This article has been written for the general public with some basic, easy to understand observations. It has also been written for my students, with some more technical information and verbiage from Classical Xuan Kong Feng Shui.

A couple of weeks after Osama Bin Laden’s capture and death, I couldn’t resist trying to see if I could figure out anything note worthy regarding the Feng Shui of his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. I went on line for illustrations and aerial photos of the parcel and building. I also downloaded floor plans that were posted and I checked Google Earth for the magnetic compass orientation of the structure. At first, confirming the compass orientation of the house was confusing because photos posted on line from the CIA were not from the perspective I needed. Even the architectural drafts of the building had the North arrow reference placed incorrectly (which happens often since they are often only meant to be an estimate).

Google Earth can be trusted and they always show True North at the top edge of their aerial photos. I also found out that in that region, magnetic North is only 2 degrees east of True North, so what you see in the Google Earth photos is virtually the same as an in-person compass reading. But there is something quite critical about the compass reading which I will get to at the end of this article.

With only a little Feng Shui training, even beginners know that a triangular shaped lot is one which can attract accidents and mishap for the occupants. It makes the qi (air currents) move in a chaotic way and it’s only a matter of time before there might be some kind of accident. When viewing the compound, interior walls also create three more smaller triangles within the parcel as a whole. Overlapping bad features intensify the problems.

Understanding the purpose of this compound, it is built more like a prison than a luxurious home, so of course if we acknowledge Yin-Yang theory we can say that the occupants are not going to be very healthy or happy in a home that hardly has any windows and which creates a labyrinth around it to further stifle a smooth qi-flow.

On the floor plans, there is a front door that is aligned with a long hallway which ends at the back of the house with a set of stairs, another classic qi-flow problem which can drain the occupants of their health and finances.

Photos of the compound show interiors that appeared dilapidated and cluttered, which no doubt had something to do with the overall Feng Shui, as well as the number of wives and children sharing the space.

A couple hours into my own internet searches, I decided to see if anyone else was writing articles about Bin Laden’s Feng Shui and sure enough there were quite a few, stating the obvious and general violations of basic Feng Shui principles. However, I did see at least one review of the compound using the classical Flying Star method, with an overlay on the whole parcel. That is a valid way to view a whole piece of land and it can be shrunk down on top of the actual building as well.

This flying star method is based on the year a structure has been built, along with its compass orientation, so it reveals non-obvious influences. The compound was built after 2004, so it is called a “Period 8″ building. The person who wrote the article with the Flying Star information was convinced that the orientation of the structure is sitting N/NW in what we call the NW-3 category. It is the third sector of Northwest, very close to North. The cut-off degree between Northwest and North is 337.5 degrees.

Now, let us say he is correct in this estimation of the compass reading. (I have an alternative to consider, but let us say this man’s Feng Shui reading is correct). When the Flying Star grid is placed over the floor plan, using the Lo-shu square method, there ends up being two bedrooms in the south, two bedrooms in the east, two bedrooms in the north and a bedroom in the west on the upper level and a kitchen underneath it. There is also a bedroom in the southwest sector just on the first floor. This is a two story house which is more of a hotel than a house. There are eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms. According to one article, there were some make-shift kitchens added to some of the bedrooms, as one could imagine with the number of wives and children occupying the space.

We will never know if Bin Laden made “conjugal” visits to each of these rooms where each wife was living or if they rotated themselves with visits to just one room that he occupied primarily. So, let’s do a quick analysis of the unseen flying star combinations in each of these bedrooms.

The south bedrooms, where he was thought to have been killed on the upper floor, have the 5-3 stars along with an annual 2 star. We could say this is a recipe for disaster since the 5 star can cause pain, accidents, arguments, and the 2 star can cause sickness, accidents and bleeding. The 3 star is also an irritant and it is representative of the eldest son in the family structure. We know that at least one of his sons was killed also.

The east rooms would have the 2-9 flying star combination with an annual 5 star present in 2011. So, here is another potentially bad combination for depression, bleeding, pain, accidents or even explosions if we factor in the volatile 9 star.

