Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Using Feng Shui in Interior Redesign and Staging

Feng Shui is great for an interior redesign in that it helps to bring a level of balance to the room that you are designing or staging. Everything blends in a room that has undergone Feng Shui, the ancient arts of placement.

Feng Shui interior redesign works in that everything matches appropriately in a room. Using Feng Shui can dramatically improve your health, happiness and personal prosperity by maximizing positive energy and harmony in the home.

Improve your life by discarding clutter and encouraging positive energy using the five elements of Feng Shui. Fire, which symbolizes summer and heat in your efforts in life uses red, orange, purple and bright yellow colors. Earth, covers stability and protection and symbolizes a nurturing environment, using light yellow and beige.

Element three in Feng Shui interior decorating is Metal which brings feelings of clarity and strength, communication and justice. Gray and white are used here. Water, which is an Element for purity and calmness suggests the inner self, art and beauty, uses blue and black colors. The last of the Elements is Wood, which suggests vitality and health, and this uses all spectrum of green and brown colors. Ideally, there should be a balance of all the elements.

Items in a certain room that don’t adhere to the elements of Feng Shui interior redesign should be moved to other places in the home. For instance, in a bedroom exercise equipment and office items will disrupt the balance in the room and should be moved into the appropriate rooms such as basement or a room specially designed for such.

In all parts of the home using natural cleaners and scents is better than chemically based cleaners and scents. This keeps the senses from being harmed and therefore will add to the balance in the home.

Using dimmer lights in the home can be used for Feng Shui interior redesign as well. Light is a symbol of energy and too much light will result in a feeling of more energy than what may be needed in a certain part of the home. Candles can also be used, but it is best to use candles without toxins.

Use these tips and create a greater balance of energy in the home and therefore help you to feel better about your home. For more information on real estate staging and interior redesign: www.InteriorsRefinedbypaula.com