Feng Shui does makes sense! The basis of how to plan your home for comfort and practicality

Feng Shui is alot about energy and Chi(Qi) now what is this? I will try to explain it to you in a very simplistic way that get you started so that you can understand why this artform is relevant and important in space planning no matter where you're from or what you believe in.
p.s. energy is NOT = to circulation but circulation is. only one of them.
p.s. again I have a great respect for the art of Feng Shui and I do not mean any offence by simplifying in this way. I appreciate that there is alot more to this, and have much to learn myself. being an architect and space planner myself, I appreciate the importance of balancing these.
Still I hope you will find this helpful! find me on tiktok or Instagram under @dearmodern #fengshui #interiordesign #spaceplanning #furnitureplacement #small spaces space planning furniture placement interior design architecture room layout small spaces

[@Meskarune]

I have a visual impairment and mobility problems. I've been using feng shui to plan my home furniture for years because when you use feng shui there are clear short paths between everything in your home and it becomes a lot safer and easier for me. The principles behind it are very helpful for accessibility for the disabled!

[@kbkb117]

I have my own issues with daily living activities and I feel encouraged to hear how you've used these principles! I'm looking for ways to improve my environment to better serve my needs and it sounds like I'm on the right track!

[@marley7659]

It is also really useful for people with sensory overload problems. Having a neat and orderly home can improve mood control and sleep. Perfect for a lot of folks really

[@efenty6235]

like a reverse curb cut effect

[@buyahondasupercub]

Just learn to operate like DareDevil, pussy

[@MissDarlaDeville]

❤

[@blackberryfairy]

If more people studied urban planning, we'd have better interior designers 😂😂😂 I loved the conceptualization of chi as traffic! It's so easy to visualize in any space!

[@gauvaindf]

Or better house, that would be a better start. Because most houses and apartments are very bad in themselves, the plan in this video is a good example. going through the kitchen to go to the bathroom is stupid and the bedroom door could have been placed better, moreover the kitchen furniture could have been better arranged if it was in the corner (it would have facilitated the management of in and out of water for the kitchen and the bathroom) and why not an open kitchen to gain fluidity and space Even the window of the bedroom compare to that of the living room..

[@A.Martin]

@@gauvaindf If this is the house you had and you can't change the house then this layout is about as good as you will get.

[@gauvaindf]

@@A.Martin that's a lot of ifs Rental, load-bearing wall, location of water drains and lack of money are the only real reason Do you realize whether it's me or "Siree R" we're talking about people who intend to put in the means to have a better living space "Siree R" talk about interior designers and urban planning (money) and I'm talking about not making mistakes when building in both cases it's people who have the money and the right to make changes. "If this is the house you had and you can't change the house then this layout is about as good as you will get." Even there it is surely possible to do better, the bathroom door could be on the side of the tub if the tub (or a shower) were to be exchanged with the sink, the kitchen furniture could be in the bottom left corner and so possibly remove the kitchen wall and the bedroom door could be closer to the corner. it is even surely possible to move the bedroom to the side of the other windows, even if it breaks the large living room, it would make it easier to create several areas.

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

No you wouldn't, your comfort is the least important thing to these by the numbers pencil pushers. If you optimize and find a better way to use the space you have, they only see that to mean there was more "wasted space" for them to further divide into more apartments, especially on the tiny one "room" apartments you can see on this channel. Urban planners brought us this urban hellscape bullshit in the first place. Live in a suburb or normal town, fuck cities and fuck living inside the middle of a city.

[@alexandramaclachlan7597]

​@gauvaindf Picture a low income student, immigrant, single parent, or someone who is all three. When they find a rental they can afford, they don't get to be picky about where amenities and rooms are installed. Feng shui helps people who can't be as picky to modify their less than ideal environment for the best outcome.

[@protowalker]

I always love videos like this. One of my favorite things about ancient history is that, regardless of how rituals and mystical ideas worked, they did work. Vikings added their dead warrior's bones to their iron because they thought it imbued it with the strength of their fallen comrades. It did, because they were making steel. Prayer is basically meditation and gives you space to think things out and calm yourself down. You can't catch swine-borne diseases if you aren't allowed to eat pork. The list goes on. Humans aren't dumb -- they do things because they work.