The north bedrooms would contain the 4-2 stars along with the annual 3. This is a variation on the theme for arguments and bleeding, but the 4-2 star combination also has the interesting interpretation that the man in the house will be very charismatic and be unfaithful in his relationships. Indeed.

The downstairs southwest bedroom would be in the 3-1 flying stars, suggestive of gossip, arguments and legal problems.

The west bedroom has the 7-5 flying star combination, along with an annual 9 star, which can also indicate problems with arguments, accidents, pain, deception, betrayal, violence, assault, and fire related explosions. On an even more subtle level we can see that Bin Laden was the Dui trigram (males born in 1957) and so there is extra pressure on him in this area of the house, intensified by a kitchen being in that area.

Now, what I am outlining here are some worst case scenarios for the manifestations of these flying star energies. I have clients who live in spaces with similar flying star combinations and they are not going to experience the extremes of these predictions.

In fact, if we look at this Flying Star Chart as a whole, sitting NW-3 and built in Period 8, we are actually looking at a house type that in general terms is supposed to be supportive for the health and well-being of the occupants. This is a great example of how a lousy floor plan can sabotage an otherwise good house type.

Now, the alternative reading on this house is even more interesting to me. After spending a lot of time looking at various aerial photos of this compound, I happen to think there is a good possibility that this house is “out of trigram.” This is a term used to describe a house that verily sits right on the borderline between two directions. And anyone with classical Feng Shui training and the ability to review properties remotely will agree that this compass reading is darn close to the cut off point between sitting Northwest and North. The sitting side is the back side, so we can just as easily say the house faces very close to the cut off point between south and southeast. I have written about the “out of trigam” house in my books and in Feng Shui for Skeptics I call it the “Crazy House.”

When a house has an indecisive compass reading, the occupants can be very nervous all the time, at the very least. They can also succumb to serious psychological problems and personality disorders. Some of my most unhappy clients have lived in these Borderline House types. I have reviewed personal residences like this where the occupants are relentless worriers, people who suffer from OCD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and who are major clutterers. We can assume that Bin Laden was a narcissist at the very least, obviously grandiose, delusional and paranoid like all cult leaders. I have also reviewed some Sober Living Houses and Mental Facilities that were also “out of trigram” houses.

I do believe there is a very good chance this house is an Out of Trigram House, as much as it might be the type described in greater detail room for room. When it comes to the Out of Trigram House, the energies never really settle down, so it is impossible to determine the real Flying Star chart and find easy remedies for the areas that are unbalanced.

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In feng shui theory, each part of the house can be ranked in order of its importance or effect on the occupants. The very center of the house can be seen as the “guts” or navel point. Often it is includes a hallway or pass through area. Every once in a while it is an actual room.

The energy which resides at the center of a house actually radiates throughout the entire house and can dictate the basic personality of the home. The center represents the hidden potential of what the occupants may experience. What triggers this energy into being active can be a combination of yearly influences, design and décor features to the floor plan, even the occupant’s personal compatibility or incompatibility with their space.

What surprises many is how specific feng shui can get. Much of the information is derived from time/space calculation, like astrology for architecture. Most Westerners do not yet practice feng shui on this high level. There are hundreds of houses types, but I will highlight the potential for a short list of very common house types to give you an idea of how personal the information can be.

1930′s house facing West: the occupants can be powerful but lonely.
1950′s house facing South: the occupants can have heart or eye problems.
1970′s house facing North: the woman dominates the man, easy to get divorced.
1990′s house facing East: not good for high risk stocks and investments.
A late 1920′s house facing Southwest: the woman in the house looks younger than she is.
A late 1940′s house facing Northeast: the occupants can be rich but not healthy.
A late 1960′s house facing Northwest: occupants have money struggles from 1984-2004.
A late 1980′s house facing Southeast: difficult to have children 2004-2023.

The center of the house can affect a person’s health, relationships, and financial status.
And there can be other influences which make its potential better or worse.

