The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


Feng Shui At Home: What’s Wrong With Spiral Staircases?

Why are spiral staircases considered such a negative in Feng Shui?
Spiral staircases are a Feng Shui no-no because you feel less safe and secure when you live with them.
In fact Feng Shui considers spiral staircases to be dangerous and threatening. This is because… read more »

Fabulous Window Shades That Enhance Your Feng Shui

Here’s a wonderfully discreet way to bring Feng Shui into your space: with patterned window shades from Delia Shades.
These shades activate Feng Shui energy in several ways:

Their beautiful designs enhance your decor while screening unattractive views… read more »

Optimizing Energy Flow With Curtains And Blinds

Window treatments like curtains and blinds go a long way towards improving Chi energy flow in your home or office, day or night.
Healthy Chi nourishes you best when you contain it gently.  It does not like to feel trapped, neither can it provide you with all its life… read more »

Did Frank Lloyd Wright Practice Feng Shui?

My husband Mark and I recently traveled to Oak Park Illinois, just outside Chicago, to check out Frank Lloyd Wright’s amazing body of work there.
On a short walking tour we saw the exteriors of nine (!) Wright-designed homes as well as one interior and a churc… 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 »

Feng Shui Office Bagua Map: Focus On Your Success

Feng Shui’s Bagua Map helps you succeed in business by bringing your challenges and goals into focus.
The Feng Shui Office Bagua concentrates on key sectors of your work life, such as customer communications, your business reputation, and career success.
Her… read more »

What If My Bedroom Is In The Career Area Of My Home?

A concerned reader wrote this week to ask how she can give her master bedroom good Feng Shui.
Why is she so concerned?
Because her bedroom is located in the Career sector of the Feng Shui Bagua in her home: front and center.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Why Is The Bagua Map Set Up The Way It Is?

Have you ever wondered why the Bagua is laid out the way it is?
In fact each of the nine sectors on the Bagua has been carefully located to reflect its role in your life, and how you receive its benefits.
The Map is set up in horizontal bands that become more private as you… read more »

How Can I Protect Myself If My Bed Faces The Door? Three Feng Shui Tips

In Feng Shui, the least desirable bed placement is when the foot of your bed is in a direct line with the doorway.  In this position you are vulnerable to any sources of energy that may come rushing in the door.
The best Feng Shui position for your bed is the Command Pos… read more »

Footboards On Beds: Good or Bad Feng Shui?

It’s a given that headboards on beds are good Feng Shui, but Heather is curious:
Do  footboards on beds affect the Feng Shui of the bedroom?
Feng Shui-wise, here are two sides to the footboard coin.

On the downside, footboards can make you feel as though you&… read more »