This promotes security and control, essential for a harmonious home. To master this principle, consider the Feng Shui Front Door + Entry, which is where energy first enters a home. A well-balanced entryway sets a positive tone for the entire house, inviting good energy and creating a welcoming atmosphere.
Which way should bed face?
Ancient Vastu Shastra tradition suggests that the south is the best direction for sleep, as it aligns with the earth’s electromagnetic field. Sleeping towards the south may improve sleep and promote positive energy in the bedroom. Designing the perfect bedroom environment for sleep involves dimming lights, repainting walls, and investing in comfortable bedding. Eastern medicine and spiritual practices suggest that even adjusting the direction of sleep can enhance the overall sleep experience.
How do I fix bad Feng Shui in my bedroom?
Feng shui is an ancient Chinese art that emphasizes the importance of arranging objects in a room based on the flow of natural energy and the layout, framework, materials, and colors of the space or building. It is believed that the correct placement of items can bring happiness, abundance, and harmony. To improve your bedroom, consider decluttering under your bed, buying a headboard, positioning your bed correctly, using pairs, incorporating the right colors, using soft lighting, choosing inspiring artwork, and hiring a feng shui expert.
What are the 5 principles of Feng Shui?
Feng shui is a design approach that emphasizes the importance of achieving a balance between the opposing yin and yang elements, facilitating the free flow of energy, positioning buildings and other structures in a way that allows for the optimal flow of energy, the use of the five elements, and an understanding of the Bagua map. It is of the utmost importance to maintain a commanding position and utilize these elements in order to achieve optimal results.
How do I know if my room has good Feng Shui?
Good Feng Shui is about creating a space that feels as good as it looks, allowing the body and mind to relax and experience a greater sense of well-being. Feng Shui can be applied to any decor or design, whether it’s traditional, eclectic, or modern contemporary. It’s important to pay attention to how you feel as you enter and walk around a home, as it can indicate the Feng Shui of that place. Good Feng Shui is not just about a home’s appearance, but also about creating a special atmosphere of relaxation and comfort. If your body feels safe, your mind can be set free, and your senses delight in the home, it likely was created with good design principles and Feng Shui combined.
What is the feng shui rule for bedrooms?
Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophy that emphasizes the importance of positive energy in one’s life. It suggests that a bed should be positioned centrally against a wall, not pushed against it, to allow energy to flow around it. This is known as the “commanding position”, where objects face the entry door but not in line with it. The best Feng Shui bed position is diagonally from the door, allowing direct sight but not direct eye contact. Sleeping with the head pointing southward aligns with this practice.
How to layout a room according to Feng Shui?
Feng Shui bedroom layouts focus on the bed as the focal point, placing it diagonally across from the door and ensuring equal space on either side. This ancient Chinese practice aims to create balance and harmony in living spaces, particularly the bedroom, where we spend a significant portion of our time resting and rejuvenating. To improve energy flow in your bedroom, follow Feng Shui rules and be purposeful about furniture placement.
Feng Shui, which means “wind water”, is based on the belief that everything in the universe is made up of energy, or chi, which can have a powerful impact on our lives. To create a serene retreat, consider the dos and don’ts of Feng Shui when creating your bedroom layout.
📹 Feng Shui basics, the principles behind how to place a desk to feel good
There are many rules in Feng Shui and this can be confusing. here’s a breakdown of the main ideas behind how to place a desk so …
I have almost the exact same layout and had the desk facing the wall, entrance to my right and the living wall (plants) to my back, and the window with a view of the trees and shrubs to the left. Turning the desk by 180 changed everything. Now I face the plants on the wall, I can look out the window and so have better focus, more energy, I generally feel happier. So, now I know 😊
Dude I must thank you. I had watched like all your articles and decided to switch the position of 2 desks to be in command position and life is better. Before I kinda felt that I was being watched over my shoulder and we didn’t talk much with my bf since our backs were facing each other. Now we joke all the time (desks are parallel), bring each other tea a lot more and are way happier.
I have my office exactly like your example, but my desk rotated 180* from how you suggest. I went behind my desk and looked across the room and wow the effect was immediate. I felt strangely more comforting having the door to my front side, instead of my rear side, also being able to look out the window was pleasant. I’m 100% rotating my desk!
It’s tough to have a desk in a room where you aren’t facing a wall primarily because of cords. On my desk I have a computer, two monitors, a keyboard (music)and 2 studio monitors (speakers). My desk needs to face a wall both because of the practicality of having an outlet right there AND to hide the damn cords lol.
