The living room is the family’s common space, a place to gather, share, welcome guests, and is also a center to relax and enjoy the family’s culture. Therefore, the living room is the most important place in the family home.

The arrangement of the living room must be very careful, aiming to promote the family’s fortune, in accordance with the homeowner’s living needs, preferences, and personality, so it must be carefully arranged to be perfect!

• The best location for the living room is in the upper half of the house (villa). If it’s a storey house, it’s best to stay on the 1st floor.
• The living room must be well-lit, clean, airy, tidy… creating attractive conditions for vitality.
• The color must match the location, as well as the homeowner’s personality, education, aesthetics…

Main direction East

Representing the health of the whole family – the Wood element needs to be green, with the main color being green, or enhance ornamental plants to enhance health and longevity for family members. You can add more water (fish tank, fountain, water wheel)… water and wood will increase the luck of the living room. Or hanging landscape paintings is also very effective!

Main direction South

The main south direction is the direction of the li palace and the fire element. Represents the reputation of the homeowner, especially the homeowner. Need to install bright lights, arrange wooden furniture, ornamental plants, hang phoenix paintings, sun paintings, flower paintings, red carpets… should not put mirrors, fish tanks (water will overcome fire). Colors in this direction coordinate pink, yellow, warm green…

Main direction West

The main direction west is related to the fortune of children and grandchildren. Among the five elements, metal belongs. Suitable for white, yellow, gold, silver. Objects made from metal such as wind chimes, radio speakers, crystal vases, quartz stones… are very suitable for this area, (objects can be black – aqua color.). Avoid displaying many objects with conflicting five elements

Main direction North

The North direction represents career, and is compatible with the colors black and blue. You should display glass and metal items, trying to avoid conflicting colors.

Northeast

The Northeast direction represents the Wenchang palace, which belongs to the earth and is suitable for the colors yellow and red. Earthy brown color, displaying ceramic vases, quartz stones, stone towers, natural crystals combined with hanging brushes is very effective in stimulating children’s intelligence and learning.

Northwest

Among the five elements of metal, white, golden yellow, silver, can enhance yellow (earth). This direction represents noble fortune. You can arrange metal objects, wind chimes, ancient coins… hang pictures of leaders, gods, generals, photos with leaders… to attract luck.

Southwest

Representing earthly love (peach blossom luck), you should display objects such as flower vases and hanging table lamps, the main colors being yellow, red, or maybe white. Displaying pictures of families, weddings, couples, and natural crystals also has a very good effect. You need to pay attention to this palace because it has a great influence on marital happiness.

Southeast direction

The southeast direction of the living room represents the family’s fortune, wood and green. (can combine blue and black) You should display wooden objects, green plants with rounded leaves, fish tanks, fountains, and water wheels, which are very effective in stimulating fortune.

Above are the basic notes when arranging the living room color scheme accordingly. In addition, it is also based on the homeowner’s destiny to coordinate harmoniously, creating a truly open living room space worthy of being a place for exchanges and relationships between everyone in the family, and with guests. It is also a place where people enjoy and relax in an aesthetic cultural space…

Feng shui master AI NHAN – BUI CAO THE