[@najrenchelf2751]

What is that saying again? It's not stupid if it works! XD

[@DavidAndTheDog]

Except your idea then runs out of steam when we arrive in the Punjab. The Indus Valley Civilization ate beef, pork, chicken and goat. Later the Hindu Shahi culture ate meat but recommended vegetarianism. Then with Moslem rule, there was ritual slaughter of animals with some species not to be eaten. Only to be succeeded by Sikhs, who forbade eating ritually-slaughtered meat. And then the British, who would eat anything. There’s no obvious ‘because it worked better’ sense to any of these culturally- based practices.

[@jessicaolson490]

​@@DavidAndTheDog I don't think they said that every cultural replicates everything that makes sense. Just that some things that get labeled for religious reasons end up having practical reasons. For example if you follow the basic rules for kosher in a situation before proper food hygiene you're going to avoid a lot of parasites and foodborne illness/toxins. So a lot of the animals that would fall into the categories of do not eat would have a higher risk of being unsafe if you're in a new area and are not familiar.

[@a7c777]

I've always believed in the efficacy of feng shui but never believed the supernatural/metaphysical "chi" aspect of it. But it totally makes sense to maximize space for the "momentum" of the room to guarantee that you have ease of focal attention to items you will be using throughout your space and keeping a considerations for obstacle/issues that could detract from ease of space/view and securing comfort. "Chi" energy might not be scientifically provable but if instead of seeing it as "making a good chi flow" you just see it as "that feeling of relaxation you feel when you are in a comfortable space" then feng shui makes SOOOO much pragmatic sense. Overall, super informative tips, I really love this method of interior design!

[@NightTimeDay]

You're describing regular interior design. No need to tack on the supernatural.

[@brandonzhang5808]

You're describing regular chi. No need to tack on the supernatural.

[@NightTimeDay]

@@brandonzhang5808 🙄

[@brandonzhang5808]

​@@NightTimeDay Chi refers to the flow of stuff. It's easy to misuse becase it stems from a time and place fairly far from modern scientific thinking and has been frequently associated with fantasy, but in its most conservative use case can refer to the movement and distribution of energy or material in a system, particularly in an environmental or medicinal context. My joke was that both you and OP seem to only be familiar with its supernatural interpretation, so I wanted to explain that it is also a mundane concept by framing it in the same way as you did for interior design.

[@schuylergeery-zink1923]

Yah I do Tai chi and it’s just… energy and flow. Chi is the energy of your body… your intent and movement of it. Btw EVERYTHING is energy. That’s all atoms are… so I don’t understand people trying to make science out as fantasy bc they don’t understand it…

[@kobosta]

This is literally just like the sims! Experienced builders constantly have to think about how their sims route from room to room, and position their furniture in a way that is most beneficial for gameplay. A good house has a nice flow where everythone is moving smoothly, everything is reachable and nothing is obstructed.

[@saltananda3227]

Well when you think about it most people live their lives like robots anyway, gotta work all day to pay the bills/debts, maybe weekend free time with friends, then back to work. A cycle of ultimately zero gain, benefitting only the "players" controlling things from the top with all their money and power.

[@joelle4226]

@@saltananda3227sounds more like real life than the sims really

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

And no matter how you design it, you'll always find that one Sim that gets out of a chair backward and is now stuck in a corner.

[@sabinewiens479]

Yes thank you! I was like "why is that common sense to me" then I read your comment. Fellow simmer here! Always trying to figure out the best floorplan - even in real life :D

[@MalcomHeavy]

Lmao. I just put them in a small room, delete the door, and will the room with microwaves and watch the Sims suffer. Nothing says "zen" like a room full of microwaves and a dead Sim the reaper can't get to.

[@pixelpuppy]

outside of the "mysticism", Feng Shui makes a lot of practical sense. "energy" is just a way to solidify that practical sense into a more tangible concept.

[@dungeonmaster6292]

Rationalism is g⁴y

[@treebles]

thank you for all that information! …but i did miss you saying, “so now you know” at the end.