I have always loved the look of desks in the middle of the room when they’re in interior design photographs or editorials, and while I agree it feels like it has better energy, I find that it’s also really impractical or unrealistic unless you have a very specific type of work. I feel like the only people who can ideally manage this kind of setup are those that work on simple portable device like a laptop or tablet or are doing mainly non-digital work. As someone who works from home and is in the tech industry, it’s impossible to put my desk not facing a wall. I have more cables than you can imagine – three monitors setup, two desktop towers and desktop switcher. It cables and connectors frenzy. I’d love to see how to marry the necessities my kind of work with these kind of design principles one day, haven’t found it yet.
the problem is the back of the desk has all the cords and wires hanging off it. Also, the back does not look good. There’s no way to get all the desk electronics plugged in without a cord conduit on the floor or rewiring the room. Taking into account the need for plugging in the monitor, computer, desk lamp, UPS and charging station, what would you recommend?
So, this feels like a natural place to put a desk in a room if you’re managing the room, holding meetings, etc, but I wonder if it makes the most sense for a modern work desk with multiple monitors in a small space? The monitors are basically blocking your view in front of you and create an obstruction in the room. Is there a better way to organize and use the space with that kind of work environment?
I have some degree of undiagnosed anxiety, and my desk faced the wall away from my window and door. I always keep the window closed and constantly turn around to check to make sure nobody is in my room. I stumbled across Feng Shui when perusal a article on the difference between eastern and western thinking. I think I might give this a try, I liked the article very much and it might help me a lot, many thanks!
There’s an apect that i find interesting (not feng shui), which is how defensively and distant you look to visitors when you’re on the other side of a large desk. Its promoting the feeling that the person on the other side of your desk is not “on your side” or “the opposition”. Would placing the desk at an angle be a good compromise to seem more welcoming? Maybe angled towards the window?
I placed my desk to side of patio where I could look at my plants, but my back is to the room, my bed and the studio’s door to the breezeway. Lots of unrest out there with a neighbor having a hard time breaking up with boyfriend. Maybe a turn to the left of 90 degrees and pushing the large screen down the wall is something to try.
How do you make all the cables for your PC, monitors, speakers etc not be a tangled snake across the ground to the outlet? How do you make the back of monitors and pc not ugly? I have always preferred desks in this command position, but the back of the desk is always the ugliest/cluttered look, how is this eliminated without using a bulky President desk with a solid back?
What about the exact same setup but with a bed as well as a desk in the room? Also I tried the desk where you suggested, but the back of the desk (usually hidden against a wall) has lots of cables for my monitor and laptop etc, so it was really unsightly when coming into the room, even though it was nice once I was sitting at the desk.
I have the same layout for the room I use as an office. I used to have my desk facing the wall with the window over my right shoulder and the door to my left. I hated it. I moved it backwards so now I sit with the window to my right and the door off to the front left corner of my desk. I felt much better once I moved to this position. Now I know why. Thanks!
That is so neat, I have my crafting desk like that, though the window is on the other side of it. ^_^ It’s a big desk and the room isn’t that big, so one side (the right) is against the wall. I really love your articles! I’ve actually used a couple of your ideas in my flat, I’m very happy with the results. 😁❤
This works if a room is 100% an office… but I think for lots of people (inc myself) the office is a multi-function space. I personally have the desk alongside the door.. that way you dont have the feeling anything could sneak behind you, but you also get to use the space for more (realistically.. space for laundry to dry lol)
1:59 Thats almost the same space size we have, but with two beds, one closet and two desks, my brothers desk is in front of the door, and mine is exactly as shown in this timestamp. It’s the only layout that works but I have to admit, I always feel like my back is exposed. Especially if doors are open. Not doing bunk beds and definitely not putting our desks together, so IDK if there’s any helping it.
This has made me realise how bad my desk placement is 😭 back to the door and towards a window, I have to keep the door closed so that I get the smallest bit of warning that someone’s coming in behind me, it’s not fun (and if it’s not night I have to close the blinds and turn on the light so my eyes don’t get stressed. the window does literally nothing) NOW I KNOW
Setup like this is great when you work on your computer, but if you’re often writing or drawing on paper, you don’t want to have the window at your right side when you’re right handed and on the left when you’re left handed, becuse the shadow of your hand will be falling on the paper. It’s especially important when designing the room for children, because they spend on this kind of activity much more time, doing homeworks and everything.
