Feng Shui For Your Front Door

Feng Shui, (pronounced fung shway) is the art of mindful design of our environment to enhance life giving chi. Feng Shui may be Asian in origin, but its appeal is universal. The spaces where we live not only reflect us but they nourish or deplete us because of the way they make us feel. View your home as a metaphor for your relation to life. Where there is darkness, bring light, where there is stagnation, create movement, where there is confusion, bring clarity. As you improve these aspects of your home, you are actually taking direct action to change your life for the better. Nowhere is this more important than at the front door of the house.

The front door may be considered the most important element for bringing life, energy and opportunity into your life. Your front door is likened to the mouth of the body – all nourishment comes through the front door. If your front door is so situated that you cannot easily find it, this can mean that good luck will not find you. Some houses are designed so that one drives into a garage and enters the house from there. In Feng Shui, a garage is likened to the lower bowel where things are stored, waiting to be eliminated. It is considered dangerous to the health to enter a home in this backwards manner. Your front door should be directly accessible and attractive so that beneficial guests can easily find it.

Elements that Feng Shui uses to increase the vitality of a home include adding light, water features or plants whenever possible. To attract beneficial guests to your home, an entryway should be large, beautiful and have windows that let in light and allow you to see nature. The benefits of a wrought iron door here is that you can open the windows in your door so that fresh air can come in, while the scrollwork prevents unwanted guests from entering. A wrought iron door with sidelights or a transom can greatly increase light in the entrance hall. Wrought iron also conveys a sense of permanence and strength which is important in a home. A wrought iron door is preferable to a composite or man made door. The first experience of seeing the home and then standing inside the home should be pleasant. A person should be welcomed into one room, rather than be confronted with multiple doors where a choice is required. This way, the good luck that comes in, is inclined to stay.