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Feng Shui Solutions For Your Bed’s Open Headboard

Filed Under: Bedroom Feng Shui, Feng Shui No-No's Tagged With: Feng Shui and Clutter, Feng Shui Headboards

Many readers have written in with a very specific question:

“What’s the best Feng Shui solution if the headboard of my bed is essentially an attached storage unit?”Feng Shui green headboard

In a previous post I wrote about how open headboards are a “Feng Shui no-no” because they can easily turn into clutter magnets.

The headboards’ many shelves, nooks and crannies attract books and magazines, phones and/or iPods, clocks, family photographs, tchotkes and more.

For the most part none of this is good to have in your bedroom, never mind right next to your head as you sleep.

  • Practical Feng Shui tip for a good night’s sleep: Keep your electronic clock radio on a separate surface at least 20″ from your head and cover its light with a cloth during sleeping hours.

Good Feng Shui for your bed includes a solid headboard that cradles you like a protective mountain as you sleep.

If switching out your open headboard isn’t an option, give yourself peace of mind by creating a  your own Feng Shui headboard.

Here’s an easy Feng Shui idea: Fill the shelves with soft items like small pillows, and then cover the whole thing with a beautiful piece of fabric.

In this way you create a soft, inviting headboard that sets you up for a better night’s sleep as well as a better place to connect with yourself and your partner during the night without any unnecessary distractions.

Questions? Let me know!

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  1. debbie ruble says

    February 28, 2016 at 12:08 pm

    I recently got an old iron bed. It has a foot board of iron also. Is there a way to protect me and still have the bed? Thankyou

    • Ann says

      February 29, 2016 at 4:34 pm

      Debbie, I would suggest hanging a blanket or other attractive textile over the foot and headboards to shield you from the power and hardness of the metal material, and also to help contain your Chi energy as you sleep.

  2. Raya Kalaldeh says

    September 21, 2016 at 4:09 pm

    I have a bed that has a wooden headboard which is essentially a storage box (where you open the shelf and store bags and stuff inside the headboard). Is this good Feng Shui?

    Please advise.

    • Ann says

      October 2, 2016 at 6:37 am

      Hello Raya,
      No, a storage headboard is not ideal from a Feng Shui standpoint. I suggest either replacing the headboard with one that has better Feng Shui, or placing soft items inside the storage unit to create calm, supportive energy while you sleep. Do not use it for active storage.

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