Energizing your life might be as simple as moving a few pieces of furniture around your home, according to the ancient Chinese concept of feng shui. Feng shui seeks to establish harmony in both your living space and your life. It is based on the notion that your living area mirrors your life. 

According to feng shui, all things possess energy known as Qi (chi), which you may employ to bring luck, money, and opportunity into your home. To achieve this, all you have to do is rearrange your furniture or adjust your home's interior design. 

1. Leave the Front Door Open 

The front entrance is a conduit for energy. Positive energy can stream into your house through an open and inviting pathway, but if the doorway is closed, energy might stagnate. 

If you want an opportunity to knock on your door, grow a red-flowering plant or use red accent colours on or around your front entrance. Red brings energy, prosperity, and good fortune.

2. Clear the Clutter

A crowded house, according to feng shui, equals a congested mind. Even worse, clutter drains the energy out of a room. You could believe you're hiding your clutter in your closet, but it has just as big of an impact on energy flow as anything else.

If there's clutter in your house — even if it's hidden in the attic — it's cluttering your mind as well as the rest of your body.

3. Aim for Balance

Make sure each area in your home interior has something that represents the five elements: wood, earth, metal, fire, and water.

The objective is to maintain a sense of grounding, centeredness, and equilibrium in your life and surroundings. Place a candle and a vase of flowers next to a wooden bowl filled with stone pebbles, for example.

Alternatively, use colours that represent the five elements:  Water is represented by black. Green represents wood. Fire is represented by the colour red. Earth colours are yellow, tan, and brown. White symbolizes metal.

4. Bring the Outdoors In

Nature instils a sense of calm. Nature gazing has been shown to lower anger and anxiety while increasing emotions of joy. So allow in as much natural light as possible into your living room.

Open the windows and doors to let fresh air in, and bring plants inside. Decorate and design with bamboo, wood, or wicker, and add texture with stones and pebbles. Paintings of nature and their peacefulness may also be used to decorate the walls.

5. Offer Gratitude

Learn to offer gratitude to your home. Feng shui is a shamanic tradition that holds that everything, including our environments, is alive! Your house is infused with the same life force (qi) that animates you.

Your house is a haven. Your house is a place where you may relax, eat, rejoice, and so much more. It's easy to express thanks to your house. Simply express gratitude to your house with a humble heart.

6. Stop Runaway Qi

If the good energy (or opportunities) that flow in your front door fly out the back door, you won't be able to profit from them.

It's runaway qi if you open the front door and there's a direct path to the back door or a window. You want qi to flow in a meandering way so that good energy may be distributed throughout your home. 

Stopping runaway qi can be accomplished by placing furniture or other ornamental objects in or near the questionable path, as well as utilizing carpets to obstruct energy passage. A room separator or a faceted crystal hung near one of the doorways can also assist.

7. Make Your Bedroom Restful

According to feng shui, the bedroom is one of the most significant rooms in the house since it is where we seek healing, balance, and tranquillity. It's also a location where dreams come true.

The objects you set between your beds have an energy link with your objectives, according to feng shui. 

So, certainly, you can make money (or fall in love) while sleeping, even if you have a simple bedroom design.

To encourage relaxation, choose sensuous materials and soft pillows, and avoid storing anything beneath your bed – shoes, luggage, books, photographs, and files are too stimulating for a comfortable sleep. 

8. Place Living Plants

Plants have their qi and will attract it to themselves. If you don't have a green thumb, high-quality silk plants and flowers — not fake ones — are the next best thing.

Plants work best in the kitchen (to create a balance between hot and cold appliances), the dining area (to attract abundance), and the family room (to promote health, life, and connection).

In a Nutshell

Feng Shui is a Chinese philosophy and spatial planning system that translates to "wind-water." Feng shui, an ancient Chinese concept, is believed by many successful businessmen.

Incorporating Feng Shui components into your home interior design can increase the circulation and effect of your Qi in your home.