A Feng Shui Service Apartment in Pune

The bedroom had the best energy, so to spend most of the time here many possibilities were given: of course the bed, then a divan with a reading lamp beside, a writing table and a hammock for relaxation. The earthy colours add to the calming and grounded ambience. According to Feng Shui no mirror or TV should be situated here as this will disturb the sound sleep.

A solid wall behind the bed is giving support and security. Nearly all walls have windows; therefore the bed stands diagonally to have at least some solid wall behind. The niches over the windows were too small for a storage, but too high to use them as a shelf. If they were left open, they would have sucked the energy. We converted them to lightings covered with drapings, which give a soft all over light to the room. A special nightlight was created in the corner behind the bed-head, which appears like 1000 stars behind the cloth.

The divan serves for comfortable reading and as a daybed.

The writing table doesn’t take much place, but gives enough space for computer-work and utilizes the corner well. The hammock unusually hung inside the house is the main attraction of the room and the most used spot of all tenants.

The kitchen and dining area is separated from the livingroom by an open shelf, which give free view through the shelf-boards, but acts as a distinct partition. As per Feng Shui all sharp corners and edges should be rounded, not to send sharp energy, so called “Poison Arrows” to the inhabitants; therefore all horizontal edges were additionally covered with half round patties and the shelf-boards end in a half round shape.

The gas-stove stood right beside the sink, which means in Feng Shui a clash of the water-element (sink) with the fire-element (gas-stove). The kitchen island was build to separate these elements and create an additional work- and cooking space and provides simultaneously a dining corner for 2 persons. The island was build with glass-bricks to avoid the impression of a heavy block in the middle of the kitchen. Now the platform easily floats on the glass construction and can be lit from inside, which give an inspiring light impression. In order to balance yin and yang the niches under the main platforms were covered with soft falling curtains instead of sharp lined shutters, which serve the same purpose to hide all crockery in the shelves under the platforms.

From the dining area you have an overview of the whole livingroom due to the open shelves. Transparency yet separation.

The dining table can be easily dismantled and assembled, as it consists of 2 shelves and a table top. In normal use the shelves are standing against the wall and give ample space to the dining area. The table can be build up when there is the need of more dining places; otherwise all meal can be taken on the counter of the kitchen island.

The eye-catcher in the livingroom are the two unusual shaped podests, which were positioned in areas without afflictions. The livingroom was one of the biggest challenges according to Feng Shui, but now all the seating arrangements are located in “safe” places. The colours also have been chosen according to the Feng Shui calculations. The cushions and bolsters invite to snug into the soft seatings and relax.

The podests provide additional store room, either as shelves for books or knick-knacks or as big drawers for items that need dust-protection. The door of the guest bathroom disappears behind a curtain which continuous in a kind of canopy over the quarter-circled podest.

The shelf under the window for the TV to come was build in the same manner as the partition to give a continuum to the design. We worked with a lot of different lighting possibilities: a wall washer, indirect light on top of the partition shelf, indirect light under the rim of the podests and for a full illumination an extraordinary light installation with starlights and bamboos has been attached on the wall, which simultaneously acts as a Feng Shui remedy.

The special curtain arrangement consists of separate sheer panels, which can be glided in 4 different layers over each other to either provide a translucent look during the day or an opaque shelter from outsiders glances. The blue curtain continuous from the window over the main door down to the floor and provides a privacy-screen against an immediately survey over the whole livingroom.

Toilets are considered as energy drains as all the good energy of the house can be flushed away. Therefore it is important to have the bathroom door always shut and the toilet lid closed! In the master-bathroom the toilet was seen from the bed; a glass-brick wall was erected to hide the commode behind, it also acts as a partition of the dry and wet zone. The ugly geyser with all water and electrical lines was relocated on the attic on top of the bathroom and gives now a clutter-free look. The remedy for the bathroom in the East is the fire-element, for that reason a lot of red accessories were placed like red towels, carpet and the red poppy flowers.

The window was closed with a fixed glass and accommodates now an additional shelf for all necessary washing utensils. The design of the quarter circle wash-basin is continued by the shelf-boards in the same shape. (As mentioned above the door should be always closed and was kept open only for the photo-shooting.)