How to Arrange Bedroom Furniture Feng Shui

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy that determines the best placement of objects or buildings to maximise the flow of Qi (life force energy). Proper alignment with feng shui principles is thought to improve a wide variety of areas of your life, including wealth, relationships, health, and happiness. Bedroom feng shui is one of the most important areas to get right. We spend a third of our lives asleep, and removing negative energy from your bedroom will give your body and mind the rest and rejuvenation they need to have the best chance of positive outcomes in your day-to-day life.

Bed Placement

If the bedroom is the most important room in the house for feng shui, the bed is the most important piece of furniture in the bedroom. The bed is your sanctuary, and it is where you receive the most negative or positive energy. And it is also where you are most vulnerable to negative forces.

According to feng shui bedroom layout principles, the best placement for your bed is in the commanding position.

What Is The Commanding Position?

The commanding position in feng shui philosophy is when you place your bed so that you can see your bedroom door when you are lying in it. Importantly, however, you shouldn't place your bed directly in front of your door. You especially shouldn't have the door in the "coffin position". This is where your door opens directly opposite the foot of your bed.

Instead, your door should be diagonally from the foot of your bed. This command position will give you security and control over your energy.

What If I Have A Small Bedroom?

It isn't always possible to completely align with a feng shui perspective, especially if you have a smaller room. If you can't get your bed into a commanding position, you can always use a mirror so that you can see a reflection of your door while you are lying in bed.

Symmetry

Symmetry and balance are very important principles for good feng shui. In the bedroom, it will promote harmonious and restful energy. Having an equal space on either side of your bed can help to provide balance. You should also have two bedside tables. These don't necessarily have to be matching but they should complement each other. Consider investing in bespoke fitted furniture to achieve symmetry and a personalised touch to the space. Balance can further be enhanced with custom design furniture tailored specifically for your room's dimensions and layout.

Wardrobes

Wardrobes play a significant role in maintaining balance and harmony in your bedroom. Investing in bespoke fitted furniture for wardrobes ensures every inch of space is optimised, creating a cleaner and more harmonious environment. Fitted furniture can eliminate clutter that disrupts the flow of positive energy, while custom-designed furniture provides a seamless, integrated look that enhances the room’s symmetry.

Choosing made-to-measure furniture ensures that your wardrobe fits perfectly and aligns with feng shui principles, maximising space and promoting balance. Brands like DAY & KNIGHT offer tailored solutions that contribute to a peaceful, well-organised bedroom that supports relaxation and positive energy.

Headboard

Your headboard choice is vital for ensuring good feng shui principles are followed in your bedroom. Feng shui experts will always say that a good, solid headboard is placed firmly against a solid wall. This will provide you with stability and strength in energy flow, particularly regarding your romantic relationships.

Try to avoid headboards with holes or bars. These won't give you the stability that you need, and the bars can even give trapped energy that will make you feel suffocated.

Under Bed Storage

We all know that one of the most effective storage solutions is to use under-bed storage. But when you feng shui in your bedroom, you might want to rethink this. Whatever you have stored under your bed can create subconscious blocks in your energy. For example, if you store old love letters or photos under there, you can stay trapped in previous relationships and feelings.

If you do need to use under-bed storage to save space, try to keep items that are related to relaxation, sleep, and harmony to retain your restful space. For example, bedding, blankets, and pillows will all work well under the bed.

Electronics

Any sleep expert worth their salt will tell you to avoid having electronics in the bedroom, and a feng shui consultant will also tell you the same thing. The focus of feng shui is on connection with the natural world, and man-made devices will interrupt that connection.

You could use an old-school alarm clock instead of your phone and read a book instead of scrolling social media. Removing electronics from your bedroom will help to promote restful and positive energy.

Books

But talking about books, you shouldn't make your bedroom into a library. As tempting as it is to store your entire "to be read" pile in your bedroom, ready to go, you should only have the book you are currently reading on your bedside table.

This is because books contain active energy that can interfere with the restful energy your feng shui bedroom is trying to promote, which will prevent you from fully easing into your sleep space.

Natural Light

That connection with the natural world is strengthened by maximising the amount of natural light in your room. But you do need to be careful with natural light in your bedroom. The ideal bedroom, according to feng shui experts, should be north-facing (if you live in the northern hemisphere) as it has the most amount of sun in the morning but then loses this strong sun energy later in the day.

If your window is east or west-facing, then this can be an issue because it directs that sun energy into your bedroom too late in the day, which can create active energy in the space.

Investing in thick curtains and remembering to draw them early enough can help reduce the amount of sunlight entering the room.

Colours

Colours are very important in feng shui when giving your bedroom a new lease of life. For your bedroom, it is often a good idea to focus on colours that promote restful energy, such as earth tones and neutrals. You should avoid bright colours, blues, and greens, as these will promote active energy.

Whether or not you should include red is up for debate. If you want your bedroom to be a place of passion and romance, red can be a good colour to promote. If, instead, you want to promote rest and relaxation, you should avoid reds if possible.

The Bottom Line

Creating a feng shui bedroom can be a great way to create a relaxing space that promotes positive and restful energy. It is worth investing in careful bedroom design because good sleep and rest are so important in supporting just about all areas of everyday life. If you sleep well, you are more positive and happy, and this will influence your relationships, work, hobbies, and passions.