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Feng Shui can be applied to many rooms and spaces in the home but one of the places many of the ancient art's professional practitioners feel it is most important that its principles be followed is in your home office space.
According to Feng Shui masters the home office and working in it efficiently presents two major challenges; firstly, the ability to separate work from home and secondly, the lack ofbusiness social interaction. They believe, however, that by implementing a few essential Feng Shui techniques some of which may involve a little home remodeling you really can create a space that is a joy to work in.
Keep Your Home Office Away From Your Bedroom
The ideal situation from a Feng Shui point of view is for your home office to have a totally separate entrance from the rest of the home. This can be achieved if you have a walk out basement that can be remodeled for the purposes of use as a home office or just by designating that a back door be used only to enter the workspace. If neither option is a possibility pick the space that is furthest away from the rest of the home as possible. A garage conversion may a perfect solution as well.
Make Sure Your Desk is in a Commanding Position
In Feng Shui the placement of certain large items of furniture like a bed in a commanding position is considered very important and that is absolutely true of the desk in a home office space as well. This means you should not have your back to the door; your desk is positioned further from the door and not in line with it and that the desk is not pushed against a wall. If the last instruction is impossible you can hang a mirror on the wall above the desk to, in Feng Shui terms at least, make the wall disappear.
Make Sure to Have Good Air and Light Quality
This is not really just a Feng Shui tip but a general one too. If your body and mind are deprived of light and oxygen the space will become depressing, unhealthy and certainly not conducive to doing a good day's work.
Make sure your home office has good lighting design, with both task and accent lighting present and that it is well ventilated, either by opining a window or adding an air conditioner or ceiling fan for relief on stuffy humid days.
Implement a No Clutter Rule
Clutter is the enemy in Feng Shui as it blocks the flow of good chi but it should be your foe in life anyway, especially in a home office space.
Set aside ten minutes at the end of your working day to declutter your desk so that you will be coming back to a clean, clear work space in the morning. Once a month set aside an hour or so to declutter your storage cabinets and desk drawers, because chances are that is exactly where you have been stuffing things away every night for weeks!
