Are you planning of decorating your home in Dubai? Why not apply some feng shui inspirations to invite good vibes and positive energy, not only to your life, but also to the environment where you live. The practice of feng shui is widely observed worldwide and is not only common to Chinese people, but to anyone who believes that it can change the present aura of one’s room aside its interior designs. In fact, many homeowners in today’s modern generation try to adopt some of the best feng shui practices inside their homes, not only on the positioning of furniture pieces, but also on their windows and curtains.
For those of you who are still not familiar with feng shui, this term refers to “wind and water”. Feng shui is mainly focused how to attract positive energy to come into one’s home and at the same time finding ways to prevent any negative vibe from entering. Feng shui can be represented with any object found in our homes, it can be a decorative figure, furniture piece, fabric material of curtains or even the arrangement of your windows could influence the entire flow of energy coming inside our houses.
Now, that you have a clearer understanding on how feng shui can maintain balance and influence positivity, we can start on how we can allow “Chi” to enter our homes through our windows and curtains. Below are some of the basic feng shui tips shared by experts.
- If you want to attract positive vibes to enter your home or any part of the house, make it a habit of opening your windows or tying the curtains during the day. This action will not only brighten one’s room, but can also liven up one’s mood by simply seeing the colorful rays of the sun come through.
- At night, it would be best to draw the curtains and close the windows. Why? According to feng shui specialists in Dubai, the dark light coming from the night represents negative energy which is not advisable to enter any home because it will only destroy the harmony and “Chi”, positive energy of the house.
- Choose curtain rods that are made from natural metal or if possible always buy wooden rods for your curtains. Avoid curtain rods made from plastic materials.
- The appropriate measures of curtains if you are going to shop from curtain retail stores in Dubai should be wide enough to cover the entire width of your windows and long enough to touch the floor.
- Regularly inspect your curtains if they are functioning well like if they open and close easily without any difficulty. If you are having problems of getting stuck in the middle while opening your curtains, call your curtain fitters in Dubai. I’m sure they have the perfect solution on this particular concern.
- No amount of positive energy “Chi” will enter your home if the windows and curtains are dirty. Keep windows clean all the time and make sure the curtains are neatly arranged for a more appealing view on the side of the onlooker. Remember, curtains and windows are very prone to dirt and other dust particles because they are frequently opened during the day, so clean window frames regularly and change curtains whenever you noticed discoloration of their fabrics or accumulation of dust.
- Purchase curtains that can perfectly blend any season of the year. Light and vibrant shades are ideal for spring and summers months while warm or earth-toned colors will go well during winter months. For example, any curtain fabric belonging to the shades of green is suitable for spring season. Colors of red, orange and pink are for summer. For autumn, any metallic shade is fine while blue will make any winter day inviting.
- Put additional accessories on your windows, either by hanging colorful wind chimes or placing bamboo plants near them.
Additional tips in decorating your house:
- Based on common practices of feng shui, the colors of curtains can have a significant effect on the kind of energy you wish to invite in a particular room of the house. For example, if you want to invite love, better choose curtain fabric materials that come in pink and green shades for your bedroom windows. If you want the occupant of the room to feel more invigorated or energetic like your children’s play room, go for shades of yellow or orange. On the other hand, if you want to create a calming atmosphere inside the living room, purchase curtains in shades of green.
- Did you know the overall appearance of your curtains could also affect the type of energy that will enter your home? If you will use as guideline the teachings of feng shui experts, curtains that look very dull or limp will not encourage positive vibes, but attract negativity in the air. Invest on well-made curtains and it you find a curtain specialist in Dubai who customizes curtains, then, do so and benefit with positive results.
- If you are just building your house, make the windows doors open outward. In case they are built in a style where they open inward, see to it they don’t open in west because this symbolizes death or closure.
- The most ideal structure or layout for windows are those with octagonal shapes or arched according to feng shui practices.
- If you don’t know anything about feng shui and its proper application, consult a credible feng shui expert in Dubai or ask referrals from your interior designer. I’m sure these individuals have connections and in most cases work alongside with one another to satisfy clients when it comes to designing their homes, decorating their rooms or anything that will required style and a touch of feng shui expertise.