| After the kitchen, the living room sees more | | | | direction. West is also just a generally good |
| activity than any other room in the house. It is | | | | direction for pleasures of all kinds, so it would be |
| the center of family life and of the household's | | | | good for book clubs, wine parties, and other |
| social life, and so it is especially important that | | | | specialized interest groups. |
| everyone feel comfortable and welcomed. Feng | | | | Decorating a Living Room |
| shui can help with this by giving you guidelines on | | | | Living rooms are under the guise of tree energy |
| how to arrange the furniture, choose the | | | | in feng shui, so anything that goes up and down |
| decorations and pick the color scheme. | | | | will work in your favor. This means torchiere |
| Best Locations | | | | lights, striped wallpaper, tall floor lights, long |
| If you have a choice, pick the largest room | | | | curtains and tall plants. Natural fibers like a wood |
| available for the living room. To support the | | | | floor, wool rugs and wood tables and other |
| activity that's going to happen here, you want | | | | furnishings are consistent with this influence, too. |
| everyone to have some elbow room, and that | | | | If you have a tall ceiling, you are even more at an |
| may mean having enough room between chairs | | | | advantage. While curtains are good, do not let |
| and end tables for pets and small children to dash | | | | them get too ornate or bulky as they will inhibit |
| around. It also usually means keeping furniture to | | | | the flow of chi through the room. For the same |
| a minimum, because it is also important to have | | | | reason, keep clutter to a minimum. |
| space to pull in extra chairs and make room for | | | | Sofas and chairs should be pointed towards the |
| quests at parties. And as with all rooms, it is best | | | | South-East and East. Your furniture should be |
| to leave the center of the room relatively empty. | | | | more yin than yang, so overstuffed, soft, round |
| This is even more important if your family room | | | | chairs and sofas and end tables are best. Cushions |
| is small. | | | | are good, too. If you want to vary the green |
| The next consideration is which part of the house | | | | theme of the room, pick purples and cream. |
| to put the living room in. The energies of the | | | | Almost every family room has a television in it |
| South-East, South, South-West and West are | | | | now, and most have entertainment centers and |
| best. A South-East or South space will be | | | | other electronic toys. Because these items give |
| energetic, and if you like to have large parties, | | | | off negative chi it is always recommended to |
| South is best. South-West spaces will be calming, | | | | have some large plants in a family room to offset |
| and more likely to be harmonious. So if your | | | | the unhealthy electro-magnetic waves. Plants are |
| family has been known to argue, a South-West | | | | also good because they support tree energy, and |
| living room might help keep the peace. If you are | | | | they are even better when they force you to |
| single and seeking romance, a room to the West | | | | open up the windows and let the light in, as this |
| will help pull in the romantic energy from that | | | | makes any living room more inviting. |