FLOOR DESIGNS
While architecture and interior design concern themselves with structure, function and visual impact, Feng Shui takes into consideration the conscious and unconscious associations you may have with the space and the objects and their placements within it. Feng Shui accomplishes this by combining an ancient divination tool with simple psychology. An artful combination of the two is where the real work of Feng Shui practitioner comes in. The result should be a house, an apartment or even just a room that reflects your own values and aesthetics that supports your personal ambitions and simply reminds you of your dreams. Indeed using Feng Shui your "castle" should become your own in the most intimate detail, profoundly affecting the way you think about yourself and the world.
The feel one gets when you first step into your home to a large extent indicates the type of energy, atmosphere and the taste of the people who live there. This does not confine to décor and design alone but even the wall colours and floorings contribute towards the type of energy existing in a space.
The flooring you use in your home also defines how the energy (known as chi in Feng Shui) flows there. Careful selection of materials means that you can fine-tune the atmosphere of your house or apartment. Big surface areas, such as flooring, will have the greatest influence, and it is worth taking great care over the materials you use.
Natural materials tend to carry chi more easily than synthetic materials, and help to circulate throughout your home. An example of this is wood, where the energy (chi) continues to flow along the grain.
Rough textured surfaces (such as a wool carpet) slow chi down, making it more yin, whereas hard, shiny, flat surfaces (such as glazed tiles) speed up the flow of chi, creating a more yang atmosphere.
Feng Shui generic guideline prescribes combination of colours and floorings to enhance the chi of the place and make it harmonious.
● Use of materials such as wood which will help to fuel the strength and luck of a house which faces north and sits south and it signifies Fire element.
● Shades of blacks and blues in façade and wavy pattern or designs in the front of the house combined with floor colours of white and black tiled alternatively or more of white for a house facing south and representing water element. Whites represent metal, while blacks and blues symbolize water hence floor tiles in shades of white and black or white marble are considered good. Avoid any green colours or wood flooring, as wood energy here will exhaust the strength of the house.
● For houses facing East or Southeast implying Metal element, emphasizing more on circles and curves on the façade with colours of white, gray and earth tones and using floor colours in marble in a variety of beige tones are considered good Feng Shui.
● Earth houses facing NE or SW compass directions benefit from the use of earth-based materials like marble, ceramic tiles or granite finishes. Colours for such houses should include beige earth colours with slight hints of red hues in certain areas. However use of greens or metallic finishes in the colours and décor of the façade should be avoided.