The bad news: There’s no such thing as a perfect feng shui living room.
The good news: There’s no such thing as a perfect feng shui living room!
That means you are free to arrange your living room in the way that works best for you and your family/household.
You don’t have to use all of the different feng shui rules in order to have a living room that feels great and looks great.
Instead, you can use these feng shui living room tips to figure out what feels great for YOUR home. Let’s get to it!
feng shui living room basics:
What does the living room represent in feng shui?
In feng shui, the living room represents strong relationships with friends, family, and everyone who lives in your home.
Good living room feng shui helps create harmony and togetherness.
It helps everyone in your home feel welcome and like a part of the family.
Your living room should be where your family hangs out together.
It can also be where you entertain guests.
The furniture arrangement should encourage everyone to sit and stay awhile. This creates balance, harmony, and healthy relationships with everyone in your home.
Feng shui living room rules:
▶ Everyone in your home should have a place in your living room.
There should be room for everyone to come in and spend time. This includes your pets!
▶ Seating should face into the room so that everyone can easily talk to each other.
Create cozy, conversational areas so that everyone feels welcome and equal.
▶ Create balance wherever possible.
Circular seating arrangements and/or furniture balanced in the room creates balance in your home.
Try not to put furniture all along one wall or blocking windows or doorways.
▶ Living rooms are “active” rooms in feng shui.
That means you can use more vibrant colors, keep your television here, and use electronics and games freely in this room.
Living rooms are also considered more public spaces, so you can also keep family pictures and more active and/or fire energy artwork here.
▶ Consider the command position.
The command position in feng shui means that your back isn’t to the door when you’re seated, so you can see everyone who enters the room.
If it’s not possible to put all furniture in the command position, try to at least put the main seating area so that it faces the doorway.
The command position helps you feel more comfortable and calm.
You might even find that no one really wants to sit in the seats that have their back towards the door.
That’s your intuition at work!
What is bad feng shui for the living room?
While nothing is truly “bad” in feng shui, sometimes things can definitely be more optimized!
Bad living room feng shui can cause:
- A lot of family/household arguments
- Everyone avoiding the living room
- Not feeling close to your family or others in your household
- Guests not staying very long or making excuses not to visit
- Feeling isolated or alone even when everyone is home
When these things happen frequently, look for the following things in your living room:
▶ Clutter.
Clutter is a reflection of stuck energy. It can cause confusion, arguments, frustration, and misunderstandings.
▶ Broken items.
If your living room has become the room full of things you need to fix, it can cause your relationships to need repairs too!
▶ Burnt out light bulbs.
Burnt out light bulbs represent stuck Chi (life force energy.)
▶ Neglected home maintenance or repairs, or lots of unfinished projects.
Leaving things neglected for long periods of time represent neglecting your relationships.
It can also just create stuck, stagnant energy in your living room, so fix those items ASAP.
▶ Lots of dirt, grime, and dust.
If you want your household to get along better, give your living room a deep clean!
Sometimes that’s all that’s needed to clear the air and create more balance and harmony.
You can also smudge your living room to give it an energetic cleanse.
▶ Furniture blocking doorways or walkways.
Large furniture blocking the doorways or walkways can block the flow of Chi.
You should be able to freely move throughout the room to create flow and help energy move throughout your home.
feng shui living room design tips:
▶ Display happy family pictures to create a sense of togetherness.
Replace family pictures often to keep the vision of your family updated and not get too bogged down by the past!
▶ Consult the bagua.
The feng shui bagua map is the energy map of your home.
Once you know where your living room falls in the feng shui bagua map you can add more specific cures to enhance the energy of your home and relationships.
Click here to learn about the feng shui bagua map and how to use it!
▶ If your living room has a fireplace, don’t place family photos…
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