The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


Feng Shui Color Tips: BLACK

In Feng Shui, Black is considered one of the five most important colors there is (along with Red, Green, Yellow and White).
But since it carries a particularly heavy symbolic load, it’s essential to deploy the color Black very carefully and correctly in you… read more »

Attracting Positive Energy: 3 Entryway Ideas To Refresh & Enhance Your Chi

It’s Spring! Time to shake out the winter cobwebs and refresh your Chi in preparation for warmer weather ahead.
One great way to attract fresh energy into your life is by treating your front entry to a Feng Shui update.
Just think how many people cross your thr… read more »

Best Placement For A Water Feature In Your Feng Shui Garden

Are you thinking of adding a water feature to your garden this year?
A water feature creates great Feng Shui by establishing a sense of reflection, depth and refreshing vitality in your space.

If a fountain, bird bath or small pond are in your future, you’ll w… read more »

Use Feng Shui To Create Passion In Your Bedroom, Part 2 – The Water Element

In Part 1 of this article I wrote about ways to bring the passion of Fire into your bedroom.
Did you know that Feng Shui’s Water element also creates a loving bedroom atmosphere?
Water is the element of communication and connection, insight and reflection.Â… read more »

Select The Best Art For Your Feng Shui Entryway

Selecting art for your home’s entryway can be challenging; in fact it’s one of my most frequently-asked Feng Shui questions.
In Feng Shui the entryway is extremely important because Chi energy enters here to begin its nourishing circuit around you… read more »

It’s Spring! Enhance Your Life With Feng Shui In Your Garden

Feng Shui gives you a multitude of ways to maximize your garden’s life-enhancing pleasures, whether you have a few plants on your windowsill or a full-fledged plot.
With Feng Shui’s Five Elements you can enhance specific energies depending on what you are se… read more »

Special Announcement: Fabulous Feng Shui Photography

I’ve recently become a big fan of the work of a wonderful young photographer, Carey Kirkella, whose limited-edition photographic prints bring a contemporary sensibility to the ancient symbolism of Feng Shui.
Beautiful works of art, Carey’s Feng… 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 »

Does An Office Have To Be White? Top-5 Feng Shui Office-Decorating Tips

All around the world, the dominant paint color for corporate offices is white or off-white.
But is white an auspicious office color from a Feng Shui point of view?

The answer is a resounding YES, showing the collective wisdom of office managers worldwide, who may h… 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 »