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By Rodika Tchi, About.com Guide to Feng Shui

Feng Shui Good Bed, Feng Shui Bad Bed

Monday March 19, 2007
feng shui bed tips From "Time to go to bed!" to "Shall we go to bed?" to "He is on his deathbed.." - the bed is the most used, famous and important feng shui piece of furniture in one's life.

Needless to say, feng shui-wise, a good bed is one of the most important feng shui purchases you will make for your own well-being.

What makes a great feng shui bed? Three things:

  1. Good headboard. While you are drifting off to sleep, your body is going intro an extra busy energy repair work on many levels. Subconsciously your head needs good backing, protection and support, just like your back needs it when you are seating in a chair for extended periods of time. Best feng shui headboards are the ones that are solid and made from wood, or the upholstered ones, as they have a very good combination of solid, but also gentle and supporting feng shui energy for you and your bedroom.


  2. Good mattress. There is a variety of mattresses on the market, choose wisely and invest in the one that will promote best sleep and relaxation. The better you sleep at night, the better your health, this is really simple.

  3. Good height to allow for a balanced feng shui energy flow under the bed. Generally, the beds that have built-in storage drawers underneath to help you with storage solutions are considered bad feng shui beds. The energy needs to circulate around your body when you sleep, which is not possible if the space underneath the bed is blocked.

I recently bought my dream bed - an upholstered bed with a beautiful headboard and just the right height. It gives me great pleasure to look at it, sleep in it, and, needless to say, I absolutely and totally love it!

What's your bed like - is it a good feng shui bed or a bad feng shui bed?

ALL ABOUT YOUR BED & BEDROOM:

PS. Please post all your feng shui bed and bed related questions at the feng shui forum - you will benefit from a wealth of answers. Thank you!



Photo: (c) Gabriel Panaiet

Comments

May 10, 2007 at 5:28 am
(1) lasitha says:

i kept my Bed in the direction of south side and i have improved my love life to a certain extent,career wise it was not good.could you please help to improve my career?

August 7, 2007 at 3:07 pm
(2) fengshui says:

I would suggest focusing on the North area of your whole space, as well as your office. Check your main door energy flow. Also, find out your Kua number and see what your best directions are.
Cheers!

March 12, 2008 at 8:23 am
(3) will says:

does the color of the bed affects the feng shui of the room?

March 23, 2008 at 9:15 pm
(4) Nina says:

Could you tell me if I could have a vanity table in my bedroom, it is small one and has 3 mirrors, in which area of the bedroom can I put it or do mirrors have not place in the bedroom?

March 26, 2008 at 4:50 pm
(5) fengshui says:

Yes, the color of the bed affects the feng shui of the room, as color is one of the strongest expressions of energy.

See our videos with feng shui color tips, as well as feng shui tips for bedroom:

http://fengshui.about.com/od/usesoffengshui/ig/feng-shui-videos-hub/

March 26, 2008 at 4:53 pm
(6) fengshui says:

As long as the mirrors are relatively small and do not reflect the bed, the vanity table is ok.

April 28, 2008 at 12:34 pm
(7) Silvia says:

How would it affect my love life if I buy a used bed with a used mattress?

May 8, 2008 at 2:19 pm
(8) fengshui says:

I would suggest you go for a new mattress, as you never know the energy and the love luck of people who used it before.
Hope that helps!
Rodika

June 16, 2008 at 2:42 am
(9) Heatra says:

Our bedroom has a sloped roof and small built in wardrobes at either side and the bed lying in the middle (The bed is in the middle of the room and faces the door which is offset to one corner so only part of the bed (mainly my side!) is directly in front of the door. . . . As we cannot move the bed from its position as space is limited is their anything I can do (or do I need to do anything ) to offset the fact that my bed side is in front of the door?

June 23, 2008 at 9:36 pm
(10) fengshui says:

Yes, you need to create some sort of protection or division between the bed and the door. See this feng shui forum discussion for some helpful tips:

http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ab-fengshui&tid=321

July 6, 2008 at 9:05 pm
(11) Lori says:

Hi, my room is very small. There is no way to position my bed to be accessible no all sides. how can I work around this?

July 10, 2008 at 5:27 pm
(12) fengshui says:

Even when you cannot access the bed from both sides, you should still leave at least some open space on both sides, do not block the pathway by having one side of the bed touch the wall. Do your best to have some energy flowing to both sides of the bed.

Read a quick feng shui not-to-do list for the bedroom here:
http://fengshui.about.com/od/yourbedroom/ht/ruinlovelife.htm

July 16, 2008 at 2:08 pm
(13) Brianna says:

I have a Beautiful Day bed

July 18, 2008 at 8:47 am
(14) Hope says:

my bedroom has one large window and our floor vents are beneath it. the foot of my bed does face my bedroom door…any advice on how to move

July 21, 2008 at 1:07 am
(15) jo says:

I have quite a small room and have my bed facing a door to the outside. on the opposite wall (where my head lies) is the entrance to my room,. then on the side i have my ensuite bathroom. i havent lived in this room very long but ever since i have i have been having really terrible sleeps and nightmares miost nights, help!! what can i do to change this? i cant change the position of my bed cos it won’t fit any other way!

