Studio apartments and feng shui

[moon88]

Dear cecil,
In the studio apartment the living room and bedroom and the kitchen and toilet are all in one space without any walls. Since one sleeps there and the kitchen sink is also there. Will it be considered water ( water in the bedroom). Or it will not affect the individual sleeping there. Thanks.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
We live in a real world and if we like in a studio apartment, we should not worry unduly about its effect on Feng Shui.
You can still apply Feng Shui concepts:
1. Ideally, if the entire studio apartment is one open area, we can artificially provide sections e.g. between the kitchen and say the living room or the bedroom, have a `partition' such as an eating counter etc..
2. For the living room, or bedroom, leave a `gap' or a short distance between say the bed and the other `rooms'.
3. It is not compulsory but some actual examples also include the using carpets to have an outline between one area e.g. the living room and other areas. (This is not compulsory) but just one of the simple examples that do not cost a `bomb'.
4. More importantly, do not clutter the apartment with too many belongings i.e. turn it into a "refugee" camp. Keep unwanted items neatly in e.g. boxes.
The amount of furniture, in a studio apartment must be appropriate to the space we live in. If we live in a larger area, we should also keep our house tidy etc...
5. In my personal opinion, a small studio apartment has because of its small size, relatively minimal impact on the occupants thus, one may not need to find out for example, how suitable the house is to the breadwinner or `strictly' apply the Eight House or Flying Star.
The most important theory for a studio apartment, in my opinion are:
- Where possible conform to the Shapes and Form (whenever possible)
- Apply the Yin and Yang concept. Have a balance of it. In the day time, the house should be more Yang. While at nite, it should be more cosy:
Such simple but practical things like, drawing the curtain open during the day to make it more yang is acceptable.
However, this would also depend on the nature of work or study and the amount of time spent at home. If say a person is student, then depending on his/her habbit, may have to make the studio apartment more yang at nite, in case one simply falls asleep every nite without doing much revision or homework.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 3/3/00 4:58:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
In the studio apartment the
living room and bedroom and
the kitchen and toilet are all
in one space without any
walls. Since one sleeps there
and the kitchen sink is also
there. Will it be considered
water ( water in the bedroom).
Or it will not affect the
individual sleeping there.
Thanks.