Back facing Kitchen entrance when cooking

[bercardor]

Dear Cecil
The stove of my kitchen faces almost directly to the entrance of the kitchen. This make me back face the entrance when I am cooking. I read from feng shui book that this is not good. Is there anyway to resolve besides closing the kitchen door?
My stove and basin are almost next to each other. (The stove is more inner to the wall and basin more at outer ) There is no way to change. I think this is normal design for flat in Singapore. Is this ok , any solution (e.g. place flower in between)?
Thanks

Thanks

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Ber,
Please see below:-

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On 10/25/99 9:44:27 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil
The stove of my kitchen faces
almost directly to the
entrance of the kitchen. This
make me back face the entrance
when I am cooking. I read from
feng shui book that this is
not good. Is there anyway to
resolve besides closing the
kitchen door?

Usually, it is adviseable to have the stove facing almost directly the entrance door:
1. Especially if the knobs are facing the door. Where possible get a stove with the knobs should facing the `air'/ceiling.
2. The best location for such a kitchen is where it is located at the South compass point. This is because, South represents the Fire element and even with the stove facing the door, enough `heat' is still retained in the house.
The worst position is to have the Kitchen at the North where one may `truely' exhaust the heat from the kitchen.
3. The other option is avoid having the main entrance door opened unless necessary.
Other than these, there is really much you can do other than to change the position of the stove.

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My stove and basin are almost
next to each other. (The stove
is more inner to the wall and
basin more at outer ) There is
no way to change. I think this
is normal design for flat in
Singapore. Is this ok , any
solution (e.g. place flower in
between)?

So long there is a gap between the stove and the basin: this is acceptable. Ideally it should be six inches but as you have mentioned, there are many homes with such a configuration.
1. You need not worry as there is a few centimetres gap between the two.
2. One good solution is to place the crockery or drying receptacle between the two. This can symbollically act as a barrier between the two.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil