Feng Shui Tips: How to Decorate a Child's Bedroom

Simon Brown's helpful book Essential Feng Shui: Your Practical Guide to Health, Wealth and Happiness is loaded with concise tips that are easy to grasp and commonsensical (and I say that in the most complimentary way - it's rubbish to plow through a feng shui book that hits you with double-barreled mysticism when you're looking for practical decorating advice). Here are a few of Brown's tips on decorating a child's bedroom. 

• If more than one child sleeps in the same bedroom, bunk beds will save space and the kids will both be facing the same direction when they sleep. This will help prevent arguments between them.
• Beds should be cozy, so use plump pillows and fluffy duvets and comforters. Keep your bedding fabrics 
• Avoid lamps (trailing cords aren't ideal around young childen anyway). Wall lights are great, and uplights that reflect off the ceiling support growth energy.
• Natural wood is good flooring material and it's easy to clean.
• Fabric window blinds make ideal window treatments. They don't block chi energy flow and when they're rolled up, they maximize the room to full chi exposure.
• Don't hang mobiles directly over a child's bed, but mobiles can be either rousing or relaxing additions to a child's bedroom (metal: rousing; soft fabric in light colors: relaxing).
• Select fabric wall hangings for the walls whenever possible, and choose positive images. Select either bright colors (stimulating) or soft colors (soothing), depending on the child's temperament.
• Select furniture with rounded edges (stools, tables, chairs). A good location for a play table is in the east side of the room, facing east (good active energy there).
• There are a variety of feng shui appropriate wall and accent colors for a child's bedroom. Softer shades will induce calm while brighter colors are more stimulating. Plain walls and bed covers reduce the impression of clutter. A soft blue is a good color to use, bright green and yellows (in small accent doses) provide stimulation without breaking the room's sense of harmony, yellow is a great color to use in any part of a child's bedroom, and star motifs introduce fire energy (good). Soft pastels and pale purple inject more calm into the room.
• Avoid: open doors and open curtains at night; placing the heads of beds below windows; clutter; electrical equipment like TVs or computers; big, bulky furniture (kids need lots of open space). 

Bonus

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Comments

[Lotus watches]

who knew feng shui would be so cute in a children's room. love the tipi shaped one.

[mentale dieet plan ervaringen]

What a great idea. might suggest this for my niece.

[groom speech]

It's time for a wedding and this summer is the best time to plan for one.
Thanks! -Tim

[we buy homes]

I am still confused about Feng Shui. But their are so many people I know who are using Feng Shui to decorate their interiors and get befitted. I find it useful and very interesting.

[Duvets Covers UK]

Hey this article on Feng Shui was really interesting! I run a site at duvetcoversuk.co.uk and I will definitely be making a blog post about these tips on Feng Shui for Childrens Bedrooms!
Once again thank you so much.

Martin

[blinds]

how about window blinds for you child's room? is there a specific feng shui for that as well?