I’m just working on how to place this in my art-studio/Workspace. I have my room measured, and just about to measure my PC-table and work table and plan it out the way you have here. Pretty basic. The thing is that I want a white wall behind me so that when I take Skype calls I don’t need to show my messy art Studio behind me. Wish me luck! Hopefully I don’t need to ask for help. XD
I actually would hypothesize it out that this would change drastically depending on if this was a private office or one you meet people as well what kind of people they’d be. I recall stories of certain types of psychology offices intentionally placing the chair and desk so in case of emergency, their patients could not get between them and the door to escape as the command position demonstrated here would allow. This being after staffed getting trapped, and seriously hurt by those they served. In such a situation, with very real safety reasons of a therepist/psychologist working with dangerous or volitile people regularly, I am morbidly curious. How would you arrange/furnish the space that the person would always be closer to the door, keeping something heavy and solid between but still follow design and such?
Thanks for these explanations! I wanted to ask if in this case the location of mountains, sea outside the house, north or south, etc. matters? Because if I have to put the table with my back to mountains in front of sea it would break the entire command position. Or do exterior issues only apply to the entire house construction and what is inside the room does not depend on exterior factors? Thanks in advance for the responses!
What about placing 2 desks in a larger office space? My husband and i just built a new office and it is a long rectangle with 2 doors along one long wall (one in middle and one on 1 side) and 4 windows, 1 each on a short wall and 2 on the long. I’m really struggling to figure out how to place the desks.
I remember from a past article you said that if you have to have your work desk in the same room as your bed, it’s better to put the desk nearer the door and have your bed further inside the room, right? (Even though it’s not ideal to have desk inside bedroom, I know 😓) But what if the only window in the room is on the inside where the bed is taking up room, and you can’t fit both your desk and bed near the window. Is it better to keep the desk close to the door (and more private bed area in the room interior), or move the desk toward the window and bed closer to the door?
Your articles are very helpful, thank you so much for all your hard work! I have a question: I live in a small apartment and have to have my desk in the living room. But I have adhd too, so if I put my desk in a command position (so I overlook the room) I will get distracted by everyone walking around the flat. How can I place my desk so I don’t get distracted but don’t have the door/room in my back? Thank you again, your articles have highly improved my life so far!
My room is laid out like this with the window in the top right and the door in the bottom left and my desk is one of those l-shaped ones in the corner across from the door. I think that if this guy saw the room he’d say basically move the desk towards the window but keep the direction the same with one side against the wall.
In addition to the Feng Shui ideas, the final position will be best for preventing reflections off your monitor, minimizing eye strain (because of no reflections and you don’t have the bright window behind your darker monitor), and looking good on article calls (facing the window might look better, but then you’re also likely to squint against the sunlight).
Thanks, these are really helpful tips to organize my workspace better I have nearly the same layout for my desk that the back of my chair and table are not exposed directly to the front door However, as my room space is quite limited when someone opens the door, they can still see the side of my chair and part of my table behind the bookshelf. Would that be ok for a supported deskspace layout?
my bedroom is a square and has the door in a corner and the window on the wall on the side (not in opposite walls like in pretty much every article you show us 😭😭 so I’m always very confused to how I could make it better haha). the door is in the right corner, I open it from the left to the right, and the window is in the middle of the wall on the left. and I have the bed, a big desk in an L shape and 4 cabinets plus the wardrobe and very little free space to walk, it’s a mess 🤧
I have a very similar setup, but my room is longer than it is wide. Therefore, I placed my desk about midway between the door and right wall, touching the bottom wall. This leaves me with a great use of space (I have a lot of hobbies) where I can do things behind me, my bookshelf is to the right with my windows right next to it, where beneath that, I have space for more projects.
can you please plan a room/ office arrangement based on feng shui for a woman born in February 20th, 1998, the room is 362cm by 357cm the wall of the door( the door measures 79cm) is facing north at 358 degrees, and that same wall is occupied by the closet( it measures 247cm), to the right of the door is a 362 plain wall facing east at 85 degrees, and next to it is a 357 cm wall with a window (that measures 234 cm) facing south at 176 degrees, the other wall is 362 cm too and it is facing west at 261 degrees, my bed measurements are 147 by 200cm and I have 61 by 34 cm bedside table and a 47 by 80cm desk please help meeeee I don’t feel at ease at my room
I work at a place that provides mental health services. For safety, we are encouraged to arrange our desks so that we can be the first one out of the room, if needed, instead of being in a situation where a client that has become belligerent is blocking our exit to safety. The traditional command position for the desk doesn’t seem to work for this scenario. I’m wondering what you might recommend.