[@UsenameTakenWasTaken]

... Tangible may not be the right word there. It's literally intangible because it's just, like, feels. It feels good. That does improve your life, don't get me wrong. But it's not a physical phenomenon beyond the flow in your brain and how that brain moves the rest of you through the space.

[@UsenameTakenWasTaken]

@@dungeonmaster6292 So am I. Rationalism fits me when it's the right tool for the situation. You got a problem with that?

[@KaaneDragonShinobi]

@@dungeonmaster6292 Rationalism would help you understand that using "gay" as an insult is juvenile middle school rhetoric and just makes you look like a goof.

[@orangepeals7210]

This genuinely helped me understand why my apartment stressed me out so much. Unfortunately, there's very little I can do due to size and I'm moving in a month but I'll take these principles into my next apartment when deciding how to arrange things.

[@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808]

most of Asia lives in tiny apartments.... feng shui can work in all sorts of sizes

[@Dan_The_Paper]

​@@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808 unless its 0.1x0.1 meter and you should probably use those galvanized square steel and those screws you borrowed from your aunt

[@kfox24]

Same - I'm currently living in a place where I don't have say in how the furniture is arranged, but I'm moving soon and will definitely use these concepts as we arrange the space!

[@beemerwt4185]

This just makes sense to me. It's just the kind of "vibe" or natural energy you get from having things in the right places.

[@matthewstanton9633]

As a property designer I've been practising feng shui my entire working life without actually realising it There are many design "rules of thumb" that I have adhered to which can easily be interpreted as Feng shui. For instance I always ensure bedroom doors "cloak" the room making sure there is an Inate privacy to the room. As he says it's 90% common sense

[@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808]

unless you've studied feng shui, you haven't been practicing feng shui, you've been practicing some western understanding of space flow and movement and/or whatever your intuitive understanding of energy flow is. It's the same with me... I've been doing hands on energy healing, directing the energy through my hands for years. it came to me spontaneously and people said they felt the benefit. That's very akin to Reiki, but I wasn't practicing reiki b/c I hadn't received the reiki attunements yet. And someone who does lunges isn't practicing yoga. . This video he's trying to simplify it for us, but that doesn't mean that's all there is to it; it's part of a culture and is informed by that culture and if you don't have any relationship with that culture, or haven't studied it as an outsider, you really should not be saying, 'i've been practising feng shui my entire life"

[@matthewstanton9633]

@@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808 that's fine you believe what ever want to whatever gets you through the day 🙄🙄🤣🤣

[@kat5796]

You’ve explained it really well. I’ve always kind of intuitively preferred having my bed far away from but facing the door but never thought about this for other spaces. I just came across your videos and am moving to a new apartment soon so I’m excited to apply some of these principles to hopefully make a nice space!

[@NightTimeDay]

They do this in every culture. In fact, there is even evidence that ancient people who lived in caves slept away from the entrance. It's about safety. It's about evolutionary psychology. Don't be fooled into thinking this is a concept that feng shui can lay claim to.

[@nikolaslastname9480]

@@NightTimeDay It make sense so Feng Shui uses it. No one is being fooled that it was invented because of Feng Shui.

[@lucasng4712]

@@NightTimeDay loser

[@axiom12]

In simple terms this video can be summarised as "don't allow furniture from becoming obstacles in your home"

[@Meskarune]

No, there is more to fengshui than that. In some cases you want your furniture to be an obstacle so you can direct flow of people through the house and create peaceful / calm nooks.

[@Melody-mt5im]

@@Meskarunecorrect about feng shui, though I think the commenter was summarizing this particular video. 😊👍

[@gearoidodonnell3661]

If that was the case you would just push everything into the corners.

[@alittax]

@@Meskarune What about this summary?: "Plan the furniture so that traffic flow is harmonious, which means everyone can get where they want without being in someone else's way (assuming the right number of people)."

[@edwardkendrick9641]

While I may not believe in the spiritual aspect, I cannot deny the benefits this process has to the psychology and practicality of it all. These videos have been really helpful in helping me choose what apartment floor plans will work best for me as I start the process of moving out. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all!

