Putting the right Feng Shui touches to your children's space can create positive effects that lead to vibrant, healthy and harmonious growth. Good Feng Shui promotes a clean, open area where Qi or natural energy can gather, and this also eliminates the problems of cluttered space that we have come to associate children's room with. Therefore, your children will feel empowered, energized and loved in a space where Feng Shui and open, clean design are nicely balanced.
More importantly, as children spend most of their time in their rooms, the right Feng Shui criteria are integral in order to support a child's growth and mental development. Designing your children's room can be tricky business - considering how fast kids grow up these days. It's not only a matter of keeping up with the latest wave of technology changes and gadgetry; concerned parents also find it increasingly difficult to incorporate the balance of practical and creative design that appeals to both their taste and their children's preferences.
The key is to be flexible and give your children the freedom to select the right image and colour choices, while you implement some basic Feng Shui techniques for the space. The goal here is to find win-win situation where Feng Shui criteria is matched with the overall theme of the decor. So to get you started, take a moment and consider these few important Feng Shui 101:
- The Location: In Feng Shui, the location always takes precedence over direction, so it is important to get it right. Every year, different sector of a property represents a completely different outlook. In 2014 particularly, unfavourable Qi is present in the Northwest area, signalling the arrival of the malevolent 5 Yellow Star there. As your focus here is to avoid the negative location of your property, ensure you also give the North 2, North and South 2 sectors a miss (North 2 and South 2 direction can be read using a compass with 24 Mountains feature, such as the Joey Yap's Mini Feng Shui Compass).
- The Form: There's a reason why most rooms are designed to be square or rectangle: this way, the Qi can be sustained and circulated healthily within the enclosure of the four walls. The same rule applies to your kid's room, as healthy Qi flow is integral for establishing a favourable and positive space for development. As such, embrace the tried-and-tested designs and leave those triangle-shaped rooms or skewed walls to the set of Tim Burton's next blockbuster.
- The Interior: Some people convert the space of an attic into a bedroom and this results in a room with slanted ceiling, which is not favourable in Feng Shui. Certainly, you don't want your child to behave agitatedly or in a rebellious manner, hence, avoid a slanted or downward ceiling! Downplay the negative energy by moving the bed to the higher end of the ceiling.
- The Colour: This may come as a surprise but colour essentially has nothing to do with Feng Shui. Some people would say that this is not true because certain colour can affect an individual or has a more lasting impact on their mood and productivity. These are purely psychological effects, not Feng Shui. Having said that, it doesn't mean that colours don't play an important part in your children's room. Choose colours with calming effects and avoid hues that inspire a sense of agitation or anxiety.
- The Furniture: First of all, Feng Shui is not interior decorating. So, don't worry too much over "Cutting" Qi or Sha Qi emitted from open shelves, pointed edges of furniture or plaster ceilings, or even miniature cacti or decorative sculptures. Worrying about these features only causes paranoia as they will not bring any negative effects to the occupants.
What important is to make sure there are no major objects obstructing the entrance of the room, as you'd want to ensure a smooth flow of Qi is sustained all the way from the Main Door.
Feng Shui-ing your children's room may seem like a straightforward and fun undertaking, but it is also crucial if you incorporate some basic Feng Shui technique in the design or else you will end up with an unfavourable room that limits your children's potential. So the next time you walk past your children's room, do a second take, and perform these simple Feng Shui assessment tests.
For a more thorough understanding and application of Feng Shui personalised to you and the members of your home or family, a Feng Shui consultation with our professional consultants will be able to provide you with a customised solution.
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