Our homes are where we socialize, bring up our children, lives as a family and enjoy our relationships. Having a home that is comfortable and give us pleasure is a dream we all have. Feng Shui is an effective way of examining where and how we live so that we know what to do to improve it.

Once you've drawn up a ground plan of your home and checked with the Pak Kwa to see where each of the Eight Enrichments falls, you will have a much clearer idea of what you see each area for. Once you've done that you may not need to use any remedies at all but just change areas of improvement.

It is important that you feel confident as you step out into the world from your front door. If you step out from a cluttered, dark and badly decorated home you will not feel as powerful and confident than if you leave behind you a well ordered, clean, happy environment, especially one that is a joy to return to.

The Living Room

Ideally, your living room will fall within your pleasure enrichment. If it doesn't you may need to look at what you use the room for. In most cases your living room will be roughly four-sided. And the traditional Western arrangement of such a room would be to line up the furniture parallel with the walls. Instead, try incorporating the octagonal Pah Kwa shape into the arrangement of your furniture. In a traditional Chinese home, the living room would have a fire as its main focus. Try to keep the room as uncluttered as possible so the Ch'i can circulate evenly. If you have mirrors in the living room make sure that they don't "behead" you when you look in them. They should be angled so that you can see yourself clearly.

The Bedroom

The two important things to watch out for when checking the Feng Shui of your bedroom are that there are no beam above the bed and that the bed is not directly opposite the door. If you have a ceiling beams and cannot arrange the bed in any other way, you should hang fabrics from the beam to interrupt the accelerated flow of Ch'i, otherwise it is said to bring ill health. Ideally the bed should be positioned so that you can see anyone coming into the room before they see you. As you spend a lot of time in your bedroom, it is worth checking out which enrichment is falls into - ideally pleasure, health or relationships. You may need to make adjustments if it doesn't. Bedrooms should be as light and uncluttered as possible so that the Ch'i can restore you while you are asleep. As you enter, you shouldn't be able to see yourself in any mirrors you may have in the room, nor should you be able to see yourself in a mirror when you're in bed.

                                      The Kitchen

This is the very heart of the home and can benefit more than any other room from good Feng Shui. Ideally it will fall into your west or north-west areas of friends or pleasure. This is where you will cook all those fantastic meals that will be talked about forever. Remember that in the kitchen certain elements may be brought into opposition with each other - do not have FIRE (the stove) next to WATER (the refrigerator), or WOOD (work surface) next to METAL (the knives). This is because Water and Fire, Wood and Metal belong in opposing compass direction. As you overlay the Pak Kwa on the whole house so too should you overlay it on the kitchen individually. The stove should ideally be in the south. If you eat in the kitchen try to do it in the east so you can have good educational conversations over the meal. Food should be stored in the west (pleasure) and the sink should ideally be in the north (relationships) so you can share the chores.

The Bathroom

Bathroom should be bright and clean. Towels left on the floor are not helpful. Tidy up after yourself and the Ch'i will circulate better and cause less dampness. Make bathrooms as warm and comfortable as possible and try to eliminate any damp problems. The very worst thing, according to traditional Feng Shui principles, is to have the toilets directly opposite the bathroom door. The Chinese, like many Asian races, are extremely private and would not consider being seen sitting on the toilet to be a good thing. If the toilet is in the south-west (wealth) you will be flushing your money away - so the lid should definitely be kept down. Ideally your bathroom should be in the north - a private, nurturing area where you can relax. If it is too near the front of your house it will suffer from the excitable Yang Ch'i entering your home. The bathroom should be kept clean and hygienic - avoid clutter and untidy areas in this room if you can. Use a plant in a bathroom to free up any stagnating Ch'i. It is a good life remedy.

Doors

Doors should never open directly opposite each other but should ideally be offset. If they are not, you may need to hang a small mirror on one of them to deflect the other. Long corridors with lots of door opening off them should be broken up with banners or flags hung from the ceiling. Great care must be taken with the front or main door to the house. If its too large or out of proportion it will allow too much Ch'i to enter and you'll feel swamped. If it is too small it will restrict the Ch'i, making you feel suffocated. The front door should always be well lit on the outside, particularly if it is in your fame area because you don't want to hide your light. What can you see from the front door? This is possibly one of the most important aspects of Feng Shui. Whatever it is you can see will have the greatest influence in your life. If it's positive then that is fine, but if it's not then you will need to hang a mirror on the outside of the door to deflect the energy.

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