Decorating a Healthy Room
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The Living Room and/or Great Room
Living life
Purpose:
The “living” room is the room that supports the life of the family. The way the outside
world views you is summed up on how this room looks to others.
Suggestions
Warm, intimate groups of furnishings suggest heartfelt conversations. Be sure you add living
items here to denote that life is worth living.
Live in the room
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Have items in the room that reflect the real you. The things you want to do in life.
Avoid as much as possible having your back to a door back to door or large window.
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Individuals are more comfortable when they can see behind them.
When ceilings are over 9 feet high lower them by:
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Cozy colors brown, taupe, yellow
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Hanging textiles, mobiles or art work
Symbols
Add art that depicts what you love to do.
Use your room; don’t just save it for company.
If you need to change the space do it with power. Example from
Living room to home office
Place plants in corners to keep the element of growth present
Feng Shui principle would be to add a symbols or prosperity
Color
Keep large pieces of furniture neutral.
Use small amounts of navy blue or black to add power. Add
colorful artwork and accessories.
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Front Walks, Paths
Welcome, My Friends in Joy
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Purpose
Our homes play host to earth energies every day. Like an old friend, the entry of our homes
should be warm, inviting and welcoming. When this is accomplished, the energies stay
wholesome and enter in generous amounts
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Suggestions
If the entry is dark use larger watt bulbs to lift it up. Have a “greeter” at the door such as a
small tree in a pot next to the entrance or hang a wreath on the door.
Symbols
Large house numbers and lighted driveways draw in the an abundance of chi as will: flags,
wind chimes, whirligigs and fountains.
Color
A red door will draw the chi of fast-action.
Green doors symbolize growth.
Black on an entry floor represents opportunity.
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Kitchen
Prosperity
A full larder is a sign of wealth.
Purpose
The kitchen is where we prepare our food, read the mail, check homework, write letters, and
chat with friends. It is the galley the hub of the home, a multifaceted jewel that supports
health, prosperity and wholesomeness.
Suggestions
Keep counters clutter free. While working at the stove, be sure that the door is visible to the
cook. Door to the kitchen should open freely.
Be sure that all appliances are in good
working order. This room is symbolic of prosperity & abundance. Keep all appliances in tip
top shape and keep your cupboards full. Doors and windows should open freely, stuck
doors represents feeling stuck in life
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Symbols
Bowls of fresh fruit represent strength. Wooden bowls and spoons denote growth. Using a
good working stove represents wealth.
Kitchens should not be easily seen from the door
or the first room you see when entering the home or food will always be on your mind
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Will not aid in weight loss
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Promote over eating or over snacking children
Use plant grown from seedlings: the message is my wealth is
blooming
Color
Yellow stimulates joy. Shades of orange like peach or salmon spark
conversation and brown and taupe add balance.
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Blues and purples work meditative wonders. Pale azure and glacier blues wash a
room in coolness and unstructured serenity. Proud, strong blues work responsibility
and contentment into the mood. Pale purple-blues prompt reflection and dreaming.
Neutralizers are the "noncolors": browns, beiges, grays, and white. Perfect for
neutral territories of the house, such as kitchens or baths, these colors bridge
together rooms, other colors, and moods. They neither activate nor pacify; they
blend, combine, and cooperate. White, another neutral hue, brings out openness,
airiness, and an expansive spirit. It generously welcomes other colors into a room,
framing them and showing them off to their best advantage.
Activating colors, such as yellow, orange, and red, move forward, warming and cheering,
and inspiring conversation in varying degrees. Red, the intense one of this group, sparks
emotions forcefully. Orange applies less pressure, and yellow merely suggests. If these
extroverted colors please you, put them to work in the activity room of your house. Ruby,
raspberry, or brick reds pack a punch in entries or halls. Even people who can't relax
amid strong colors find a short spurt of red's exhilaration comfortable as they pass
through a brilliant hall.
Tips of the trade
Clean out that junk drawer. Use small jars such as baby food jars to store
your rubber bands, paper clips and other odds and ends. Put them back in
the drawer upside down so you can see at a glance what’s inside.
Add hooks for hanging storage to sidewalls and a hanging show rack to the
back door.
A crate painted white and mounted on wheels makes convenient under table
storage. In the kitchen it is perfect for extra pots and pans or a portable
cookbook shelf.
