Using Metal Furniture in Feng Shui

Fen Shui can be very complex, encompassing sophisticated Chinese philosophical ideas, ancient traditions and cultural beliefs. According to Wu Xing's theory, the structure of the cosmos reflects 5 phases. Each phase has a complex set of associations with various aspects of nature and its elements. The perfect home and garden must combine the 5 elements of water, fire, wood, earth and metal from China. To demonstrate how to successfully display elements in your home, here is a guide to furniture, accessories, decorations, and metal colors.

Balance

Every room in your house must have a work balance of 3 to 5 elements. The idea is to find your own personal balance, depending on who lives at home and the area of ​​your life that you want to work on. Many beginners use direct percentages, starting from 50% Earth, 40% Metal and 10% Water as a guide. To personalize your Feng Shui, find out your birth element and Kua number. If metal is an element of your birth or venetian mirrored furniture your Kua number is 6 or 7, lucky for you to increase the metal representation in your home and garden. Instead of just using plantations or mirrors, you might want to consider metal furniture, such as metal beds, dining sets, coffee tables or patio sets.

Positioning

Metal furniture, decorations and accessories must be positioned North or Northwest, according to Bagua. This is a map of your placement that symbolizes how your environment is connected to your life. The North is known for your life journey, opportunities and career, so positioning metal furniture in this area will strengthen aspects of your life. West is known for its completion and creativity and Northwest is for people who like to help and travel.

Form

When looking for metal furniture and accessories for your home and garden, you must also take into account that they are round. Therefore, choose a round wrought iron patio set or anything circular to strengthen the effect. When you include metal furniture in your decor, be careful of the sharp edges. Sharp corners are considered 'Shar' which means murder or disharmony. So again, always choose a round shape.

Color

The associated metal color is white; to truly strengthen your life and career opportunities, add a white pillow to a metal dining chair or a white bed with your metal bed. Or you might consider unusually elegant white metal furniture to really enhance this area. If you don't like the idea of ​​metal furniture, you can use white or metallic accessories or mirrors to represent the element. For example, use sparkling cloth, silver picture frames, bronze or tin sculptures or statues.

Season

This element is also related to autumn, which can be very complicated to display in your interior. Wrought iron shelves can display several autumn landscape prints or photos. Or large metal planters can contain plants that manifest changing seasons. The key to the success of Feng Shui is creativity.

Shine

Be aware of the fact that shiny metal emits a greater amount of chi than blunt metal. Wrought iron furniture and accessories are a good choice, so you don't need to worry too much. Wrought iron themes are also very easy to apply throughout your home and garden. The furniture is classic and timeless and many interesting decorations such as wall art and light fittings are readily available.

Cut and Melt

These elements are called phases because of their relationship to each other; there are productive (harmonious) phases and destructive phrases (not harmonious) - so the elements work in harmony or destroy each other. In the productive cycle the earth hardens into (creates) metal and the metal is eroded into (produces) water. Whereas in the destructive phase, fire melts metal but cuts wood. So improving your metal elements does not mean adding more metal furniture that you can actually use more venetian mirrors cheap from Earth because it pushes metal. Likewise, if you need to reduce its effect, add fire to 'melt it', using vibrant red paintings or prints for example. It's complicated isn't it?

Whether you choose metal furniture, mirrors, candle holders, planters, coat stands or gazebos, make sure you get the right balance and position. Enjoy the quality of intelligence, sharpness, clarity, and efficiency that will be driven by metals in your life.

Avi Reisman works on the design team at Metal Design Furniture Ltd. Avi's articles on interior design, landscaping, garden furniture, metal furniture, and wrought iron are required reading for anyone considering investing in a feature piece of metal furniture for their home.

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