Decorating With the Five Elements of Feng Shui by Tisha Morris

Author:Tisha Morris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: five elements, five elements of feng shui, feng shui, feng shui principles, decorating with feng shui, how to decorate with feng shui
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2015-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

Now that you have a good sense as to how each of the elements expresses themselves in everyday interiors, take a look around your home. Notice if you have a predominance of one or more elements. Notice which element(s) are in your favorite items or finishes. You may notice that you’ll shop for home furnishings with a completely different view. In the following chapter we will explore how the elements express themselves in your outdoor areas.

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Chapter Eleven

Incorporating the Five Elements in Outdoor Areas

After exploring how the five elements appear in interior spaces, let’s take a look at how they show up in outdoor areas. For many, outdoor areas adjacent to our living spaces can be havens or sanctuaries. Whether you have a full yard or only a balcony, you can use the five elements to enhance your outdoor spaces and overall quality of life. When working with the outdoors, it is even easier to use the five elements in their most natural state. For example, you can easily blend rocks, driftwood, plants, and other elements together to create a five-element oasis. The symbolic use of the elements in the form of colors and shapes can also be blended in outdoor areas.

With interior spaces, we think of bringing the outdoors in. When it comes to outdoor spaces, think about bringing the indoors out. Doing so will help create a sense of indoor-outdoor living and connect you with nature while enjoying the comforts of shelter. Left to its own devices, nature will naturally blend the five elements. When we begin clearing lots, chopping down trees, digging dirt, and replanting trees, shrubs, and plants, however, we disturb the natural flow of nature. It’s important for the harmony of the land to reinstate a balance of the five elements on the plot of land you can control.

Another reason to use the five elements in outdoor areas is that it will make your landscaping and outdoor areas even more aesthetically pleasing. Just as a balance of the five elements will make your living room or fireplace mantle look great, so is the case with your balcony or flower beds.

The five elements in outdoor areas can be approached from a macro or micro level. You can think of balancing the five elements on the macro level to your entire yard and/or to individual landscaping areas. You can even apply the five elements balance to help successfully grow plants and flowers. Let’s take a look at each element and how you can incorporate them into your outdoor areas.

Wood in Outdoor Areas

The Wood element is the most common and easiest to implement into outdoor spaces. All trees, flowers, shrubs, plants, and flowers are related to Wood. Flowers may take on other properties of elements depending on their colors, but they are first and foremost Wood. While all plants (unless they are dying) embody the Wood element, their shapes will determine how much yang energy they have. For example, a fern has less yang energy than a bamboo plant.

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