As an example, many houses have basically a square or rectangular shape, but sometimes the floor plan has an extended area. This is almost like a person stretching their arms out away from their body. That pulling or tugging of the central energy of the house is one way that the center energy can become more active or influential.

If a house is missing the center (like an open central patio or courtyard), then it generally weakens the nature of the house. This is not so true for commercial buildings, which often have atriums.

It is also considered a poor feng shui design to have a kitchen in the center of the house. The actual fire and heat from the kitchen could easily be the wrong element for that location of the house and make the potential of the house worse.

Kartar Diamond is the author of The Feng Shui Matrix: Another Way to Inherit the Earth, which includes information regarding the 72 house types and the energy which emanates from the center of each house.

Kartar Diamond has been a consultant since 1992 and has been classically trained through the American Feng Shui Institute.

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Both feng shui and quantum physics are intricately connected, down at the subatomic level. It is the blend of the conscious intention and observation of the macrocosm and microcosm interaction, the ebb and flow of wave and particle in a cosmic dance around and through us. The millennia of years of observation by philosophers and monks, and the attempt to have some control over the surroundings, has brought us this study, which can be called the law of the flow of life energy.

Quantum physics comes in to explain how something as ethereal as energy flowing through our daily lives could possibly be controlled. Those who study the field of geomancy, dowsers, architects and interior designers, psychics and healers, can all attest to how important the flow of life energy is. The good ones know it instinctively and the denser, less sensitive ones can learn through practice. We see this throughout our days with such people; you know the kind: they walk into a home, tweak the placement of a few things, and suddenly the uninviting becomes a model home. What they are doing is feeling the flow of energy through the home-the blockages, the too-rushed, the stagnation-and moving items to allow the energy (chi) to waltz into each part of the home, energizing and freshening as it goes.

All life organisms can feel what is good for them and what is dangerous. They might not pay enough attention to those feelings but they do have them. When entering a home for the first time and observing the animals in the home, it’s pretty obvious how the chi flows. If the animals and humans are relaxed and happy, the chi is flowing well; if nervous or agitated, the chi is somehow incorrect. With feng shui ‘cures’, even the worst situation can be somewhat remedied-although the remedy might have to go farther, such as calling in a Buddhist monk to deal with evil energies.

For most people, applying the feng shui cures is relatively easy. Get a beginning book on feng shui, assess the flow of chi and what is desired, rearrange furniture and change colors, and apply the cures to what cannot be changed. For bad chi situations, there are such things as the 5-element pagoda, 7-metals ringing bell, wind chimes, lights, faceted crystals, protective guardians, and yang water features. To attract good chi, there are money toads, lights, crystals, yang water features, wealth pots, wu lou, and various deities in statues and photos. What works varies with the problem and the desires. The whole idea is to decrease the inauspicious energies and increase the auspicious ones. One of the best ways to do both is the Flying Star school of feng shui, which addresses the movements of such energies throughout cycles of time. It’s easy to be peaceful when life flows gently and feng shui can help that to happen.

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Feng Shui is a system of using the aesthetics of both heaven and earth to improve certain aspects of one’s life. Feng Shui for love is something that many people do look into for various reasons. There are many things that can be done to help with this.

There are many things that can be done and one of them relates to any pictures you have that only have one person in them. These pictures should be replaced with ones that have happy couples in them. Your surroundings can influence the way that you interact with others so if you are surrounded by happy couples then you will open yourself to finding love faster.

Many things that are done in Feng Shui for love relate to the bedroom and what’s in it. The bed in particular is very important and there are a few things you can do to it. Instead of having a king size bed try a queen as this adds intimacy. Additionally you should not have your bed against a wall. Make sure there is enough space to walk on either side.

Bedding can also play a role in Feng Shui for love. Having bedding that invites you to linger in and on the bed are a good investment. Patterned sheets will also add a little zest to the love life. You should also try and not have pictures of your family in your bedroom. This room is where your romantic life is and you don’t want pictures of your parents there. Additionally the television should be kept away from the bedroom as it also kills romance. Instead of watching TV to try getting to sleep read some romantic poetry or novel to open your subconscious.

