Hey guys, it's Safrina. So today, I'm visiting an old friend of mine both of us our girls went to
same Mandarin school. And she told me a few months ago that she wants to tear out her main floor
to do some renovation and knowing what I do.
She said Safrina, can you help us out with you know making sure that the renovation is going to
be more aligned with feng shui principles. And so I am here today at her at her home
and we've already gone through preliminary recommendations in terms of where things should be
shifted to and we've worked with the architects. So first things first, is the feng shui compass.
If you're a feng shui enthusiast you don't specifically need a luo pan like this which is
like a professional feng shui consultants compass. You can use any regular compass, try not to use
your smartphone compass because it's not the best. But right now what I'm going to do is usually when
we get on site we take a look at what's the facing of the house. There is the common misconception
that the facing is always the front door, that's not always the case. So be careful with that
in this case though the address street is right here and it's got quite a bit of car traffic,
you're probably going to hear some cars coming in and out in the background as well.
So this whole wall would be the facing side and because there happens to be a front door here then
i'm going to take the compass reading right at the door. So I can take the compass reading two ways
- one way is to look into the house and then the other way is looking out
but whatever the compass points towards the street that would be the facing so I just
did inside so with me looking into the house. Okay so I got that now. I'm gonna go looking out
just to make sure that I got the first reading correct.
Okay so you guys can see that the current front door is over there but
after doing the permanent energy calculation for the house I actually am suggesting for them
to move the front door a little bit closer to actually pretty much where this window
currently is right now because the energy in that direction is so much more auspicious.
Okay so the current front door is here and it's considered having retreating qi in period nine
in flying star feng shui period nine starts in 2024 and since we're doing the renovation in 2021,
the energy of period eight which is the current period is already
weakening. So as they live in this house, going into period nine the energy at the front door is
considered weakening as well. Therefore not as prosperous and because of that I'm suggesting
that she move her door over here that's a different compass direction now and that also
is the space where she can make sure that she is clearing the staircase here as well as clearing
the tree that is in front of the window as well. So this we were lucky enough to be able to find
this position because it works really really well for the family. Now the thing is even though the
location of the front door is really important you also need to look at the actual usage.
So because their their vehicle is parked at the back, the family actually uses the side door
more than the front door so while it is good to have a front door that is auspicious
because the side door is going to be more highly used than the main door
then the feng shui meaning the location and the direction of the side door is in fact really
important, if not as important as the front door. Now continuing on the topic of doors so
the client actually runs a food truck business and currently we are in their food prep area
behind me here it's a little bit dark sorry about that it's a little cloudy in Toronto today
but behind this wall here is actually the bathroom and that's going to be torn down so
this is the back part of the house so half of it is going to be the dining area and the other
half is going to be this, this is actually this area is actually going to be where the
master bedroom is going to be and going into the dining area here is going to be a sliding door.
And I suggested initially the sliding door was all the way to the other end
of the corner of the house but I suggested them to kind of have it hovering over here right beside
the wall that separates the dining and the master bedroom because again the energy at
that sliding door is going to be really really auspicious. Especially as we go into period one
and the backyard is right behind me there where the window is you know with four kids, they use
the backyard a lot and that's the the sliding door is going to be accessed a lot as well so you
might as well also put the sliding door. Another entry point for the chi to come into the house
where it's going to be auspicious. Okay so right now we are at the kitchen
the kitchen currently is in the northeast and the client wants to move it to the opposite direction
which is the southwest direction not the best for the matriarch but we will make it work. So
here I am at the southwest direction of the home where the kitchen is going in. It's currently used
as an office and the stove is going to be floating somewhere around there now usually for stoves we
don't like for it to be in front of the window we do like stoves to have full solid walls so
the stove is i think actually is gonna miss the window a little bit. And the positioning
of the stove is going to be uh sitting it has an auspicious sitting and an auspicious facing
and we chose the positioning of the stove well actually the client already
chose the positioning of the stove and i took a look at it and i'm completely fine with it
because it is great for a career progression. Now I know the client has a food track business
so that's not career progression that's more of a business look we will tap into the money
luck elsewhere. She is potentially going to be working for someone after she's done
you know with studies and everything right so having a stove that supports career progression
is always a great thing. Right now we are in the family room that's going to remain
as the family room even after the renovation and the energy is not the best especially for finances
but this being the family room I'm completely okay with that we just need to remedy with more
water elements so more blacks and more blues in terms of the
color theme to be chosen here. The three main areas that you want to make sure have the best
energies are the front doors or the doors I should say the kitchen and the bedroom so as long
as those three areas. Or actually I should add a fourth the office the home office especially with
covid, most of us are working from home so those are the four main areas that you need to place in
as auspicious a space as possible. All the other places like family room, living rooms,
entertainment rooms, storage rooms those can go into the less auspicious areas. Okay so the
bathroom is currently pretty much in the center of this floor and it's a good thing we're moving it
because the center of this house actually is has really really strong money energy especially
for the next 20 plus years so we're gonna open this up this bathroom behind me, that's gonna
get moved off so there's going to be more foot traffic here and that means remembering feng
shui it's not always about putting stuff feng shui is also about usage so even foot traffic
this being the center so this is the side doors over here and that's how door's gonna stay
so people are gonna come in here and go into the kitchen which is right over there
and this area behind me is gonna get opened up for more foot traffic as well.
So with higher foot traffic higher more of the qi being walked in from from the doors then that also
increases the auspicious qi for the house. The client is packing right now so there's
a lot of stuff all over the place this whole thing is going to be torn down like next week.
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