The expression "not in Feng Shui" has long become a household word, with some irony and a distortion of the rules of spelling. But the goal of Feng Shui is to achieve harmony and balance through the organization of the surrounding space. Those who were able to apply this East Asian practice on their own speaks about the beneficial effects of energy flows. Their source is paintings, the location and plot of which can affect the mood and relationships in the family. Before purchasing a decor element, it is important to take recommendations from feng shui experts.
Which paintings are better to choose?
A painting is not necessarily a painting of the Renaissance in the original. It can be a watercolor painted by a friend, or a computer drawing created by a son, photographs or photo wallpaper. In any case, there is a piece of the author’s soul, which may suit you according to emotions or not. Hence the rules for choosing paintings for an apartment and office.
- Work should like. Looking at her, the soul should rest, and all the negativity should go.
- If there is a need to hang the canvas to decorate the wall, then you should first arm yourself with a compass. There is a relationship between the part of the world and the elements accompanying it: plots with water are welcomed in the north, with forests, plants, land on the eastern side, with fire, heat on the south, and air currents and metal on the west.
- The main thing in the canvas is the plot, not the frame. The salary should not be massive, otherwise the energy circulation of the picture will be disturbed.
- To understand whether you need to buy a popular thing, you should imagine it on the wall in a specific room and think about whether you want to see this work in your home every day.
- People who are not familiar with the meaning of hieroglyphs must definitely figure out what the symbol in the picture means before buying.
For a career to go uphill, on the northern walls of a house or office you need to hang pictures in blue and black and white. The south is associated with red and green colors, representing recognition and success in all matters. The western sector symbolizes children and creativity. Paintings with gray, yellow, white colors should solve problems with children and contribute to the implementation of creative ideas. Canvases with blue, green, brown, black and a little red, located in the east of the room, are designed to create family harmony.
The center of the room is responsible for health and affects all other areas. This is the center of harmony, its colors are yellow, beige, brick, orange.
What is worth giving up?
Each house has its own traditions: someone likes to make a photo gallery of his relatives, entomologists - to show rare butterflies, archaeologists - fragments of ancient dishes. From a Feng Shui point of view, this is not worth it.
- Photos of loved ones or celebrities who have passed away cause not only admiration, but also sadness, sadness. Such work can only be hung in the work area as a recognition of merit and an incentive to achieve the goal.
- Military battles, necromancy, themes of murder - such paintings do not have a place in the apartment, these are paintings for museums and exhibition galleries. The only places where battle themes are relevant are sports halls.
- Feng Shui recommends removing cracked and broken objects, furniture, utensils from the interior. And they should not be in the pictures either. A crack in the mirror is a crack in the path of life.
- Abstraction and energy carries the same: uncertainty, sharpness, emotional explosion, hash. There is no pronounced negative, but few positive emotions.
- It is not recommended to hang frames in the bedroom with dried butterflies and bugs, flowers, reeds - dead plants and insects carry negative energy, even if they are very rare and very beautiful.
- But the drawing of a bag of money is also not recommended to be placed in the bedroom. It is believed that all family values will shift into a monetary channel, which can provoke scandals and quarrels in the family.
- You should not hang pictures that depict an odd number of objects: harmony is a couple.
- Behind you (either at your desk or at the head of the bed) you don’t need subjects with a water element: a stormy waterfall or a quiet lake. Such paintings should not be on the southern walls of the house and office.
Recommendations for various rooms
So, general recommendations are known, now it’s worthwhile to talk in more detail about the decor of various functional rooms - both residential and office. For example, canvases representing well-being and status are suitable for the office of the head of the office. Behind the back of a modern leader, photos of cars, yachts, and beautiful houses are relevant. In the meeting room, paintings depicting harvesting will become a symbol of success in all endeavors.
Bridges and tall buildings symbolize the career ladder, and the road that goes into the distance is a symbol of forward movement, determination. As for residential premises, there are also some nuances here.
Hallway
The first thing that guests see at the entrance to the house leaves the most vivid impression. Therefore, it is important to properly equip the hallway in terms of Feng Shui. This place accumulates and distributes energy throughout the house. This is facilitated by paintings with landscapes, still lifes, non-aggressive animals and birds. To attract money to the house opposite the front door image of a money tree. In a small hallway, the picture should occupy no more than a third of the free space on the wall.If the entrance room is a corridor, then modular paintings are appropriate here.
Living room
The main reception area can accommodate a large canvas or several small paintings. For a better choice, it is possible to attach several pieces of fabric of different colors in turn to the intended place of the picture. The plot may be as follows: a fireplace or a fireplace, a cozy house with garden trees, a snow slide with rolling children, a stream, a river (but not a waterfall). Spiritually enlightened people can hang story paintings on religious topics.
Vitally active people select canvases representing their interior movement of animals, people, birds - This is the flow of positive energy and the desire to move forward. Those who need symbols of calm choose Landscapes, a symbol of plenty - butterflies and flowers.
And anyone who wants to acquire a summer house, apartment, house, must hang a picture of the house.
