Over the decades I have been impressed with remedies and solutions that clients have come up with. Instead of doing the bare minimum to achieve a certain goal, some have committed to their feng shui in a way that makes me feel very honored to do what I do for a living. This isn’t to say that you need to buy an expensive bronze statue for your metal remedy, when heavy kettle weights behind a piece of furniture will do. But others, with a natural artistic or aesthetic flair, have come up with solutions that I might have copied myself because they were so well done.
This goes along with the mantra I have been chanting for thirty years, that “Feng Shui should be elegant and inconspicuous.” I have also taken many calls from prospective clients who wanted to know what kinds of things I suggest and they verbalize their relief when I assure them that they do not have to make their home look like a Chinese knick-knack store in order to achieve the kind of balance which results in better health, relationships and income potential.
Some of the more challenging areas of a house to remedy include the kitchen and the garage. While the modern day kitchen is not usually the most important area of the house, it is often the most visible and the room which still needs to be very functional and looks best when orderly. Sometimes a kitchen lands in an area of the house where a remedy, like water, can have a good influence on the entire house. And yet, I can sometimes feel the resistance in a client’s body language when asked to put a water feature in a kitchen. And I always give myself the Litmus Test. Would I want a fountain in my kitchen? Probably not, as I like a nice clean look to the counters and would prefer to have nothing more than the blender and the water filter in sight. One client put an aquarium in her kitchen, with the prescribed amount of water and I was very impressed with what she did. The photo is in this post with her permission.
Do I walk my talk? Yes! Over the years I have placed water fountains outside for the sole purpose of satisfying a Feng Shui principle, though outside fountains can be a hassle to maintain. Even as I write this article, in the middle of moving to a new home, I have chosen to make a room in the house my office which might not have been my first choice if Feng Shui wasn’t the guiding force.
Because many of us enter and leave our homes through the garage much more than the front door, the modern day garage has become the Qi Gate or the mouth of the house. It can be an important energy we glide through, even though we don’t spend a lot of time there. When I realized that my new garage entrance would benefit from the water element, I chose a water color for the epoxy flooring, since a real water feature in a garage is admittedly a challenge. See photo inserted of my dreamy garage which will make me happy whenever I go through it!
Author: Kartar Diamond
Company: Feng Shui Solutions (C)
From the Architecture and Design Blog Series
