Are you ready for some Feng Shui decor ideas? First, I must warn you that everything in this blog is what a friend of mine calls junk food Feng Shui. She’s studied for years to understand the placement of things, in the home and at work, to ensure that an individual and their environment are in harmony. I, on the other hand, spent a month facing east because she said that’s where my wealth star was. Please note, that’s where my wealth star is, not yours. There was much consulting with astronomical charts to determine the location of my wealth star. Sure, I made £6,000 for my company that month. They also screwed me out of my bonus for reaching that goal. So make of that what you will.

Will using Feng Shui decor ideas make my life better?

No.

Using Feng Shui decor ideas alone will not make your life better. Used in conjunction with other things, like actually taking action, the principles of Feng Shui will help you focus on what you want. It will play its part in rewiring your neural pathways to become more receptive to opportunities and to be more mindful of how you can make things work for you. So, yes, bringing in shapes and colours that correspond to the element that in turn represents what you want is all part of the plan. Using Feng Shui decor ideas will create a home that reflects your hopes and dreams, and living in that environment will feed into your subconscious and inspire you.

Feng Shui decor ideas to bring calm to your space

Guess what? Decluttering will help keep your space, and therefore your mind, clear of any unnecessary concerns. Soft light colours will bring a serene ambience. Plants introduce beauty, as do water features. A Brazilian TV station once broadcast the image of an aquarium for half an hour a day to test their signal before the channel launched. Once the channel started broadcasting, they found themselves inundated with calls from viewers wanting to know what had happened to the fish show. Watching fish for half an hour at the end of the day is a perfect way to relax, and so can you when you incorporate these Feng Shui decor ideas into your home.

Feng Shui decor ideas for your window dressings

Feng Shui is all about the free flow of energy, so openings like doors and windows should not be blocked. So what kind of window dressing is suitable when you’re trying to bring calm to hearth and home but you still need privacy and shade?

Look to light-coloured window dressings for your feng shui decor ideas. Voiles are the obvious solution. Hang your curtains or blinds outside of the recess, and as high and as wide away from the opening itself. This way you won’t be obstructing the window at all when the widow dressings are open. And if you like heavy opulent curtains, hang them as far outside the recess as your wall will allow. Yes, heavy curtains are allowed. What else will block that negative chi from entering your home? And with a window dressing that big, you may want to go for striking patterns and colours so your window dressing can also pass as wall art. So …

The role of colour and pattern in Feng Shui decor ideas 

The colour of your window dressings will depend on the direction the window faces. Blue or purple are for north-facing windows, green for east-facing, red for south and brown or orange for west-facing windows.

For a pattern, take inspiration from the elements, which will play a major role in your Feng Shui decor ideas. If you need some insight, while lounging in your home office, you’ll want sharp-edged pointy shapes (fire!). If you’re looking to expand your horizons, elongated shapes will assist (wood). For precision, a circular pattern (metal). Need stability? Something squarish (earth – I know.). No air?! Apparently not. These are Feng Shui decor ideas, not a Tarot card reading.

Can the Tarot foretell your future? Of course not. Can they be used as a psychological tool because of all the archetypal imagery in them? Sure. Will working through these issues make you calm? No. There’ll be emotional and physical upheaval as you address all your issues. So thank goodness you used Feng Shui decor ideas to give you somewhere to relax and reclaim your calm.