Apply the Principles of Feng Shui to your Headboard

The headboard you choose for your bed sets the tone, mood and style of the bedroom. Feng shui, the art of placing objects in relation to energy flows in order to heighten positive energies and minimize the negative ones.

Feng shui masters strongly advise us to...

• have a sturdy headboard
• place the headboard against a solid wall

Materials

When considering feng shui principles we must also consider the material of the headboard.

• Brass or iron headboards, due to their open-bar design, can create headaches and a sense of a lack of support. This style of headboard is not recommended.
• Wood or upholstered wood-framed headboards are best for all, according to feng shui.

Shape

The shape of the headboard should be suited to your element (the year we are born dictates the element: wood, earth, water, fire or metal). It is said that we draw strength from the elements in the headboard we choose.

• A round-shaped headboard corresponds to the metal element. If you normally work in an office environment or are involved in a job that sees a lot of paperwork, it's a good shape to choose.
• Square and rectangular headboards are for all of us who represent the wood or earth element. This shape of headboard encourages stability and offers support, perfect for all career-minded souls.
• Oval, round or wavy-shaped headboards are ideal for people who belong to the water element and will help support and inspire creative professions, such as artists, musicians and designers.

Size

• With respect to the headboard, the size of your room does not matter. All bedrooms should have a creative, attractive and substantial headboard solidly secured behind the head of the bed.
• Even the smallest of rooms can accommodate a grand headboard; in fact, a taller headboard can help to make a small room feel more spacious.
• Today, fashionable beds are supported with sexy upholstered leather and micro fiber, exotic rattan, canopy frames draped with sensual fabrics and handsomely wood-carved headboards. The one thing all these stylish headboards have in common is that they make a personal style statement and they give height and substance to the room.

Get Creative

You may want to use a beautiful piece of original art or a hand-loomed rug for a headboard.

Other creative ideas I have employed in the bedroom as headboards include:

• Antique or old storefront signs
• Folding and Japanese screens
• Bamboo curtains
• Exotic fabrics draped from bamboo or iron rods
• An over sized, framed mirror

Do more than dreamgive your bed a stylish new headboard and not only will you give your bedroom a chic sense of style, but you may even find yourself getting a better night's sleep.

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