Feng Shui to elevate luxury bathroom design
6th September 2022
The pressures and demands of modern life are overwhelming: pursuing a career, raising a family, and living in a society and culture that seemingly never sleeps. Achieving health and happiness seems straightforward in theory, but balancing activity, nutrition, socialisation is tough going.
Our homes have become an oasis of escape and sanctuary, a place to rejuvenate and restore. Bathrooms are no longer simply functional rooms and a space for purification, they are a place for wellness, rest, and reflection. This shift in mindset has had a huge impact on how we want bathrooms to look, but also how they are designed.
So, if you are updating your bathroom design to elevate the sense of peace and tranquillity, draw on the principles of Feng Shui to transform it into a positive and life affirming space.
What is Feng Shui?
Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese Taoist philosophy and art of arranging buildings, objects, and space to achieve harmony and chi flow to promote peace, prosperity, and positive energy. Feng Shui divides the world into five elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water, and to achieve harmony the elements need to balance.
How to introduce Feng Shui into your luxury bathroom design
Incorporating the Feng Shui principles into your bathroom design makes all the difference between a basic functional one and a gloriously luxurious bathroom you thoroughly enjoy using. Follow these tips to create a Feng Shui bathroom:
Invest in natural stone bathroom products
Natural stone reinforces the earth element in a Feng Shui bathroom. The earth element represents health, knowledge, and stability. Natural stone freestanding baths and basins enhance a sense of wellbeing delivering an undeniably luxurious pure classic style. In Feng Shui, cleanliness is cherished, which is another reason why natural stone bathroom products are a good choice – they are easy to clean and keep pristine.
Choose rounded contours
The goal of Feng Shui is to keep chi flowing gently through a space. Chi has a negative impact if it gets stuck or accumulates in an object. Bathroom furniture and accessories with a rounded shape keep chi active and prosperous. Choose a round luxury stone basin and freestanding bath with gentle curves to help the peaceful chi flow.
Reduce clutter with clever bathroom storage
Bathrooms are busy spaces and fulfil a variety of functions for different users – a wealth of opportunities for a bathroom to become cluttered. The best bathroom storage solution stylishly keeps the clutter organised and at bay while enriching the room’s sense of tranquillity and calm. Adding a wood vanity unit is a great way to introduce the wood element of Feng Shui – it assists with keeping positive chi flowing.
Respect the water element
The water element represents wealth, and in a bathroom, it is there in abundance. Always fix leaking taps (the leak represents cashflow) and choose a shower tray designed to remove the water efficiently.
Having completed a luxury bathroom transformation, the temptation is to keep your bathroom door open to admire it as you pass; however, Feng Shui teachings place great importance on the bathroom door being kept closed to prevent good chi escaping. Similarly, the toilet lid must be shut too.
The Luxury Bath Company invite you to celebrate in The Art of Bathing ®. When looking to update your bathroom, the most important aspect is to design a space that feels good to you, and if you do so, the positive energy will follow.
If you have any questions about our luxury bathroom products and how you can use them in your bathroom project, you can get in touch calling us at 0203 44 15751.
Share your bathroom Feng Shui tips and tricks at @theluxurybathcompany #myluxurybath