The Plan

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30 day June 2014 room challenge

The Plan

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Love your bedroom with Feng Shui

Changing your bedroom can change your life.

We spend one third of our life in the bedroom - and it is where we renew our energy. It’s the most private space your house. It’s where we are naked and have sex. Where we heal when we are sick or cry when we are sad.

It’s where we can be 100&% ourselves, meditate or just relax.

But the bedroom also has a deeper symbolism in our lives. The room and its interior is a picture of your love life - including the love for yourself. Do you love yourself? And is your bedroom a beautiful and dignified setting for your love life?

1.THE BEDROOM’S LOCATION

Choose the room located at the back of the home, since this is where you find the calmest energy. The front room facing the street will be characterized by a more lively energy that doesn’t match the function of the bedroom. It can also be difficult to feel private, stripped naked and having sex at full speed, if you have the feeling that the neighbors, the postman or the dog walkers can see everything.

Well our Master is facing both the front and the back of the house.

Note to myself:

WINDOW COVERINGS TOWARDS THE STREET.

2.COLORS IN THE BEDROOM

Only use calming and relaxing colors in the bedroom. Use warm colors and a color scheme that are closest to the human skin tones but not the same color as your skin. Picture yourself in you bedding. Do you look inviting and irresistible?

Use a pink, salmon, red, brown or yellow color scheme.

Don’t use green and blue colors, as they will make you look sick and unattractive. Grey is not a color and will not add any energy or wauu factor to the room.

Colors for the different compass directions:

North: blue, black, white, gray, silver & gold

Northwest: white, gray, silver, gold, yellow, brown

West: white, gray, silver, gold, yellow, brown

South: red, pink, orange, purple, lavender, green

Southwest: red, pink, orange, purple, lavender, green

South: green, blue, black

Northeast: red, pink, orange, purple, lavender, brown, yellow

East: green, blue, black

Okay no greys and no lined color bedding as I will “disappear” and no bright colors.

Note to myself:

Check basement for paint.

3.    THE BEDS LOCATION IN THE ROOM

The bed should always, if possible, be located in the room's “power spot”. The “Power spot” is that spot in the room where you have a clear view of doors and windows and have a solid wall behind you. In this spot you can easily orient yourself to the entire room. You keep your "power" because you are in control and no one can attack you from behind.

My bed is currently placed in between to window.

Note to myself:

MOVE BED?!

4.    THE BED

The bed is a central and essential furniture for every human being. It is not a question whether we WANT to have a bed in our home we simply NEED a bed.

No matter how much you move around and decorate, you'll never have a good night sleep before you select a proper bed/ mattress.

Is your mattress worthy carrying you through life? Does it provide comfort with a simultaneously strong, firm and soft grip - or is it flat, worn and unsteady?

Also avoid using the space underneath the bed for storage.

We have two full size mattresses joined into one bed (9’ wide and 6.5’ long). We call it a “Ellicott Emperor” J. We bought the beds 3 years ago so I think we are good.

5.    HEADBOARD

A headboard provides support, symbolic, visual and sometimes structural. When we sleep with a headboard, we will experience a sense of support in life - a feeling that there is "something we can lean against". It provides a deeper night's sleep, but also embeds an inner sense of "support", trust and strength.

Another benefit is that a headboard creates a focal point for the bed and gives the bed the majestic look, as it should have in the room.

We already have headboards.

Note to myself:

REDESIGN HEADBOARDS???

6.    NIGHT STANDS

As the wings of a plane, nightstands ensure the harmony and ballance, not just in the sleep, but also in the relationship.

Avoid sharp edges. Make sure your nightstands have round edges cause sharp edges will send bad energy into the room.

We already have nice nightstands.

Note to myself:

Are the nightstands to small compared to the size of our bed????

7.    TEXTILES

Furniture contributes to create a home, but it’s the textiles, which makes us FEEL at home in the home.

If you really want to upgrade your bedroom into something that can outperform any hotel suite, then simply introduce twice as much fabric as you have right now (at least). Buy carpets, curtains, upholstery, throw pillows and throws. Not just one - but all together! - And in generous amounts.

Remember to choose bedding that will kiss you and hug you every single time you go to bed.

Everything you dress up your bed with is of course, textile, but you need more than that. Carpets, for your feet to step out on, curtain from floor to ceiling and an upholstered armchair, ottoman or sofa (if space is available). They all contribute with softness to the room. And remember not only to use cotton fabrics, use velour, velvet, silk and fur gives an exclusive boost to your personal sanctuary.

AND remember to make your bed every day, use a beautiful bedspread and decorate with some delicious throw pillows. It makes a huge difference to enter a bedroom where the bed looks inviting

We have carpet on the floor. Lined curtains, Velour headboards and a textured sofa.

Note to myself:

THROW PILLOWS!!!

8.    WALL DECOR

Decorates with pictures that remind you of love. NOT pictures of your children or your family cause you don’t want them as an audience in the bedroom!!! Find images that remind you of the love for your partner. It could, for example, be pictures of your girlfriend / couple pictures of you and your spouse, or paintings with lovers or images with the word "love". Avoid pictures over the bed. Alternatively, you can put up a nice wall decal with a saying about love if you think the wall looking bare without.

Mirrors should be avoided too. Most importantly make sure you can’t see yourself in the mirror while lying in bed. Mirrors will throw back the energy and it’s not good to be hit by all that energy while sleeping

We have no wall décor at all besides a way to expensive painting form a Danish artist.

Note to myself:

MAKE PAINTING OR BUY A DECAL????

9.    DECLUTTER

Don’t use your bedroom as a graveyard for left over furniture. Don’t use it as a storage room or a gym. Declutter and only have things that belong in the bedroom and only things you use. The rest will just be a dust collector. If you need storage use a cabinet or a dresser and be organized.

Imagine that everything makes a noise. How noisy is your bedroom?

Our bedroom is nearly empty. But I have some leftovers I need to move and a basket with leftover socks that needs a new home.

10. OTHER

Put things in pairs for example: 2 candlesticks, 2 photo frames, 2 figures, etc. Make sure they are close together, as too big a gap between things can symbolize a distance in your relationship. And 3 are one to many in the bedroom J

If possible, move electronics out of the bedroom. If you can’t live without your flat screen, tablet or phone, try to keep it as far away from your bed as possible – You could cover the TV with something when you go to sleep.