Feng Shui for Your Front Door

You can pick up a Feng Shui book and everyone will tell you to paint your front door red to bring in the strong Yang energy. This door is very important because it brings to you the very auspicious energy that will nourish your house. Maybe you don’t like the color red and just maybe the whole housing plan has red doors. Is there any help for you?

These doors located in Pittsburgh, Pa. have the beautiful Victorian colors represented in the entrance area.

All Feng Shui experts will tell you to look at the five elements when doing your Feng Shui. The elements are what helps you put your home or office in balance and keeps you strong and focused.

The following is each element and color that represents them:

• Fire - Red.
• Earth -Yellow. 
• Water - Blue/Black. 
• Metal - Gray/white.
• Wood - Brown/green 

Then you have to consider the following:

1. What is it you are trying to accomplish in your life? In other words, have you set intentions? For example, do you have a home office and need encouragement to keep focused and clear on what you are to accomplish each day? Paint your front door the color of Metal, either gray or white.
2.  If you are looking for calmness and the energy to come to your home for abundance, use the color of the Water element, either dark blue or black.
    
3. If you are looking for healing in your home or growth of your business, use the Wood element and you will cover both bases. Use the colors brown or green.
    
4. The Earth element will take care of bringing in the energy for good health. It also provides stability and is a grounding force for everyone in the home. Use yellow or light beige. 

The Fire element will bring in the strong yang energy and support you in your career and also support you in your fame and reputation area. These colors are the reds, dark oranges and purples. What color is your door?

How to Feng Shui Your Kitchen

The kitchen is a space where family members and guests often congregate. It almost has a gravitational pull, so it makes sense to acknowledge that the kitchen has a unique energy, and to try to make sure that energy is all flowing in the right direction. That's where feng shui comes in. Rules of feng shui design can often seem indecipherable to those who are unfamiliar with the concept. Learn more about this type of design in our infographic below!

 Feng shui is all about maximizing the flow of positive energy (Chi) in your home. The placement of certain objects or pieces of furniture is believed to greatly influence this flow. Even the shape of pieces of furniture can be influenced by feng shui, which values rounded shapes like an oval table over sharp corners.

If you have a hard time making design decisions in your home, using feng shui principles can be a huge help to guide you in the right direction, especially when it comes to picking a color scheme! Determine your kitchen's direction in your home, and then use our guide to find out which colors to use. Each color scheme is derived from the five Chinese elements: wind, fire, earth, metal, and water. Read on for more tips on how to feng shui your kitchen!

Enjoy all the feng shui items in this stunning Feng Shui Kitchen Box to bring great chi to your kitchen. The kitchen box includes 9 delightful items to bring abundance and positive energy to the kitchen, a symbol of health and vitality.

For more information on the Kitchen Feng Shui Box please visit here. 

Included in the box is:

• Faceted crystal apple to attract beneficial energy and promote harmony in the home
• Ceramic dragon imbues your kitchen and home with strength and good health
• Carved sage represents clean clearing energies
• Ceramic tea bag holder holds your sage for symbolizing clearing and cleansing
• Lucky cat creamer beckons wealth and abundance in your kitchen 
• Mandarin oranges to symbolize good fortune
• Scented candle on carved stand to enjoy during meals
• Bagua shaped mirror to deflect negative energy or to bring in beautiful views 
• Lucky red wish envelope for writing your wishes on paper

Chinese New Year 2018

Chinese New Year starts on February 16 and lasts for 15 days. This is China’s most colorful and important event of the year. This year it is named “The Year of the Earth Dog."There is a total of 12 animals and they rotate throughout the years. There are many activities that happen during this time. On the first night of the celebration, there are fireworks to let go of the old and bring in the new, just like we do here in the USA. Also, on this night, they open all the windows and all of the doors in the house to allow the old year to go out! They have large parades and the lion dancing sways back and forth to the beat of the drummers. On the 5th day of the New Year is the Chinese Lantern Festival and it is very colorful and beautiful. You will see paper lanterns made of the animal of the year and also large lanterns that are displayed in their parades animal. Clean your house well in advance of the New Year. Do not sweep or clean on New Years’ day or it will represent you sending your wealth out the door. All brooms need to be in closets.

1. Wear some red on Chinese New Year Day, since it is believed to be a happy color and symbolizes a bright future. 
2. Clear your mind of clutter on this day and make sure that your living areas are clutter free. 
3. Give out red envelopes with a dollar bill coin to families and guests. The red envelopes can be purchased on Amazon.com. 
4. Decorate your home with nuts, oranges and sweets on a beautiful tray. You most certainly should add chocolate gold coins to this mix as well. 
5. Entertain your friends and laugh and enjoy the evening 
6. Open every door and every window on the stroke of midnight to let out the old year. 
7. Clear your mind of “clutter” this day and keep your thoughts bright and optimistic for the coming New Year. 
8. Don’t scold your children or cry on this day for if you do, it will symbolize what you are coming year will play out for you. 
9. Postpone washing your hair this day as you will be washing out your good luck. 
10. Display large bowls of oranges on the tables to give to your friends and family as gifts. 
11. Feng Shui expert Grandmaster Too has shared her traditions with students and followers of Feng Shui during her training sessions. She has told them that early in the morning of the New Year, she brings in a truck full of oranges and she rolls them from the front door straight through her whole house. She is creating her own luck by following this ancient tradition. 

Chinese New Year Day 

1. Wake up New Year’s morning to good music, friends, and partners and just be grateful for your wonderful life. Do all things on this day to establish habits for the year. Make plans to do what you wish to do for the rest of the year. Really enjoy yourself and keep a good balance in all things. 
2.  Call, text or email family members or friends with whom you wish to have contact with in the New Year. This will follow you through 2017 
3. Wear something new and take care to look extra special that day. Do not dress in black or white that day because Chinese look at those colors as funeral colors. Wear red for fortune when possible. Do your hair & makeup, but do NOT wash your hair this day as it is symbolic to throwing your good luck away. 
4. Since this is a day to be festive in your mood with a joyful atmosphere, you should not argue with others on this day. Say ONLY nice things and do not lose your temper. It sets the pattern of peace & harmony for the year. Try not to use many sharp objects (like knives and scissors) on this day as it is symbolic of cutting into your luck. 

Happy 2018 the Year of the Earth Dog!