Bedroom
It is very important what scenes the pictures depict: there is no place for swamps and still water of ponds, no proud petrels in the stormy sea, tsunamis and destructive waterfalls. You can’t post photos with the image of one person if the bedroom belongs to a couple or would like a couple to live here. It is not recommended to place any paintings above the bed so as not to get family problems. The most frequent recommendation of Feng Shui experts is to hang murals with peonies in the bedroom, this is a symbol of ardent feelings, passion, a new relationship.
Orchid - a flower of family comfort. It helps to restore feelings, as well as strengthen health (if the picture hangs in the eastern sector) and build a career (in the northern sector). Do not try to hang all the walls with diverse paintings - this mixes the energy of the paintings and will lead to an imbalance of flows.
Another tip is to put the picture in a wooden frame and decorate it with a butterfly. This will preserve the harmony of your relationship and the positive aura of the bedroom.
Children
The choice of drawings for the nursery depends on the psycho-emotional state and nature of the child. Apathetic need to invigorate, give energy. Choleric - calm, relax the nervous system. Therefore, the paintings should hang not at the head, but in the field of view of your beloved child. It is advisable to consult and identify the color preferences of the child. But to explain why in the room you do not need to hang posters with aggressive cartoon and movie heroes. Most popular for younger children. drawings with the sun, sunflowers. These are symbols of the fight against evil spirits.
Kitchen
For the design of a Feng Shui kitchen, the scope is very large: still lifes with all kinds of fruits and berries, spices and aromatic coffee, flowers, landscapes, fire in various forms. The main condition: the paintings must be positive, no drawings of a dirty tavern or broken dishes. A kitchen apron over a countertop with photo printing is perfect as a large artistic canvas. The view of the evening city, the receding road, street lamps - all this relaxes, creates a romantic atmosphere.
The use of red and green colors in the paintings attracts financial flow. Therefore, there are many natural topics: forest, plants, red flowers. But water with a light wave, fields with golden ears are pertinent. The picture should hang so that it is visible to everyone entering the kitchen.
Restroom
Pictures, posters, panels with the image of the desert, sun sunset or morning dawn, bright burning sunbeams are not suitable for the toilet room, because all these works are done in the colors of fire: yellow, orange, red. And this room needs muted cold tones: snowy mountain peaks, frozen lakes, flying snowflakes - silver-white, blue-blue, a little black. The most typical drawing is the sea element, but without a sultry beach.
Some semantic meanings
Before buying a painting, you must definitely acquire a so-called explanatory dictionary of semantic meanings of drawings according to Feng Shui.
Trees, plants, flowers.
- Peonies - the picture is hung in front of the bedroom while searching for a life partner or to stir up passion in the second half.
- Poppies - a symbol of love and pleasure.
- Sakura - luck, health, peace, happiness, prosperity. It is best to hang a picture with sakura in the bedroom.
- Trees with a green crown - a long and happy life, health. Pictures are often hung in living rooms, in the kitchen, in the hallway.
- Pine - longevity.
- Daisies - are suitable for any premises. They will bring with them the energy of love, kindness and warmth.
- Orchid - family happiness, patronage, love, romanticism.
- Nature in the form of a park, forest, green meadow attracts wealth, and the mill enhances the flow of finance.
Animals, insects, fish, marine life.
- Fish pictures - a symbol of happiness. Goldfish attract prosperity to the home, carps - energy.
- Elephant - The standard of stability and prosperity. Pictures with elephants can be placed in any living room and corridor, because they talk about the reliability, prudence and seriousness of the owners.
- Tiger - this is courage, fearlessness and courage.
- Swan - romance and love. The same meaning and doves.
- Heron - a symbol of honesty, longevity, devotion.
- Butterflies - ease and joy.
- The Dragon - one of the main symbols of the East, which is the highest for creative individuals, bringing good luck and success.
- Horses - persistence of character, performance, luck, nobility. A horse on its hind legs is a symbol of life growth. The image of the horse in front of the nursery is a kind of amulet. But the paintings should be located in the house and office so that the horses do not run away through the door or window. A pair of horses strengthens the bond between family members.
- Peacock - one of the most powerful talismans, symbolizing pride, immortality, beauty, wisdom, luck, happiness and joy.
Natural elements.
- Waterfall attracts, like any water, good luck and prosperity. But a powerful current rushing down can destabilize energy flows.
- Calm sea - order and stability.
- Surging waves a storm can lead to stress, failure, destabilization.
- Sailboat in the calm sea - A sign of stability, prosperity. But the bow of the ship should be directed inside the house, and not at the door.
- Rain: summer warm rain is a symbol of purity, freshness and renewal, and rain with a thunderstorm is anxiety, concern.
- Fountain attracts abundance and prosperity.
- The mountains, mountain peaks, cliffs - the best design of the workplace, symbolizing strength of mind, stability, protection, support.
Above, we talked about the traditions of depicting people in Feng Shui. But there is a special picture - “100 children”, which for many couples seeking the appearance of an heir is a symbol of faith in the fulfillment of their wishes.
This talisman will certainly help to cope with temporary difficulties, the main thing is to believe!
On how to choose a picture and a place for its location in Feng Shui, see below.