The entrance of your home is critically important in feng shui.
It is the primary source of energy, or chi, coming into your home and all the other rooms of your house either benefit or are diminished by how well it functions.
The most essential thing to remember about any entryway or foyer for feng shui is that you should feel uplifted when you walk through the front door.
To feel uplifted, most of us need to feel some sense of order and beauty.
So it makes sense that the first thing a feng shui expert will want for an entryway is that it be uncluttered and well-lit.
This means that any mail storage either needs to be concealed or kept in good order.
Coats and boots and sports gear either need to be so well sorted that you actually feel good when you look at them, or they need to be out of site in the closet.
Even the closet, in fact, needs to be uncluttered and reorganized for optimal use.
Closets are very important in feng shui.
You should not be walking into your foyer and thinking "oh, how nice...
just don't anybody open that closet.
" Make sure your front door can open all the way without hitting anything.
This is extremely important.
In fact, if you can only fix one thing about your entryway right now, go for clearing out behind the front door.
Anything blocking this door, or behind it, will block your opportunities.
It is no place for storage back there.
If there is no natural light in your entryway you will need to paint it a light color and then get a light fixture with a full-spectrum bulb to give the impression of good light.
Bulbs should be covered -- it is not pleasant to temporarily blind yourself by looking at an uncovered light bulb.
The next requirement of being uplifted is to not feel restricted.
This brings up the flow of chi through the space, but more practically brings up how the traffic flow works through the space.
Ideally, your front door will open to an entryway that does not face a close wall, and does not face a window, or worse, a door leading out to the back yard.
The close wall stops the flow of chi and the glass door causes it to run right through the foyer and leave the house through the exit of the glass door (usually a patio door).
If your entryway opens to a close wall, put up a large picture of something that a) you love b) has depth and c) supplies something you want to bring into your life.
For example, if you crave romance, put up a beautiful, colorful image of a happy couple doing whatever you wish you could be doing, maybe traveling.
If you crave excitement and some risk, find a colorful image of the running of the bulls at Pamplona, or anything else that will give you a thrill every time you look at it (this might be especially powerful for someone who works in the stock market).
If your entryway opens up to an exit door, arrange the furniture so the flow of traffic (and chi) has to move around a bit.
This can mean adding a side table, or putting a large plant in a strategic spot.
If there is no room for anything like that, hanging a crystal will do.
It is the primary source of energy, or chi, coming into your home and all the other rooms of your house either benefit or are diminished by how well it functions.
The most essential thing to remember about any entryway or foyer for feng shui is that you should feel uplifted when you walk through the front door.
To feel uplifted, most of us need to feel some sense of order and beauty.
So it makes sense that the first thing a feng shui expert will want for an entryway is that it be uncluttered and well-lit.
This means that any mail storage either needs to be concealed or kept in good order.
Coats and boots and sports gear either need to be so well sorted that you actually feel good when you look at them, or they need to be out of site in the closet.
Even the closet, in fact, needs to be uncluttered and reorganized for optimal use.
Closets are very important in feng shui.
You should not be walking into your foyer and thinking "oh, how nice...
just don't anybody open that closet.
" Make sure your front door can open all the way without hitting anything.
This is extremely important.
In fact, if you can only fix one thing about your entryway right now, go for clearing out behind the front door.
Anything blocking this door, or behind it, will block your opportunities.
It is no place for storage back there.
If there is no natural light in your entryway you will need to paint it a light color and then get a light fixture with a full-spectrum bulb to give the impression of good light.
Bulbs should be covered -- it is not pleasant to temporarily blind yourself by looking at an uncovered light bulb.
The next requirement of being uplifted is to not feel restricted.
This brings up the flow of chi through the space, but more practically brings up how the traffic flow works through the space.
Ideally, your front door will open to an entryway that does not face a close wall, and does not face a window, or worse, a door leading out to the back yard.
The close wall stops the flow of chi and the glass door causes it to run right through the foyer and leave the house through the exit of the glass door (usually a patio door).
If your entryway opens to a close wall, put up a large picture of something that a) you love b) has depth and c) supplies something you want to bring into your life.
For example, if you crave romance, put up a beautiful, colorful image of a happy couple doing whatever you wish you could be doing, maybe traveling.
If you crave excitement and some risk, find a colorful image of the running of the bulls at Pamplona, or anything else that will give you a thrill every time you look at it (this might be especially powerful for someone who works in the stock market).
If your entryway opens up to an exit door, arrange the furniture so the flow of traffic (and chi) has to move around a bit.
This can mean adding a side table, or putting a large plant in a strategic spot.
If there is no room for anything like that, hanging a crystal will do.