6 Steps to (Finally) Feng Shui your Basement- Easily!

6 Tips to Keep your Basement in excellent Feng Shui Conditions- Easily!

Ok, so we know that basements, like garages, can be challenging to Feng Shui (or to even begin to think about organizing). We understand! But, once in a while, we need a challenge to keep things interesting and to keep our home with those pure energies that we love feeling. And, the basement is a very important part of that energy; it is almost the foundation of it. 

Here’s why: According to certain studies, the basement represents the subconscious and rooted feelings that are being suppressed, such as certain desires or things you want to accomplish. It is very meaningful; this is why we have to take the basement into account as a part of the home too! So having bad Feng Shui here, can be harmful for the rest of the home, clearly. 

Now, if you use your basement as a storage room, we suggest you follow our Feng Shui for the Garage tips to begin the de-cluttering process more easily and take that first step. But, if you’d like to transform the basement into a living space (or if it is already a space you use daily, but need to improve), we’d like to help!

Here are: 6 EASY ways to Feng Shui your Basement

• ·        Starting off with Colors:

If your basement is painted with a dark color, you should definitely change that. Dark colors don’t allow good chi to flow and it makes the space look smaller and more pressurized, since it’s a basement, we already have a lot of that. So you should think about painting in light yellow, whites, or cream colors. Get creative! You can paint most of the walls in a tranquil color like the ones mentioned and a single wall with a stronger accent of the same color, to activate the area. 

• ·        Purifying Plants:

It is well known that plants purify the air in any space. So, plants are crucial for a basement, in which pure air is pretty limited.

Get any plant of your choice and place it near window, if your basement does not have any windows, place the plants near the entrance or stairs. Plants will make the basement look more lively. Feng Shui bamboo is a good choice since it represents growth and prosperity, plus since it doesn't need to receive much sunlight, it will survive well.

• ·        Cures and Significant Symbols:

You can decorate the basement with cures based on it’s location on the Bagua map. Feng Shui symbols not only will activate that certain purpose you are trying to fulfill, but will also liven the space with colors.
If, for example, you’d like to have a home office there, decorate with art that means well to you, such as success symbolizing art. Remember, make the space a symbol of what you want to accomplish. For example, you can hang a plaque with a powerful symbol such as the 9 Peacocks Plaque for Power and Abundance.

• ·        Fragrance is Important too:

Indeed. Since basements are a very humid and poorly-aired spaces, smells aren't usually all that nice. So naturally you can use your favorite incense or oil fragrances to keep the air smelling fresh and with your choice of fragrance.

Don’t forget: Fragrances and Incense also serve for a certain purpose, whatever you use your basement for or what you want to attract, there’s a scent for! Check our Incense list to find yours.

• ·        Remember…

And then we have our basic Feng Shui principles such as:

• ·        Lighting your space well- Any windows should be uncovered and open most of the time for flow of fresh air and natural light.
• ·        Clean and Uncluttered: Clean the basement as regularly as your home; remember it also belongs to it! Keep uncluttered and free of unwanted objects.

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