The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


It’s Wedding Season! Feng Shui for Newlyweds

Newlyweds have special Feng Shui needs for this unique and exciting moment in their lives.
Emerging from the stress of wedding planning, you may be shifting into a new life by combining households and getting to know one another in fresh and possibly unexpected wa… read more »

What If I Never Use My Kitchen? Feng Shui Tips for Health & Wealth

Do you use your kitchen only a little bit — or not at all?
In the ancient traditions that produced Feng Shui, nutritious, filling meals were absolutely critical to landowners’ ability to make a living.
So in Feng Shui the kitchen is considered the sour… read more »

Spotting Feng Shui Challenges In Floor Plans, Part 3

In parts 1 & 2 of this series, we oriented this floorplan correctly, and then took a look at the Feng Shui of its unfortunate bathroom locations.
Now in our final look at this luxury apartment, let’s evaluate its Bagua layout and the placement of the Maste… read more »

Spotting Feng Shui Challenges In Floor Plans, Part 2

In the first article in my Feng Shui & Floorplans series, we turned this floorplan around to orient it correctly . 
Now let’s evaluate the floorplan from a Feng Shui standpoint.

 
The first thing to notice is that all four of the apartment’s… read more »

Spotting Feng Shui Challenges In Floor Plans, Part 1

Floor plans are one of the most important aspects in the Feng Shui of any space so it is very beneficial to know how to look at a floor plan from a Feng Shui perspective.
For example, here’s the floor plan of a large apartment in an elegant upscale Manhattan build… read more »

Guiding The Chi: Good Feng Shui For Hallways

Long hallways present a special challenge in Feng Shui because they give Chi energy the opportunity to rush through a space, causing us to miss out on its benefits.
My own home has this challenge, so I thought you might enjoy seeing the the Feng Shui design I created t… read more »

Fabulous Planters: A Feng Shui Links Roundup

Great news: there’s new proof that houseplants really do clean the air, filtering out pollutants that can cause a wide range of health problems.
In Feng Shui, plants are key because they add the vitality of the Wood element to your life: the element of growth… read more »

What If My Master Bath Is In My Wealth Area?

Blog reader Yve has been asking a lot of great questions lately and today she’s come up with one that gets asked with surprising frequency:
“What if my master bathroom is in the Wealth area of my home?”

While placing the master bedroom at the back… read more »

Bedrooms, Kitchens, Living Rooms: Feng Shui Links Roundup

A  few links to sites featuring three aspects of Feng Shui for your home.
First up, a post about what I might call an extreme kitchen: three dishwashers! Two prep sinks!

This is the home of a Coca-Cola executive in Atlanta whose job is defined by entertaining at home… read more »

Where’s The Best Place To Keep “Toxic” Papers?

One of my blog readers has asked where she should keep paperwork detailing a difficult child-custody dispute she’s undergoing with her ex-partner.
In Feng Shui the Bagua Map can help you decide where to keep toxic items like these.
When you want to move thro… read more »