tips, suggestions

i have a book, but im confused and not very spatially oriented anyway

3/29/2006 11:24:57 PM

dont put your bed in the kitchen for starters

3/29/2006 11:33:29 PM

from my own culture:

1) dont design your house so your front door lines up with your back door (souls come in and immediately leave, or something)
2) dont orient your bed to have your head pointing towards the door

that's about all I've learned

taking feng shui to the level of Hollywood hippies is ridiculous

3/29/2006 11:34:10 PM

Here's a tip: it's fucking stupid.

3/29/2006 11:38:53 PM

Here's another: waste your time and money on something else.

3/30/2006 1:04:11 AM

Step 1: Buy cool looking furniture, that looks good together
Step 2: Arrange said furniture to look good and allow traffic to flow through the room
Step 3:...
Step 4: Profit!

3/30/2006 1:07:55 AM

Here's an idea:

Arrange your furniture so there are as many open spaces as possible. Humans like open spaces, we operate and feel better with them around.

Unfortunately this shit has become a meaningless fad, but there IS something to arranging your environment to improve your mood (and thus productivity/creativity).

3/30/2006 2:25:01 AM

where's the penn and teller's bullshit episode when u need it?

3/30/2006 7:37:35 AM

omg, this is like, sooo 1997

3/30/2006 8:03:13 AM

omg this is like, sooo Animal Crossing

3/30/2006 8:57:51 AM

Quote :

"1) dont design your house so your front door lines up with your back door (souls come in and immediately leave, or something)"

I don't want any fucking souls lurking in my house, I'm gonna reverse shui this one.

3/30/2006 9:05:20 AM

the souls of the inhabitants/family i mean

3/30/2006 9:15:24 AM

I think it's important to distinguish between feng shui as a synonym for interior design and feng shui as spiritualist malarkey.

3/30/2006 9:16:08 AM

Quote :

"dont orient your bed to have your head pointing towards the door"

How the fuck does that work.

3/30/2006 9:30:17 AM

another "soul leaving the person" thing

3/30/2006 9:35:45 AM

Hey, hmm, I can decorate your house in all the feng shui like ways. $3,000.....I know, that's it! The way I place furniture in your house will determine luck, wealth, health, ...how often you will get laid, WAIT, I already said luck and wealth....but yeah, all that stuff.

I also have magical beans for sale.

ohh and a DVD of Kazaam, which stars Shaq, he won 3 oscars for it, and since his death the value of this DVD has skyrocketed to a whopping $32,000. I however would be willing to part with it because I own two copies and would like to see you benefit from the good spirits that enjoy watching it.

3/30/2006 10:35:07 AM

Look

Nobody's debating that the imported form of feng shui in this country is a scam designed to rob rich idiots who desperately seek spritiuality in America's suburbs

However, feng shui in China is, at the very least, a detailed system that isn't just some dude arbitrarily pointing around. It's built on the very easy-to-notice link between your environment and your mood. The spirits shit is probably further justification, but it's not like people believe in spirits anymore, right guys?

3/30/2006 11:58:34 AM

Jim Cramer is an expert on Feng Sui positioning of the chair

3/30/2006 12:05:05 PM