The Importance of the Feng Shui Living Room

Why your first feng shui priority should be a feng shui living room!

A lot of people gravitate toward a feng shui living room, bedroom, or garden, and there are good reasons for these preferences. Gardens naturally lend themselves to serene chi, with their beauty and connection to the earth. The bedroom has a profound impact on our health and love lives. But the living room is vitally important as well, especially for homes with families.

Why Living Rooms Matter

Why does a living room matter? Well, think about it: where does your family spend most of their time? Especially their together time. Every other room in your house tends to be isolated to either a specific purpose (eating in the kitchen, for example) or a specific person (such as a child’s bedroom). The living room is the only room in your house that exists specifically for, well, living.

That’s why a feng shui living room is so important. How you arrange the living room affects your entire family, and that affects the chi throughout your house. Although some experts would recommend starting with the bathroom or bedroom, I always recommend taking a strong look at your living room first, especially for homes with families.

The Feng Shui Living Room

So what does a feng shui living room look like? Well:

• it takes into account each of the people who will be using it and incorporates something they love

• it’s structured around people, not machinery (for example, having all the furniture circling a television screen is very bad mojo for feng shui)

• it emphasizes comfort in its furnishings, and probably has plenty of blankets and cushions around to boot

• there’s room for everyone in the family, plus guests, to sit comfortably

• No one has to sit with their back to the door (or any entrance to the room)
  

In addition, the perfect feng shui living room has some extra touches:

• The five elements balance (in other words, there are touches of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water throughout the room)

• Something in the room speaks welcome to guests

• It is clean and clutter free

• Something alive is in the room besides its inhabitants -- a goldfish, a green plant, or what have you
  

If you follow these tips, you’ll achieve the perfect feng shui living room in no time at all!

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