Making a house for sale more attractive to buyers in these times takes more ingenuity; after all, it's a buyer's market. Inventory is still high in many locations. Realtors are quite helpful when they point out ways to showcase a property that's for sale. For example, when a realtor suggests inexpensive landscaping to spruce up a yard, or a fresh coat of paint to brighten the interior, the homeowner should think about the tips as ways to increase the house's curb appeal and highlight its layout.
After repainting, re-landscaping, perhaps re-carpeting or re-siding, what else might a homeowner do? Some think about adding a propitious layout of the interior, using the principles of the ancient art of feng shui. Literally translated as "wind water," feng shui has moved across the Pacific to influence modern home building and homeowners.
Feng shui originated in China more than 3,000 years ago.
To East Asians, it's both an art and a science. Based on Taoist principles of nature, feng shui deals with the notion that everything, animate or not, is alive with an energy called qi, pronounced like chee. In ancient China, qi was thought to be so mighty that the land's qi was believed responsible for its welfare. The kingdom survived is qi were good; it was destroyed if qi were bad.Houses have qi too. Good qi in a house will bring its owners good fortune. The homeowner selling a house might think about how to get good qi, and pass good fortune to the next buyer. Feng shui uses a few tools to give the house good qi. One is the feng shui compass or luo-pan. This is used to access information about the property. It reveals what colors, associated with one of the five feng shui elements, to use.
The five elements are earth, fire, wood, water and metal. Earth corresponds to light yellow and sandy, tan shades. Fire corresponds to strong colors: red, bright yellow, orange, purple and pink. Wood corresponds to green and brown. Metal corresponds to white and gray. Water corresponds to blue and black.The luo-pan reveals the ba-gua, or eight directions; each direction has a feng shui element and a life aspect correlated to it. The luo-pan readings disclose which direction an aspect of a room faces. For example a luo-pan reading of east correlates to the element wood. The ba-gua reveals this is related to health and family. Therefore, the eastern aspect of a house should have the bedrooms and the decor should be greens and browns.
This is a very simplified explanation of feng shui. In reality, professional luo-pans have up to 40 rings around the compass, thereby giving extremely detailed information. For this reason, many people prefer to use experts in feng shui to advise them.
Should a house's luo-pan reading show there's bad qi, some way to change bad into good are available. Many think that having an aquarium in the house brings prosperity and therefore overcomes bad qi. Using crystals is another way to create good qi. Amethyst brings stability, strength and peace. Moonstone balances the emotions. Using the right feng shui colors in the corresponding parts of the house helps regain good qi. Installing an interior fountains is popular means of acquiring good qi. The fountain brings the qi of water, that is, prosperity and abundance, to the entire house.
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