Feng Shui addresses the simple, even obvious solutions for inviting in the chi (energy) and circulating it evenly throughout the home.
Windows and doors are very important because they are said to let in and regulate the chi in our living spaces.
Both windows and doors are considered the eyes of the home and are the gateways from the outer to the inner domains.
Common Feng Shui Window and Door Issues and Solutions:
Issue: Having a front door with a window or glass door directly opposite from it encourages the chi to come in, then go right back out of the home.
Solution: Place something to catch the eye in front of the opposite window or door.
Some people will hang a faceted Feng Shui crystal from the ceiling halfway between the door and the window.
The goal here is to encourage the chi to stay in the home. Anything that will attract the eye, will attract the chi!
Issue: Broken, dirty windows and windows in disrepair (such as a broken seal on a double-paned window).
Solution: It doesn’t cost a thing to clean a window, unless, of course it is in a high-rise.
It may cost something to repair a broken window, but again, these are your eyes to the world.
You look out of them so many times a day. This impacts the way you view the world so clean them up, fix them and change your daily view.
Issue: Glass front doors or front doors with windows where others can see in. If outsiders can see you before you can see them you won’t feel protected, or you may kind of feel like you live in a fishbowl.
Feng shui is all about making us feel safe in our homes. This is our sacred space and having strangers peering into our front door is not supporting that particular objective.
Solutions: If you have a glass front-door or windows beside or on the door that people can see through, consider home window tinting or cover with a decorative window film
There are beautiful stained-glass window films that will add additional color and energy to the front door. The front door is considered the most important “mouth of chi” where all of our opportunities come to us.
Issue: Inner doors that hit each other.
Solution: Any time we have doors that are too close to or run into other doors, it is annoying and will bring our energy down (potentially making us kind of grumpy every time we encounter them.)
Feng Shui is about all of the little things in our space that bug us. They are cumulative and contribute to our daily experience of living in our homes.
If you have doors hitting or running into others see if there is one you can completely remove and find an alternative for, like separation via a curtain.
The home is like the body, we need to move the energy throughout it to keep it healthy. If we don’t areas can stagnate and toxins and bad energy can grow.
Sick house syndrome is very serious and came into play mainly because homes that were built about 2o years ago were built so air-tight that they didn’t allow for enough fresh-air circulation.
So let in the fresh air and light during the day but cozy your home up at night so that everyone feels safe and protected, creating your special sanctuary from the world.