When dealing with love it is important to look at seating arrangements. Having a single seat in the house can tell people more than you imagine. Single seats can tell perspective partners to keep a distance and does not allow for much intimacy. To remedy this try having a love seat or couches made for two or more people.

The mood of people can be set by the color schemes of a house. This is why it is recommended to have warm colors in your house like pink and red. Additionally having softer warm tones like coral and rose will attract gentle partners to you while bolder war colors will attract passionate partners.

Another aspect of Feng Shui that you should be aware of is the relationship gua. This is in fact an area of your house that will represent your romantic relationships. To find this area you will have to use the front door as a reference and find the far right hand corner. This is the area you should concentrate on. This area will need to be inviting, cozy and intimate. You can accomplish this by having a love seat and adjustable lighting.

There are a number of things you can do regarding Feng Shui for love. When you have done this then you simply need to wait for it to work.

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Let me tell a story. It is a short story about feng shui, ghosts and gods.

Feng Shui has always been associated some way or other with the supernatural and strange wise beings. We have the legend of Fu Xi who gave us the River Map. We also have Huang Shi Gong who taught, among other things, the Green Satchels to Zhang Liang. Huang Shi Gong was also said to have used Feng Shui to bury Liu Bang’s parents (it wasn’t called Fengshui then but Kan Yu). Liu Bang went on to found the Han Dynasty.

Huang Shi Gong was a sorcerer, a magician, a man who knows the Dao. Some say he is divine, a god. Nonetheless, such is the mystical side of Feng Shui. It is a zone where no science can reach nor decipher. At least not yet.

Our story now begins. It is a story I heard.

Old Master Wang was getting on in age and had taken a reprieve from all the Feng Shui requests. Looking for auspicious sites requires the energy of youth. Though still fit for his age, steep slopes are becoming a challenge. Three steps one stop, five steps one rest – that’s how it is. But this morning’s phone call had a certain urgency about it.

Madam Li had somehow found him out and wanted him urgently. Tried as he could, she would not be dissuaded. Old Master Wang is a gentleman and it would be unchivalrous to turn a request down, especially one that seemed urgent. So he agreed. Madam Li would be over within the hour to fetch him. “There goes my lazy morning,” he thought to himself.

Madam was five minutes early. In the car, she told him exactly what had happened. Apparently her father had passed on three months ago. Shortly after the funeral, her father appeared in her dream and said that he was not buried right. His grave had bad fengshui. He was uneasy and asked that she looked for another site. “The site is at Moon Village,” he told her. Moon Village is a neigbouring village about eighty kilometers away.

She had brush it aside then as she had not much faith in Feng Shui, being educated in the new ways. But strangely, her brother had the same dream too. The dead man told him that it had to be urgently carried out. Right away, if not, the family will suffer.

Now, it is not normal Chinese practice to re-entomb the dead so shortly after. A good time would be three years so the brother thought nothing more of it. That was until he suddenly suffered a huge loss in his export-import business. There was some war or something in the Middle East and his shipment was somehow hijacked or lost without trace. This poor man suffered a huge loss. Insurance would not pay.

The dead father had reappeared to him just a few days ago. By chance Madam Li had heard that Old Master Wang was familiar with Moon Village. That was why she identified him, believing he would be the right man for the job. They needed a reliable FengShui master good with identifying Xue, the dragon’s lair.

Now Old Master Wang was scratching his head. He had scoured quite a fair bit of the hills and plains of the Moon Village. There were potential plots with possibilities of good feng shui but how on earth (or the otherworld) did the dead man know that there is a good plot in Moon Village. Madam Li had received quite specified instructions on location and features and they were headed there now.

Now, at his point the story got a little technical, talking about Feng Shui formations and what not. To cut a long story short (I promised a short story) Old Master Wang eventually found the site. Hopefully that would please the dead man, ghost whatever. At one point he did have to go down on all fours though. It was not the perfect site but okay okay.

