Designs of false ceilings in the living room

[Cecil Lee]

[Cecil Lee]

1. Many homes have a false partition in the living room.

2. Often these partition are made of light-weight materials such as gypsum board.

3. In Feng Shui, such "beams" are often a non-issue. Rather, it is more of an "eye-sore" for some people. As they wrongly perceive that such a partition looks more like a "beam"; say when they sit directly below this "beam" in the living room sofa. Please refer to this attachment:beam-above-living-room-sofa-set-1.jpg

4. As mentioned, it is more of an illusiion, rather than a real concern in Feng Shui. But, if we continue to get feedback e.g. visitors to our home, family members or relatives frequently commenting that it is "no-good" or inauspicious, we may feel very uncomfortable with it.

5. Interestingly, there are many ways of avoiding it. One way is not to have a false ceiling! Another method can be seen in this picture:-

beam-above-living-room-sofa-set.jpg

6. The above is a unique way to solve the problem. As the false ceiling extends well beyond one's sitting area "all flat".

[Cecil Lee]

The shaded area in YELLOW in one of the photos is not considered a "load bearing" beam that does not cause a problem even if one stands or sleep below it.
As the load is distributed along the side wall area.
This type of layout only occurs with apartments with a bay window or bay area.

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On 1/16/2009 7:43:06 AM, Anonymous wrote:
1. Many homes have a false
partition in the living room.
2. Often these partition are
made of light-weight materials
such as gypsum board.
3. In Feng Shui, such "beams"
are often a non-issue. Rather,
it is more of an "eye-sore"
for some people. As they
wrongly perceive that such a
partition looks more like a
"beam"; say when they sit
directly below this "beam" in
the living room sofa. Please
refer to this
attachment:beam-above-li
ving-room-sofa-set-1.jpg
4. As mentioned, it is more of
an illusiion, rather than a
real concern in Feng Shui.
But, if we continue to get
feedback e.g. visitors to our
home, family members or
relatives frequently
commenting that it is
"no-good" or inauspicious, we
may feel very uncomfortable
with it.
5. Interestingly, there are
many ways of avoiding it. One
way is not to have a false
ceiling! Another method can be
seen in this picture:-
beam-above-living-room-s
ofa-set.jpg
6. The above is a unique way
to solve the problem. As the
false ceiling extends well
beyond one's sitting area "all
flat".

[Cecil Lee]

Location: Corner Indian eatery at Serangoon Gardens (by the way they individually make fresh one of the best pratas around)

The concrete beam you see in the photo is considered load bearing beam.

But do take note that the rest of the brown wooden planks that were mounted onto the ceiling are non-load bearing beams. However, some has a misunderstanding that the planks are beams - which is in theory not true at all.

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On 7/31/2013 8:22:12 AM, Anonymous wrote:
The shaded area in YELLOW in one of the
photos is not considered a "load
bearing" beam that does not cause a
problem even if one stands or sleep
below it.As the load is distributed
along the side wall area.This type of
layout only occurs with apartments with
a bay window or bay area.On 1/16/2009
7:43:06 AM, Cecil Lee wrote:
1. Many
homes have a false
partition in the
living room.
2. Often these
partition are
made of light-weight
materials
such as gypsum board.
3. In Feng Shui, such "beams"
are often a non-issue. Rather,
it is more of an "eye-sore"
for
some people. As they
wrongly
perceive that such a
partition looks
more like a
"beam"; say when they
sit
directly below this "beam" in
the living room sofa. Please
refer to this
attachment:beam-above-li
ving-room-sofa-set-1.jpg
4. As
mentioned, it is more of
an
illusiion, rather than a
real
concern in Feng Shui.
But, if we
continue to get
feedback e.g.
visitors to our
home, family members
or
relatives frequently
commenting that it is
"no-good"
or inauspicious, we
may feel very
uncomfortable
with it.
5.
Interestingly, there are
many ways
of avoiding it. One
way is not to
have a false
ceiling! Another method
can be
seen in this picture:-
beam-above-living-room-s
ofa-set.jpg
6. The above is a
unique way
to solve the problem. As
the
false ceiling extends well
beyond one's sitting area "all
flat".