One Bedroom, Three Ways: How to Design Your Bedroom
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November/December 2008
By Sherri Silverman and Robyn Griggs Lawrence
Feng Shui for Your Bedroom
■ Don’t place mirrors above, next to or opposite the bed as this bounces energy around the room and reduces restfulness.
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■ Use lamps rather than overhead lighting whenever possible, and invest in a wood headboard to increase feelings of security while sleeping.
■ If the bedroom shares a wall with your bathroom and the toilet is on the same wall as the bed, use this feng shui trick to sleep better and keep that energy out of the bedroom: On the wall behind your bed, tape a mirror face-in toward the toilet.
Basics
Feng shui practitioners believe exposed ceiling beams create dissonant energy over your bed. Add a canopy or drape fabric above the bed to create a division if you have these types of beams.
-Artwork should be calming to the senses and bring desired energy to the room. Wood enhances health and creativity.
-Use rounded nightstands and plants with round leaves. Bringing in the “wood” element promotes intuition and expansion.
-Whether you’re single or in a relationship, place a nightstand on either side of the bed to signify your openness to love.
-For chi to flow properly, feng shui recommends you have space to get in and out of the bed on both sides. Never store items under the bed or place the bed beneath heavy shelves.
-Pamper your senses with sensual, cruelty-free silk bedding.
-Light green and light blue are colors of hope and cultivation. They should be sprinkled throughout the room.
Artwork: Cracked Ice Panel
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Vastu
Vastu, the ancient Indian system of architecture and sacred space, suggests that adorning your home with beauty brings your life into harmony with nature. Vastu calls for natural materials and attunement with nature’s subtle laws by honoring the five elements (earth, air, fire, water and space), the compass directions, earth and cosmic energy. The goal is to let the universal life energy, prana, flow unimpeded through a space.
Because it’s based on universal energies, directions are important in Vastu. For example, Vastu practitioners advise sleeping with your head to the east for increased consciousness or to the south for healing. In Vastu, the master bedroom is ideally in the southwest, the calm, grounded territory of the earth element. Earth colors, such as terra cotta and green, are beneficial for a bedroom in the southwest. A bedroom in the northeast is fine for someone in the latter years of life and should include golden yellows (honoring the northeast’s planetary ruler, Jupiter). If your bedroom is in the southeast, which is associated with fire, and it’s not possible to sleep in a different quadrant, use a nourishing shade of blue to help cool the room and honor its planetary ruler, Venus.
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