Feng Shui Tips on the Home Office Design

How to Attract Good Energy to the House Work Space

Mar 26, 2009 Alla Kondrat

The following Feng Shui tips on the home office design can improve the flow of good energy, and, in such a way, add to the efficiency of work performed in a home office.

More and more people start working from home with the development of communication technologies. For such cases, it is important that the home office design does not only satisfy the immediate business needs of the person, but also positively influences the intellectual and physical activity.

Feng Shui Tips on the Home Office Location

Ideally, a home work space should be located on the south-east, north-west, north, or north-east of the house.
It is better to situate the home office in a separate area, which is to be used for work only. This will separate home energy from the energy of the business, and will reduce the confusion the business energy may bring into the house.
If business meeting are held in a home office, it is better if the working space has a separate entrance. The shorter is the way to the home office through the house, the better.

A Feng Shui Premise for the Home Work Space

The worst locations for the work space are those in the center of the house, in the bedroom, or under a stairway.
A home office area should be well ventilated and lighted. It is good to have a window in the office room. It stimulates the activity of positive energy, and creates a working atmosphere in the room.
A premise with a low ceiling is not the best option: it provides too little space for the business potential to develop and grow up.

Home Office Furniture for Attracting Good Feng Shui Energy

Since office furniture has many straight lines and sharp corners, it naturally activates the productive home office energy. Computers, phones, and other office equipment, also naturally stimulate the inflow of active chi.

If some used furniture is bought for the home office, make sure that the previous owner was successful in his or her business. Otherwise, there are high chances that the new owner will inherit the problems and failures of the previous one. The ideal variant is to buy new furniture for it to bring fresh and active energy into the work space.
The best colors for the home office furniture, including the office desk, are dark or bright ones, like black and dark red. They stimulate, and help to concentrate.
Shelves are better to be closed because the many things, that often fill them, may distract from work.

In general, home office design can greatly improve the owner’s productivity, business success, and attract wealth and prosperity. Feng Shui recommends home office areas to be separated from the rest of the house. The best option would be a separate light room with a window. The home office furniture is better to be new, and not too large.

To learn more about improving the home space Feng Shui, read How to Protect Home From the Negative.

Sources:

Roberts, Stephanie & Mille, Suzee. The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui. Alpha Books, 2004.
“Home Office”. Complete Encyclopedia of Feng Shui. Moscow: Eksmo, 2008.

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