“What if there’s no other place for my office than in my bedroom?”
When your desk is in your bedroom, you’re likely to have sleep on your mind as you work, and work on your mind when you need to relax.
But sometimes there’s no way around it. Small apartments and shared homes are just two situations where this scenario is likely to arise.
Here are two Feng Shui tips that create separation between your work and your rest.
1. Create a “new room” with a businesslike bedcover during working hours.
At night the bed looks soft, inviting and restful.
But with a more assertive bedcover, your bed is transformed and ready for the workday:
This simple and elegant Feng Shui solution says “business” while serving a practical purpose: an additional surface for staging papers and such as you work.
2. Likewise, set your desk up with a cover for non-working hours.
An old-fashioned roll-top desk is ideal for this purpose, but any way of covering your work will do.
At the end of the day you can easily transform your room back into a bedroom again.
With these two simple steps you can create a room with good Feng Shui for both purposes at once, work and rest.
At the same time, use Feng Shui to set your intention for setting up a separate office space as soon as you can.
You deserve to have true separation between two of the most important parts of your life.
(roll top desk photo by OrionPozo on Flickr)
What great information, Ann! I have implemented your above suggestions and have already found better flow both at night in bed and during the day in the office! Luckily I had an antique desk that can close. Thanks for your wonderful advice!
Thanks so much Keila! Glad it’s working out :))
Hi! I have a small room and my bed headboard is positioned under a window. My headboard is made of brass the white one. The side of the bed is positioned in the wall and on the other side of the bed are two transparent box on top of each other. The inside of the box are things like toys and some stuff. At the foot of the bed, situated at the side of the wall are three boxes also with some stuff also. The bed is facing clloset where I put my dress and some books and stuff also. At the lower left is the door wren the door are slant in which a small part of my feet are facing the door when I sleep. Questions? Can you please tell me the proper arrangement of my things in the room for good femgshui of wealth and romance. Thank you.
Thess,
I would be happy to help you through a long-distance consultation in which I can look at your floor plan, pictures, etc. Please let me know if you would like to set up a consultation. Thank you.
I rejoiced of your suggestion of covering the working desk. I did rearranged and separated my bed and work table with such tedious task and planning of a given limited space. I did a lot of research and one site suggested curtains but my bedroom would look odd if I followed it. Until I read your tips, I felt so much happiness that I found a perfect solution and it stirred up my creativity! More power and God bless. :))