The Open Spaces Feng Shui Blog


Springtime Feng Shui: Draw On The Power Of New Beginnings

As the calendar comes around to Spring in the northern hemisphere, Feng Shui’s yearly cycle kicks into high gear with the return of the Wood element as our guiding Chi force.
Wood celebrates New Beginnings: green shoots of young plants and new life emerging ever… read more »

Feng Shui Color Tips: GREEN

What do you think of when you think about GREEN?
In Feng Shui, Green is the color of springtime, new life and new beginnings.

Like this beautiful young leaf, Green represents the Wood element in Feng Shui.
Flexibility, growth, optimism and confidence are just some… read more »

Feng Shui & Pantone’s Color Of The Year: Emerald Green!

Pantone’s 2013 Color of the Year is a striking shade of Emerald Green.

Here’s an example that shows this beautiful shade of green as a wall color, in your furnishings, in artwork — or even all three at once — in a room that has great Feng Shui… read more »

Use The Best Materials For Your Feng Shui Bed

To design a bedroom with the best Feng Shui, you’ll want to consider every aspect of the room.
The materials your bed is made of make a huge difference in terms of the energy you attract to yourself, whether you’re seeking to attract or stabilize a roman… read more »

How To Use Feng Shui Wind Chimes

Beautiful Feng Shui wind chimes are one of the most popular Feng Shui adjustments you can make in your home.
As one of Feng Shui’s Nine Essential Chi Adjustments they add vitality wherever Chi energy feels stuck.  Their lovely, heavenly sound gives you an i… read more »

Bad Feng Shui: A Room Set Up For Conflict

What do you think of this room?
I thought it was livable myself until I realized that it’s set up for conflict, because two of Feng Shui’s Five Elements are on a collision course.
The Wood in the furniture doesn’t stand a chance against all that Me… 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 »

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 »

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 »