Feng Shui is the art and science of placement to create harmony in the environment. Over the last ten years the popularity of Feng Shui has skyrocketed.  There is a great need for people in the realty business to understand the basic tenants of Feng Shui, and use these principles to help sell houses and educate their clients in arranging their homes attractively. Below are a list of important ways that realtors can use Feng Shui to sell houses and help their clients avoid buying properties with potential problems.

1. Make the outside entrance entrancing, starting with the walkway to the house, landscaping, and ease of entry. Clear away vines and branches that get in the way of the path. If possible place live plants on either side of the entrance as greeters.

2. Create a welcoming first impression inside the door with artwork or perhaps a fountain that acts as a greeter.

3. Place major seating (couches, desks, beds) facing the door whenever possible.

4. Depersonalize and declutter the entire house, especially the kitchen, the closets, and the garage. Have the client pack five of their most treasured possessions as a gesture of their intent to move out. Make sure the artwork throughout the house is friendly and positive in nature.

5. Unblock stairways and hallways to allow a beneficial ch'i flow to circulate in all rooms (use crystals if needed for sluggish areas, or corridors where the energy if flowing too fast)

6. Create a beautiful view from the most important windows, and clean all windows, doorknobs, woodwork and walls.

7. Bring in vital energy with live plants, mirrors, lighting and water features such as fountains or fish tanks.  Replace silk plants with live plants, and remove all dried plants to bring in fresh, moving energy.

8. Soften any "poison arrows" pointing at people (sharp corners, walls that jut out) with plants draped over the corners, or lighting to fill in corners.

9. Create a "line between heaven and earth" where there are high ceilings using artwork, borders, curtains, etc. to make the room feel as though there is a ceiling at regular height.

10. Outside the house use landscaping (hedges, trees, fences, stone walls) to help deflect energy flowing toward houses at the end of  t-junctions, cul de sacs or along fast moving roads.

Please feel free to copy these suggestions, but if you are going to use them for your clients, please credit my name and the trademark below.

Thanks,

Holly