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Bedroom feng shui: a calmer room for better rest
The bedroom is where most people start with feng shui, and for good reason: it's the room you spend a third of your life in. The traditional advice comes down to a few ideas. Put the bed where you can see the door without being in line with it, give it a solid wall behind the headboard, and keep the room quiet, uncluttered and soft.
These guides cover the questions that come up again and again in bedroom feng shui, from mirrors and headboards to which way your bed should face. Treat the advice as a way of thinking about comfort and calm rather than a promise of results.
Start with these
Bed Placement in Feng Shui: Where the Head of Your Bed Should Go
What the command position means for your headboard, and how to choose a wall.
Which Direction Should Your Bed Face? Feng Shui Sleeping Directions
What each compass direction is traditionally said to bring, and how to pick yours.
Bedroom Mirror Placement: Feng Shui Dos and Don'ts
Where a bedroom mirror can work, where it shouldn't go, and simple fixes if you can't move it.
Feng Shui Bedroom Colors: Calming Shades and Where to Use Them
Soft, cool and earthy shades for sleep, and how to match them to your room.
Headboards to Avoid in Feng Shui (and What to Choose Instead)
Headboard shapes and materials tradition warns against, and better options.
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Find your best sleeping direction
Work out your Kua number and see the four directions the Eight Mansions school considers favourable for you.
Expert roundup
What other feng shui writers say
We compared advice from several feng shui practitioners and bloggers, with links to each of their guides.
Bedroom Feng Shui Advice From Seven Practitioners, Compared
Seven feng shui practitioners and writers on bed placement, headboards, clutter and electronics, with where they agree, where they differ and who each guide suits.
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A six-point bedroom check
The traditional basics in one list. Tick off what you can; none of it needs new furniture.
- Bed against a solid wall, with a view of the door but not directly in line with it
- No mirror facing the bed
- Nothing stored under the bed, or only soft bedding
- Matching support on both sides: two nightstands or two lamps
- Phones and laptops out of reach, or at least out of sight
- Calm wall colours and soft light in the evening
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