How to feng shui your front door and welcome more opportunity into your life!
In feng shui, the front door is one of the most important areas in your home. It’s where all energy (chi) enters your home, which means it’s how opportunity, luck, and good fortune enter your home!
Which door is considered your front door?
In feng shui, the front door is considered the traditional front door of your home. The one that is on the front of your home. Even if you use another door more often (like your garage door, or side door, or back door), for energy (chi) purposes, the front door is the one on the front of the house, usually facing the street.
Here are my five best tips to feng shui your front door:
One: Paint it a color you love! In Western Feng Shui, you don’t have to worry about painting your front door red or some other “lucky” color. Instead, you want to use a color you love! My front door is a light teal color and it makes me smile every time I think about it. It’s my very favorite. If you’d like to welcome bright, happy energy into your home, paint it so that you are happy every time you see it.
Two: Clean your front door often! You can mix a little salt with the water (and a few drops of essential oils, if you’d like!) which helps clear the energy. While you’re wiping it down, think about removing all of the stagnant, built up energy. Visualize new, happy energy entering your home.
Three: Keep your porch dirt and dust free. Sweep the dirt away from your home so that the old energy doesn’t enter your home. Also, don’t forget to shake the dirt out of your welcome mat!
Four: Speaking of welcome mats: Pick one that you love! Also, think about the symbolism when you choose one — for example, funny “Unless you’re Ryan Gosling or Amazon – go away” mats are hilarious, but not necessarily welcoming. ???? Think about your mat as the first thing new energy and opportunity sees when it comes to your door, and choose one that makes you happy but doesn’t have negative connotations. ????
Five: Add a wreath or other type of happy decoration. I like to find inexpensive wreaths and decorations in the Target dollar spot, or even seasonal ones at Michaels with a coupon. That way I can switch out my decorations whenever I feel like it. Remember to choose one that you love and replace it if it starts to fade or get dirty and gross.
Other tips to help you feng shui your front entry:
If you have a porch, you can add flowers or plants to up your abundance and attract new energy. Plants are wood energy, which means growth and opportunity. Again, choose plants you love! You can also place a jade plant on your porch, or inside of your entryway, which is a traditional feng shui lucky plant.
Think about safety and welcoming energy. This means – don’t have things obstructing your front door or hanging down over you as you enter your home. Also, think about keeping cactus or other spiky plants away from the entrance. Spiky “dangerous” plants can have a protective quality, which might be fine if you live on a busy street or need extra protection at home to feel safe. But if things seem to not be happening in your life as quickly as you’d like them to, consider moving them away from the entrance.
Add a hollow, metal wind chime. Wind chimes help stir up the chi (energy), and the sounds help attract new energy and vibration. Make sure you pick one you like and don’t choose one just because it’s “lucky for feng shui.” ????
Add a fountain to your front yard or front entry. Fountains represent good energy flowing, so make sure if the fountain has a specific water flow direction that the direction flows towards your home. You can also add a fish tank inside your entryway to welcome the abundant chi inside.
Make sure your porch light is working and replace the light bulb if it’s burnt out. Light bulbs represent fire energy, which stokes your abundance and opportunity. Burnt out light bulbs anywhere in your home represent stagnant energy – but they are especially important on your porch.
Don’t place things on the porch or in the front yard that block your front door. You want energy to flow freely up to your home, so if something is blocking the door it’s also blocking the abundance and opportunity! Also, keep the entryway directly inside your front door clutter free and clean. This helps the new energy feel welcomed when it enters your home.
Keep everything in working order. If your door sticks, squeaks, or is otherwise difficult to open – oil the hinges or repair them ASAP. Not only will this help welcome energy, but it also helps YOU feel great when you enter your home. If you are always confronted with maintenance you haven’t done or something that annoys you, then that’s a good…
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