Have you ever walked into a home were you felt comfortable and at peace by your surroundings? Definitely better than being in a home where it feels cold and unwelcoming. I ask because I’ve gone on a quest to find what makes a home comfortable, inviting, and relaxing. I’m searching for the ultimate gathering place where friends and family feel an unmistakable connection to the home and the people that live there.
As the owner of a
cleaning service, I have been invited inside many homes, and many of them are indeed comfortable.
Yet, there are but a few that as soon as you enter the front door you forget the outside world.
You believe that you are in a place of wellbeing, security, and belonging.
Where the sounds of the home are minimal and soothing.
Where every piece of furniture and color envelope you as part of them. It’s like being in a space where you feel not like a guest but part of the family. In a book by Richard Webster titled
“101 Feng Shui Tips For Your Home,” the author gives us tips on using feng shui to create an environment that allows us to enjoy more harmony, balance, and success in our lives. I picked out my 7 favorite tips to share with you in that you can too create a comfortable, inviting, and relaxing space in your home.
- Keep your home in the best possible condition. Keep it clean! The health of your home relates directly to you, your health, and the health of your family.
- Avoid clutter. Make a concentrated effort to discard anything that you are not using.
- Make sure that your front door is as welcoming as possible. You want people to be encouraged to visit, and by placing flowers on each side of your front entryway you encourage ch’i (the universal life force), and raise the spirits of your visitors.
- Your kitchen should have an airy, spacious, and friendly feel no matter how small. Keep it well stocked with food and you give the impression of abundance.
- Arrange furniture so that people can move freely around a room without feeling as if they are undertaking an obstacle course.
- Place mirrors throughout your home. There isn’t such a thing as too many mirrors just as long as they are kept clean. Dust and dirt reduce the effectiveness. A mirror in your dining room symbolically doubles the amount of food on the table, and doubles feelings of well-being and enjoyment experienced in this room.
- A family pet provides love and happiness ultimately creating harmony and contentment.
It’s true that today we are more aware of the effects that our environment has upon us. It, therefore, makes sense to incorporate feng shui in our home. I for one want to keep my home as a place where I can go to relax, to be in harmony with my environment. Here’s to my ongoing quest!
