Jul 03 2008
Feng Shui and Storage Rooms
I suppose one tends to think that a feng shui practitioner would be completely clutter-free. Well, surprise! Almost all of us have clutter to some degree. I admire homes which have that ‘a place for everything and everything in its place’ look, but that’s not me. I do try my best to keep things in order, realizing at the same time that having things around probably feeds my creativity.
One room in my house periodically gets completely out of control though — our tiny storage room. When we moved in, it was difficult to imagine filling it. We saw the empty space and thought ‘meditation room’ or even an office space (vetoed because it was really too small). There also needed to be a place for the cat litter box and this was the best location for it.
Once the litter box went in there the space wasn’t long filling up but it was organized at least. Soon however, it became the ”I’ll just put this here for now” room. By the time I couldn’t stand it anymore I had created a narrow aisle on one side, in which to get to the litter box.
It took a few days to get it completely cleared out and reorganized. Right now it is clear and the energy is good. At the same time I know that this room will always suffer from the ‘let’s put this here just for now and get it out of the way’ syndrome.
It is good feng shui to keep on top of what we are keeping and deal with accumulation before it grows to the ‘can’t stand it’ level, but at the same time we do need areas in our home that are utilitarian and functional — the place where the litter box goes, to store the recycling, or to keep the Christmas decorations — or whatever.
I believe the best feng shui strategy it to acknowledge that we need storage rooms and that they will get messy from time to time, and to allow it. We can compensate for whatever bagua map gua these areas fall into into by enhancing that area in other rooms — and to schedule periodic clean ups in that storage room to keep the energy moving.
(c) Deborah Redfern, 2008. All rights reserved.
Tags: accumulation, litter box, storage rooms
I’m glad to have come across your post. I have just been thinking about the problem of storage rooms. I really like your thought of ALLOWING the storage room, and then ENHANCING that same area of the bagua in other rooms! I think this idea is going to help me personally a A LOT. Thank you!
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