{"id":886,"date":"2015-10-14T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T09:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/?p=886"},"modified":"2024-12-30T09:43:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T08:43:47","slug":"a-feng-shui-harmonization-of-an-irregular-shaped-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/en\/a-feng-shui-harmonization-of-an-irregular-shaped-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"A FENG SHUI HARMONIZATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHAPED FLAT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In this article we report two examples of a Feng Shui harmonization of an irregular shaped flat (Pic.1): the first in the bedroom, the second in the living-room.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pianta2-300x225.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pianta2.jpg\" alt=\"A FENG SHUI HARMONIZATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHAPED FLAT\" class=\"wp-image-863\" width=\"763\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pianta2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pianta2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pianta2-920x690.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pianta2-707x530.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 763px) 100vw, 763px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pic. 1 \u2013 The plan of an irregular shaped flat &#8211; drawing by Fabio Petrella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>According to Feng Shui the best shape for a house \u2013 or a flat \u2013 is a box or a not very oblong rectangle. In that case we can really have a rational arrangement of the space, but when a flat has an irregular shape we can find several problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BEDROOM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first example concerns the bedroom, which has a south-west orientation. The color of the wardrobe and of the headboard is reddish purple and expresses a Fire energy (Pic. 2) while the color of the wall, the picture over the bed and the futon headboard (Pic.3 \u2013 furnishing by<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinius.com\/\">www.cinius.com<\/a><\/em>) have a predominance of Earth colors (yellow, dark brown, red brown): this allows us to create a harmonic binomial aligned with the south-west area (Direction Earth 2 of Ba Gua).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata+armadio-220x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"704\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata+armadio.jpg\" alt=\"A FENG SHUI HARMONIZATION OF AN IRREGULAR \" class=\"wp-image-865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata+armadio.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata+armadio-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pic. 2 &#8211; Headboard and wardrobe &#8211; Ph. by Fabio Petrella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata-+-poster-300x224.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata-+-poster.jpg\" alt=\"A FENG SHUI HARMONIZATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHAPED FLAT\" class=\"wp-image-866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata-+-poster.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata-+-poster-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata-+-poster-920x687.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/testata-+-poster-707x528.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pic.3 &#8211; Headboard with futon and poster &#8211; Ph. by Fabio Petrella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In front of the bed there is another naturalistic poster with water flowing outward so that you can picture a movement along the wall &#8211; even though virtually &#8211; which can help to neutralize any possible disturbances from the room of the neighboring flat (Pic. 4).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fronte-letto-completo-2-300x224.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fronte-letto-completo-2.jpg\" alt=\"A FENG SHUI HARMONIZATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHAPED FLAT\" class=\"wp-image-867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fronte-letto-completo-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fronte-letto-completo-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fronte-letto-completo-2-920x687.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fronte-letto-completo-2-707x528.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pic. 4 \u2013 In front of the bed &#8211; Ph. by Fabio Petrella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In order to reinforce this solution two orthogonal mirrors (Pic. 5) have been placed in a high corner of the room such as to send back any images beyond the two external walls (in red in pic.1) delimiting two \u2018outer\u2019 rooms \u2013 from the point of view of the actual map &#8211; but \u2018inner\u2019 in relation to an ideal rectangular shape (In green in pic.1)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/specchi-300x224.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/specchi.jpg\" alt=\"A FENG SHUI HARMONIZATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHAPED FLAT\" class=\"wp-image-869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/specchi.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/specchi-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/specchi-920x687.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/specchi-707x528.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pic. 5 &#8211; Mirrors &#8211; Ph. by Fabio Petrella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This is a way to enlarge the view projecting the images coming from inner spaces towards two outer spaces which are responsible for a narrowing of the ideal rectangular shaped map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIVING-ROOM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second example is about the south-west oriented living-room. Here the binomial is between Wood and Fire energy. In picture 6 you can see how the predominant Wood color is green \u2013 the sofa cover, the pillows and the plant \u2013 while Fire is represented by the lively chromatism of the Indian wall hanging and the <em>African style patchwork<\/em> (<em>design and build by<\/em> <em><a href=\"http:\/\/reoattitude.com\/\">reoattitude.com<\/a><\/em>). The latter is endowed with a geometric effect imitating the oblique line of the staircase along the wall: the setting of a triangle overlapping a rectangle suggests a smaller trapezoidal space. The triangle\u2019s tip has also the purpose of resolving the flattening of perspective due to this second external wall, pushing it upwards.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/divano+scala+quadro-300x224.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/divano+scala+quadro.jpg\" alt=\"A FENG SHUI HARMONIZATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHAPED FLAT\" class=\"wp-image-870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/divano+scala+quadro.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/divano+scala+quadro-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/divano+scala+quadro-920x687.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.fabiopetrella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/divano+scala+quadro-707x528.jpg 707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pic. 6 &#8211; Trapezoidal space between the sofa and the staircase, redrawn by an ethnic-style picture. &#8211; Ph. by Fabio Petrella<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we report two examples of a Feng Shui harmonization of an irregular shaped flat (Pic.1): the first in the bedroom, the second in the living-room. 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