[@quantumx9729]

I mean yeah.. the spiritual aspect is pretty much just a model of reality. A way to visualise psychological processes that'd otherwise be far too complex to grasp. As long as they ane consistent you may as well just use any model and it will work just as well. Pretty much just comes down to preference and what way you find easiest to visualise/understand.

[@HappyGardenOfLife]

I thought feng shui was all nonsense, but you've inspired me to rearrange my workspace. Now, it feels much more relaxing.

[@angelaengle12]

I have a story about feng shui that was actually really helpful and pretty funny. My mom always said you want a mirror at the end of a hallway because of feng shui (not sure if it is actually a feng shui though). At my Dad's house, she placed a mirror at the end of the hallway on a closet door. Full body mirror. One night, my sister and I and a few friends had some drinks and smoked. A friend of my cousin's boyfriend fell asleep in a chair after drinking vodka. It took us forever to wake him so he could go home with his GF. When he finally woke up he went into a black out rage and started yelling and stomping out of the room. He forgot which way to go to leave so instead of going left he went right down the hall towards the mirror. My sis and I were immediately terrified because our dad was back there sleeping in his room. After a few seconds he came stomping back down the hallway really quickly and left the house. He ended up breaking his GF's car windshield when he made it outside and it took them a while to calm him down. Later on we asked him about him stomping down the hall way and he said he was terrified because all he saw was a dark figure stomping towards him super quickly in the dark and it freaked him out so he did a 180 to get out of there. 😂 So, moral of the story, always put a mirror at the end of the hallway, it makes great drunkard repellent. And also, don't wake a sleeping drunk if you can prevent it, lol.

[@yellow_suitcas3]

yea and the same way you definitely DON'T want a mirror opposing your bed directly :D

[@angelaengle12]

@@yellow_suitcas3 Yeah, no kidding, lol! 😂

[@blackranger7597]

Moral of the story is to get better friends lmao

[@angelaengle12]

@@blackranger7597 lol, I did.

[@michelleobrien9791]

"woke up and went into a black out rage"??? I wouldn't want a mirror or glass or a person anywhere in his vicinity. Shoulda never forced him awake!!

[@StaK_1980]

So... basically: 1: Don't obstruct the flow of traffic 2: Be mindful of the traffic you create (dining table) 3: Shorten frequent paths 4: Create protected zones (? perhaps? ) This kind of looks to me like those AI path-finding trials where they optimise their paths over time. Also: wouldn't that bed be better tucked down into the corner?

[@Lysergic_]

I personally have my bed tucked in the corner and have seen that commonly, but when Im at someones house where the bed isn't in the corner, if done right it can make the space feel much better. 2 people sleeping in the bed can wake up and get up without interrupting the other person too much, while when it's tucked into a wall or corner, one of them will be 'trapped' in the sense of needing to climb around to get out. I'd assume that's why the uploader decided to put it there, especially since the video focuses on flow

[@fidget2030]

He's talked about that before in previous videos. If it was a single bed then yes. But since its a double bed you want access for both people to their side of the bed. Feng shui is relatively old and as such tends to assume a traditional marriage in designing a living space.

[@SullyBoo1738]

You would also generally want to have eyes on the doorway when you sleep just not directly in front of it.

[@gracelewis6071]

You also don't want your head near the toilet 🙃

[@ibiuld443]

not really feng shui but for me, even with a single bed i prefer not to have it in a corner so it's easier to make my bed each day. reaching over your bed to fix the sheets is annoying and always bothers me at other people's houses. it really makes a big difference in your life if it's easy to make your bed

[@ooihuiqi310]

Omg you should analyse the Feng Shui of horror film/show bedrooms to explain why they feel uneasy in a room XD

[@egg_bun_]

Omg YES

[@Estarya]

This shows me why I've never been comfortable in my own home, my mom refuses to see things the way I do and even when she tries to reorganize furniture it's always putting obstacles in one path or an other. Can't wait to have my own space 😶

[@anneswag4928]

Me too my mom reorganzes all the time and it never makes sense something is in the way all the tkrm

[@muurrarium9460]

Maybe she is instinctively trying to find a good way, but is failing becaue she does not know how to? (Thats is why she keeps moving things, she is looking, but not finding.) Can you help her (not by criticizing)? Show her this vid ... It may give her an idea of what is going wrong and why the room does not "feel right". Everybody in this life needs a little bit of help once in a while. ;) Of course she does not see things the way you do, you are unique (and so is she!), but you can try.

