How to Enhance a Remodel s Design, Layout with Feng Shui
Joanna Lily Wong shares her tips on how to balance a room s layout to bring calmness in a space with Feng shui principles. Annie Cebulski | April 20, 2021
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Can Feng shui principles enhance a remodel s overall look and feel? Joanna Lily Wong, founder and principal of Ennate Design and Development, regularly employs Feng shui in her multimillion-dollar designs to enhance the home s livability. Here, she shares her tips and tricks for incorporating Feng shui in a remodel.
Ways Remodelers Can Incorporate Feng shui in Home Design
1. Be careful how you choose to layout hallways, living areas, and windows.
Your home s design can have a significant impact on your overall happiness. A space that makes you feel good reflects positively on other aspects of your life, and the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui has been applied with this aim for thousands of years. Feng shui is really an art that celebrates science, says Gabrielle Santiago, a Los Angeles-based interior designer and feng shui expert. Its purpose is to achieve harmony and balance between humans and their environment.
Feng shui, which translates literally to wind and water, was historically used to select favorable places and times for building homes, growing crops, and other life-sustaining activities, Santiago says. The philosophy is based around the elements of earth, metal, water, wood, and fire, which can all be represented through various shapes, colors, and materials throughout a home. The right balance helps cultivate happy, organized spaces that support our well-being and daily lives.