August 1, 2008 at 9:14 pm
(16) Michelle says:

My ideal direction is North while my mate’s ideal direction is South. What can I do to help us both?

August 2, 2008 at 9:57 pm
(17) Elsa says:

I have a large closet with a full length mirror on it across from my bed. It seems that this is the only direction for it to be in–it is in a command position across from my bedroom entrance–but what about the mirror? I hear that it is bad feng shui. I have a single bed. My love has been poor lately by the way.

August 4, 2008 at 8:10 pm
(18) fengshui says:

All very good questions!

Please post them on the feng shui discussion forum, here is the link:
http://fengshui.about.com/mpboards.htm

In addition, here are feng shui love & marriage tips:
http://fengshui.about.com/od/love/Feng_Shui_for_Love.htm

and feng shui bedroom tips:
http://fengshui.about.com/od/yourbedroom/About_Feng_Shui_Create_a_Bedroom_for_Love_with_Feng_Shui.htm

Cheers,
Rodika

August 13, 2008 at 9:55 am
(19) Patricia says:

I have 2 window and my bed is in front of them – my bed has a headboard and 2 night stands – My bed will not fit anywhere else in the room unless I get rid of the night stands – Do you have any suggestions? I know they say you should NOT have your bed in front of the windows. Thank you.

August 15, 2008 at 9:07 pm
(20) cherie says:

Hi, I’m wondering if it is more important to have my bed facing my lucky direction, or to keep it where it is. It seems that there is currently positive energy flow, however, if I move the bed to my lucky direction, the side of the bed will be near the entrance of the room, kinda awkward? please help

August 17, 2008 at 3:48 am
(21) SS says:

My bedroom door directly faces the toilet door. That is certainly not good feng shui. But the toilet door is always closed with the toilet lid down. Are there anything I can do or use in my bedroom to repel away the bad energy (shar chi) that enters my room?
And my auspicious direction is the south. And currently my head is facing the north when I sleep. Shall I turn my bed around so my head faces the auspicious direction? Bear in mind, my bedroom door faces the toilet door, and my door is right at the corner of the room. So I can see the toilet door if my bedroom door isn’t closed.

August 22, 2008 at 5:30 am
(22) stephen says:

my window is behind my bed is it ok

August 26, 2008 at 6:34 pm
(23) fengshui says:

Will briefly answer the questions. For more info, please go to the forum (link in the blog posting above); as this option is for comments only.
Re: bed under the window, not good feng shui. Forum has a discussion on this topic with some tips.
Re: bed in line with bathroom door, you need a good footboard.
Re: lucky directions, in between lucky directions with awkward bed positioning or good bed positioning, always go for a good bed positioning; the room will tell you what is best.
Hope this helps, see you at the feng shui forum!

August 29, 2008 at 7:20 pm
(24) mary says:

so the direction that ur bedroom is facing should it be counted from the front of your house or the front of your bedroom door?

September 14, 2008 at 9:35 pm
(25) Ana Maria says:

my gua number is one 1, my bed is positioned nw, only available space, my six killing area, what can i do? Cant move the bed, can i sleep in another dirrection other than the headboard positioning, nw?

September 21, 2008 at 5:02 am
(26) sean says:

Could you please advise me which of these three directions is best for enhancing my bedroom feng shui.
Firstly, my bed facing the bedroom door or
Secondly, my bed under the bedroom window, with the blinds and curtains closed or
Thirdly, my bed facing the ensuite toilet door, which is always closed.
I am currently sleeping with the bed facing the ensuite toilet door, with ensuite door closed.
I asked these questions because, I seem to always have a shotage of money.
Thank-you for your time.
sean.

November 8, 2008 at 9:05 am
(27) lora says:

my kua is 3. My bed points my head due west. I can’t move the bed what can i do to make it better?

November 25, 2008 at 9:47 am
(28) lay says:

my son’s kua is 7. i want to position the head of his bed at the southwest part of the room for good health but if i do, he will be facing 3 windows. is this bad?

March 1, 2009 at 9:15 pm
(29) akki says:

I want to buy an offwhite low leather bed. Someone told me its not good to buy an offwhite bed for masterbedroom. Please advise whether it is good or not. Also our bathroom has no door, its open.Please advise whether there is any problem with it , if there is any , how can i rectify it.

Thanks

March 3, 2009 at 10:19 pm
(30) fengshui says:

It is absolutely ok, feng shui-wise, to have an off-white bed in your bedroom. Yes, the bathroom needs a door.

Again, please post all your questions on the feng shui forum, thank you so much!

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