[@Lorncat]

“The person sitting here will just suffer the poor guy”

[@foxylovelace2679]

Just whipped out the floor plan for my apartment in MSPaint and starting drawing and now I'm realizing that most of our decisions make sense except for a few!

[@aliciahackett4945]

This was probably the best run through I’ve had. That visual really did it for me. Game changer! I’m so motivated to run around the house figuring out how best to arrange my new home.

[@PoodleSlayer179]

This is an awesome explanation! Saw your videos on TikTok and immediately had to subscribe. Keep up the work these explanations and perspectives will bring many subscribers and views! Gotta add the feng shui to my room

[@DearModern]

Thanks! Fengshui is not sorcery, its sense packaged as magic because it just feels unbelievable!

[@seedsoflove7684]

1. All interior designers and builders should study this. 2. Good for u to explain in a tangible way, for conservative Americans who might think it weird. Many of us dont use the word vibe or chi or yen yang but we understand energy, balance, and harmony. I built my home without studying feng shui, but as i look at it, while i could have done better, i made some good, flowing decisions! *pat on back!*

[@eleanorhill572]

Please make more videos on here! So interesting and you can go into more detail here as opposed to the 1 minute maximum on tiktok!

[@patrickkinnett7123]

I really enjoy the way you explain this and now I can't stop thinking about how I will arrange my new place. Thank you.

[@noerknown]

these videos have really helped me break out from my conventional preferences, and figure out what I actually enjoyed the most and what gives me the most joy when I'm in my room. My room has become exponentially more comfortable now thanks to watching your KZbin shorts. I don't know you'll ever read this, but thanks, man.

[@jvand185]

This makes me really happy because without thinking about it, I use Feng Shui a lot in spaces I have control over the furniture, I always try and make the space the most functional and nicely decorated as possible. I like being able to always a have a flow or order as much as I possibly can. Especially at work. You work and think better if the flow of work is easier.

[@DinkLink]

I can imagine the affect it has on your mental health as well. The skepticism comes from the spiritual sound of the concept of energy, and so many dismiss it because of this principal. But with someone like yourself making it sound much more grounded in 'reality' with things like explaining it as 'flow of traffic' it can become a lot more understandable And if you think about it further, the flow of 'traffic', 'energy', 'vibes' whatever you label it. It clicks in your head as a sensible concept and not just the mysticism its often erroneously associated with, just because that's how the creators of feng shui could understand it Arranging your space and lighting to resonate with you on a subconscious level and it being a way to improve mental health makes so much sense, it bums me out a bit that it's perceived the way it is. The difference between stubbing your toe and stepping on a Lego to start or end your day or having a quiet clean space instead and how it can make or break you. It should be a universal cultural aspect instead of the pseudo-spiritual thing its perceived as.

[@itsgoingtobeok-justbreathe4808]

spiritual principles are the axis of the Universe, whether we are aware of them or believe in them or not. Saying, "I'm not into spirituality" is akin to saying "I'm not into reality, or gravity". How spirituality gets codified and twisted by humans, well that's another story

[@grainnekeogh7625]

This is the best explanation on Feng shui I have ever come across as an architect

[@thissunchild]

That was a really good explanation of Feng Shui. It's the first time I've understood it so that it makes sense 🙏🏾♥️

[@brockobama257]

You helped me prove my 10x10 room! It’s super cramped with a full mattress, but now it feels more livable.

[@tinmendez4121]

so feng shui is like sim city. if there was a feng shui home decor game, I'd instantly fall in love with it.

[@christinanderson8760]

I hope you get lots of offers for your own tv show- you are one of my absolute favorite content creators across any platform!