Quote of the day:
"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way."
Native American Saying
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Bathroom
The Flow of Money
Purpose
The bathroom is symbolic of flowing water and flowing finances (money). Discover the
wealth that hides in those walls. They are your sanctuary, spa, and meditation cove; and
should be treated with luxury.
Suggestions
Keep toilet and bathroom doors closed. Avoid having the toilet in clear view from the door.
Always keep the bath smelling sweet and clean. Most bathroom are very active areas.
Faucets turning on, water running down drains, closets opening and closing. With all this
activity try and follow some basic steps to keep the chi moving in a calm relaxing pattern.
Symbols
Accessories that shine like brass or crystal keep the chi moving at a lively pace. Use plants in
clay pots to represent steady, financial growth.
1. Close the commode lid before flushing
and keep the commode lid down when not in use. This is to keep vital chi and money
from flowing down the drain.
2. Cover drains when not in use this includes sinks, tubs, showers further securing
finances. One creative client placed a rubber duck
over the shower drain.
3. Since the flow of prosperity, wealth and abundance
is effected by the flow of water in the bath fix all leaks
and drips immediately.
Color
Purple and red support financial wealth. Rose suggests blossoming and sage green denote
the development of wisdom.
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Master Bedroom
Love in your Life and Relationships
Purpose
The bedroom is the most personal room in the house. It is our ultimate inner sanctum;
where we go to rejuvenate. Naturally you want the room to reflect your true spirit.
Suggestions
Remove all clutter. Use natural items as much as possible. The bed should be firmly against
the wall. Keep accessories at a minimum.
Beds should never be in direct line of the door.
When ever possible set a bed securely against the wall this will add stability to the chi
and firmly ground you in you expectations and aspirations.
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When a bed is positioned kitty-corner, between two walls, on a false or glass
wall the chi is left unsupported. At those times that is unavoidable for this
placement of the bed then place a tree or a light shining up behind the bed.
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If the bed is placed under a window, while you sleep the chi will escape from
the top of your head and right out the window instead of re-circulating around
the room. If the bed can’t be moved to another wall, then enclose the window
completely with either a heavy drapery or a piece of art work that covers the
entire window.
It is important that the chi flows freely around the bed. Be sure that the bed is accessible
from both sides, especially if you want to attract a partner or keep an existing one.
Keep furnishing at a minimum.
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Use plants and scarves to soften corners of walls and furnishings.
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Bedrooms are not the best place for mirrors, ceiling fans and noise makers.
These keep the chi overly stimulated and active. If you must have a mirror in
your room then use a small round mirror that doesn’t face the bed directly.
Hang a crystal from the pull cord on the ceiling fan and turn off noise makers
while you sleep.
Symbols
Hang landscapes that make you feel cozy. Add art that depicts love of self and love of
another. Use items in pairs to denote a couple or three to represent family.
Plants in the
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bedroom are and added bonus, they represent life and growth. Keep plants green lush
and healthy. Silk plants arrangements are great substitute for the real thing and great chi
energy boosters.
Hang artwork that makes you feel like nestling down in, pictures that feel cozy and fix all
that is flawed leaving the room with only things that are beautiful and loved.
Colors
Use colors such as peach, gold, warm blues and greens. To draw romance use red in small
amounts. Purple adds mystery. Pinks supports intimacy and youth
Linens and Love Linens and Love
The Chinese have a saying, “Everything is always talking to you, make sure it has nice
things to say.” The meaning behind this that items in our homes project certain messages
to the world. For example; cluttered closets, cluttered mind; windows stuck, feel stuck in
life, These items symbolically represent what is manifesting in our life. So, in the
bedroom you want to pay close attention to what message the bed is giving off. A bed
where a collection of toys are displayed will have no room for a mature relationship or
beds that are stacked with decorative pillows are un-welcoming. Master suites should be
inviting and mature, because they represent adult relationship, intimacy and privacy with
yourself and significant other.
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1. Keep linens fresh and use them to represent things that you desire to draw to you.
However, if you are trying to put an outdated relationship behind you then purchase
new linens representing a “new” beginning.
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2. Bedding is symbolic as well, lacy linens represents
purity and innocence,
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Yellow for stability, purple for prosperity,
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Pink indicators of love,
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floral for health
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Healthy, loving relationship you might choose a
floral sheet with both pink and rose colored
flowers