The story gets stranger. The old ghost came back to Madam Li and said that was the site he meant. Excitedly, she called Old Master Wang and told him the good news. In the course of the conversation, she mentioned that her third brother, who lived in another town, knew of a local temple where the resident god is famous for giving Feng Shui advice. Old Master Wang was amused. “Why not ask your third brother to check with the ‘Three Yellow God’ there?” he suggested in jest.

Old Master Wang thought that was the end of the matter. On the day of the re-entombment, the third brother had this story to tell. He had indeed gone to the temple for a second opinion. Without asking for further details other than the locality, the ‘Three Yellow God’ gave the exact description (that’s what the third brother said) of the site. Fortunately, the god also mentioned that the site was a super fantastic one but it had good fengshui. Said it was a ‘green dragon lair’.

Strange isn’t it that gods and ghosts know feng shui too? But there is still one interesting part to our story. On digging up the first grave, the undertakers discovered that there were other bone fragments under the coffin. Ah, the poor man had been buried over another dead soul. Now, that is terribly inauspicious. No wonder the dead father was so agitated and wanted to be moved out immediately.

-the end, for now-

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Just what is Feng Shui? The short answer is that it’s an ancient Chinese art and science that was developed some 3000 years ago to help people balance the energies in the places they lived. It’s pronounced Fung Shway and it translates to “Wind Water.” In Chinese culture, the elements play an important part in everyday life, as in wind and water that bring good harvests, which in turn bring good health and prosperity.

Feng Shui is based on Taoist philosophy, which puts a great deal of stock in living in harmony with nature, and states that land is alive and brimming with energy, or chi (pronounced chee). This in turn means that your home is alive and full of chi as well and needs to be arranged in such a way that the chi can be maximized.

How can you use this Chinese art in your spring cleaning? You’ll need to do some rearranging, but first, you’ll need a bagua (pronounced bah-gwah) map. This map includes the eight building blocks of life, according to the Chinese Taoist philosophy: health, love/marriage, wealth, career, wisdom/knowledge, reputation/fame, children/creativity and helpful people, plus the center area of chi.

To make a bagua map, look at the structure of your home. The ideal shape is a square or rectangle, but despair not if your home is L-shaped or U-shaped. On a large piece of paper, draw a map of your home, noting where doors and windows are. If your home is L-shaped or U-shaped, use dotted lines to fill out the square or rectangle. Now divide the square into nine parts, which will correspond to each of the nine bagua areas.

The baguas are determined by the location of the front door of your house, which is considered the baseline of your bagua map. As you look in the front door of your home, the area to your right is “helpful people.” The area to your left is “wisdom/knowledge,” and in between those two is your “career” bagua. The center three baguas, left to right, are “family,” “chi” and “children/creativity.” The upper left corner is “wealth,” upper middle is “fame/reputation” and the upper right is “marriage.” In other words, it looks like this:

Wealth/fame/marriage

Family/chi/children

Wisdom/career/helpful people

———-front door————

Once you’ve drawn out your bagua map, you are read to place symbolic objects in the corresponding areas to maximize the chi in those areas. For instance, in your wealth area, you can place a bowl of coins, or perhaps hang framed foreign currency. Experts also recommend hanging a round clear crystal on a red cord, which represents wealth. Hang wedding photos and place keepsakes from your wedding in your marriage area, and place pictures of your children in the children area. You get the idea. The center chi area should remain as uncluttered as possible.

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The practical application of Feng Shui interior design in every room of your home can have an influence on helping with the creation of your wealth and abundance in terms of your prosperity. (By the way wealth and abundance is not just money it is wealth and abundance in every aspect of your life from friends, family and career).

However one room in particular can have a significant impact on your Feng Shui wealth. Surprisingly it is the bathroom and its Feng Shui interior design.

1. Location – The location of the bathroom in the house can have a major influence on your wealth and abundance. In terms of Feng Shui if you have a bathroom in the so called “wealth” corner of your home then you are likely to flush your money away unless you carry out some Feng Shui cures or remedies.

Just quickly the wealth corner of your home is the far left hand section of you home if you stand facing the front door. I have numerous clients over many years who have had financial problems until they applied these cures to their bathroom. The penny dropped for one client when I was explaining the concept and siad he now knew why he had gone bankrupt years before as he could clearly remember the layout of the home he was liviung in at the time.

The traditional cures to overcome that problem is to keep the door closed the toilet lid down, hang a small Feng Shui crystal in the window to draw in positive outside energy or chi and to hang a Feng Shui bagua mirror over the door. The concept is to seal in the flushing away energy and introduce positive chi with the crystal.

2. Feng Shui Interior Design – Decorate your bathroom so that it looks like a spa room in a luxurious hotel. Make it a place to go and relax, so that you can forget all the problems and hassles you are having in your day to day world. As I discuss at my books, use anything in the bathroom which makes you feel good. Trust your intuition. Always design in a way that lifts your spirits.

3. Clutter – in terms of Feng Shui wealth one of the best things you can do in any room is to remove anything which is cluttering up the energy of the space. You want energy to flow easily. So in the bathroom, don’t have all your half used cosmetic jars sitting on the vanity, remove the dirty laundry basket and make sure all the surfaces appear clean and are in good order. If things appear to be falling apart in any way this can affect how you feel about your wealth and abundance. The concept of clearing the clutter needs to be applied to all rooms to ensure a smooth flow of chi. It is not really about a short term messy appearance it is about things which have stayed in the same place for a long time, are covered in dust and which are stagnant.

Your Feng Shui Wealth can be significantly affected by your bathroom and these three tips give you some ideas of things to consider to make improvements to your wealth and abundance

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Losing Sleep? Look to Feng Shui for sleep secrets. Feng Shui is beneficial for a lot of things, including how to get a good night’s rest each night. For the uninitiated, Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese principle that combines art and science to create a pleasing environment which is conducive to the positive flow of Chi, the energy of the universe. By regulating this Chi and keeping the flow positive, you can improve your time sleeping.

Sleeping Tip 1: Avoid sleeping with your head pointed towards the door to your bedroom. This is because when energy enters the room, if your head and body are in a direct line, it will bear the brunt of this wave of energy which can be subconsciously unnerving and can interrupt or even prevent sleep. Also avoid having your feet facing the door.

Sleeping Tip 2: Don’t position your bed right below a window. This can also be detrimental to your sleeping habits. The window presents a way for your positive Chi to escape. In addition, a window above your bed also invites bad Chi to enter your room. And since the bad Chi would be right above your head, you would experience most of the bad flow of Chi first before it disperses to the rest of your room.

Sleeping Tip 3: In terms of room decor, try and avoid water or any symbolism related to water in your bedroom. Yes, water is considered lucky and represents abundance in Feng Shui. But in your bedroom, it can actually have a detrimental effect on your sleep. Also avoid having pictures of water in your bedroom.

Sleeping Tip 4: Avoid sharp angled corners in your bed area. Architectural elements or pieces of furniture can have a harmful effect on your sleep. If any sharp angled corners or a sloping ceiling is pointed at the bed area, these are considered poison arrows in Feng Shui. Poison arrows produce bad Chi. By blocking the effects of these poison arrows, you can maintain a positive flow of Chi in the room and hopefully sleep better at night. Hanging silk plants or even pretty lighting can diffuse the effects of these sharp corners or angles.

Sleeping Tip 5: Get rid of photos and memorabilia of old flames. Any ties to past relationships can damage your current romantic life in your bedroom. This often leads to poor sleep. If you absolutely cannot part with certain memorabilia, move those items to another room.

Sleeping Tip 6: Clear the junk and declutter. Try cleansing your bedroom. Old, stale, and pent-up bad energy could be keeping you up at night. Decluttering and starting new is healing and purifying. You also might add aromatherapy techniques like adding scents. Lavender and vanilla are calming scents.

Any one technique many not bring about more sleep. But the combination of techniques should do the trick. For more sleep secrets including how to handle Feng Shui mirrors can be found at http://www.fengshuimirror.com.

A water fountain is a bomb of pleasure which when bursts out makes you elated. It rejuvenates your mind and soothes your soul. Beyond the work of art, interior wall fountains are gorgeous, soothing and bring much happiness. The purpose of this article is to make you feel just how lucky you are if you own a fabulous and fanciful fountain.

The fast moving factor of time never allows anyone to enjoy nature leisurely. Nature is the wonder which the blind can see and a deaf can hear. This is the truth that triumphs. One of such nature’s beauty are the waterfalls. But is it truly possible to spend hours and hours beside them to enjoy it’s calmness and the babbling brooks in our daily schedule? No……definitely not. So what can be done to bridge this gap?

Indoor fountains stand as the only way to fill this gap that ends your quest towards nature. They reduces the space between you and nature and make you feel to be in an eco-friendly atmosphere amidst of all sorts of urbanization. They are the perfect medicines that gives you loads and loads of relaxation. When coming to the topic of interior decoration it is the art of putting right things in the right place accomplished with an artistic touch. Indoor fountains are one of the renowned examples that adds glory to your home.

On superstitious grounds, water is considered to be one of the reflections of god. According to Feng Shui which is the art of interior design states that the right composition of colors and properties will ensure harmony in your living place. This Feng Shui too remarks that water is one of the basic things that fetches blessings to your sweet home. Some people who may argue with the decorative option will be surely convinced for this sentimental side.

There are also scientific reasons to boast about fountains since the water from the indoor fountains purifies the air and cleanses the surroundings. These are not blind beliefs because to be more specific the negative ions expelled from the water attracts and pick out the dirt and impure particles which is oppositely polarized thereby leaving the environment neat and tidy. They also enhance the moisture content in air which improves your skin tone and make wrinkles to vanish. The water fountain is a wonderful thing that stands itself as a symbol of beauty and a thing that increases your beauty as well.

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Adding a window seat to a room can be a great way of creating additional seating space. These cozy little niches not only look great, but they also are a very comfortable and convenient place to curl up with a good book while still being able to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors. Although some people are lucky enough to have an older home with a dormer that already has a window seat built in, with just a little effort and some basic building materials and skill, it is easy to add one of these seats to almost any room in your home as weekend do-it-yourself project.

Choosing the Overall Design
There are many different ways to build a window seat that includes a hidden area. Although you can certainly find plenty of plans and patterns for building these types of units, you can also create a very functional window seat area using nothing more elaborate than standard kitchen stock cabinets, which can provide plenty of storage space. You could also use a prefabricated storage bench as the basis for your window seat, or build your own, either with a cabinet front or a hinged seat that lifts up to reveal storage space.

Building Your Own Window Seat
If you already have a recessed area by a window, such as what is provided by a dormer, you can build your own custom made window seat designed specifically to fit within the space you have. This can create a built-in look that will make it appear that the seat was designed as part of the overall house design. Unless you have the ability to create your own design plans, you will want to start with an overall plan for building a window storage seat, and then adjust the measurements to fit the space you have. This type of building project is generally fairly simple, requiring nothing more than the plans themselves, some lumber, and some basic hand and power tools.

Building a Window Seat from Kitchen Cabinets
Another great way to build a window seat with storage is to use standard stock kitchen cabinets. Not only are these cabinets easy to work with because they are already assembled and prefinished in most cases, but the hardware and everything else is already included. Another advantage of using kitchen cabinet units is that they can make it easy to create a window niche where one doesn’t even exist. To create this effect, use short kitchen cabinets to create the seating area of the storage bench, placing them on a short base directly on the floor in front of the window. Then, use full height kitchen cabinets such as pantry or open shelving units on either side of the window to create a built-in appearance. This can add a lot of storage space and style to a room, in addition to providing a window seating unit. You can use a purchased cushion such as those used for patio furniture, or sew your own custom cushion to add the finishing touch.

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