[@LexiLadonna]

Feng Shui is just maximizes the use and flow of your space! I wanted to redo my place with feng shui and then I realized my furniture was already the right positions because it's just what makes the space the space flow best and I'd already figured it out

[@djairpinto3050]

it is a very nice seeing it all coming together, only thing i would never do is having a working table facing the bed, its the last thing one can have in front of them when studying or working, plus facing the wall we can have stickers or even a little drawing board for notes or reminders

[@BrutalJambon]

I never familiarized myself with Feng Shui and always thought just by name and by seeing people talking about how "that room needs more Feng Shui" that it was an incoherent & random thing, where 2 people would tell you 2 different things about the "energies" they feel in your house or something. But indeed, explained like this, this really makes sense even to someone who doesn't actually believe in anything spiritual. As someone who is quite minimalist about my living space, now I really want to try and re-plan my interior with this in mind ! You made a really simple and easy to understand introduction

[@TheRealFOSFOR]

Great video. This is pretty much how people think of living spaces normally. "Don't put your dining table Infront of your front door" Or "don't put the dining area furthest from the kitchen"

[@nicholasstachelrodt1668]

i was yelling this internally

[@vophie]

I love seeing rhythms of motion at different scales -- awesome city comparison

[@arriannaniv]

As someone who lives in a cold environment.. you could also see the energy as heat energy. The house I am living in is shaped like a snake. Our bedroom is in the middle lower part of the snake and the heat is in the heart… it’s always cold because the heat energy can’t get here.. that’s more specifically for home design than furniture though

[@SofiaCalotti]

You are very clear when you're explaining these concepts! I also bought your book and love it! My house feels a lot more balanced now. I am curious though what you would do with laundry, drying racks/dryers, cat toilets (forgot the word) etc. (especially in tight spaces). Anyways, thank you for your work, it opened up a while new way of viewing the concept of 'home' for me ☺️

[@muurrarium9460]

litter box ;) (but cat toilet makes perfect sense to me!)

[@AmythefirstA]

This is why I appreciate your videos. You really demystify Feng Shui and show how practical it can be! I look at my house with new eyes now!

[@gloglos100]

Always wonderful, makes so much sense to me, eel spaces and really get the horror of the surprise hand on the shoulder you showed when working on a desk back to the door. I feel the same about localities. Specially in heartless Melbourne Aus.

[@luizas7767]

It makes so much sense if you're very sensible to energy - meaning privacy lack of or light - like me the creation of atmosphere that you teach in Feng Shui are determining

[@Metallikatzz]

I like my beds up against walls/corner. I like to sleep facing a wall or using a wall. If that makese sense. and I feel it usually opens up rooms a lot more as you dont need dedicated space on both sides of the bed.

[@oanna1221]

The art of placement is magical. Thank you.

[@nixi7688]

I love how you explained this for skeptics like me. I used to write a lot of stuff off as woo, but I forget that a lot if these long standing superstitions stick around because there is an underlying logic that just works.

[@leebradford6283]

I love it. I learnt about it a few years back. Got rid of a lot of stuff and started to save a lot of steps every day and year. In a lifetime you will save a lot of energy. Work smarter not harder

[@TheLearningLounge]

Thank you for this. Your positive energy and cheerfulness add to your lesson on Feng Shui.

[@missmjl2468]

Thank you. You have restored my faith in feng shui. I have followed it for 20 years now amd got very jaded by the ridiculous placing of red colours here, round things there, it just didn't sit well with me. Your view is practical, usefula and make so much sense.

[@hexramdass2644]

Holy Feng Shui this has blown my mind! I love taking ancient wisdom and removing the superstition from it to extract all that valuable knowledge. It's tricky though, it's easy to be dismissive and confuse which is the superstition and which is the knowledge. An open mind is key.

[@Serviervorschlag-]

I find many ideas of Feng Shui reasonable even for someone who does not "believe" in it. I plan to change a little bit in my studio apartment because I sit with my back to the door, or more exactly, the door is on the left behind me and I will put the table more to the middle of the room so that I sit with the wall in my back and can see the whole room. It will be unusual for me because I have it in this way since I moved there 20 years ago but often I cannot concentrate when I situ there at the table and your videos bring me to this. I sometimes thought about that it is not so good for a short moment but I never really thought about it. So thanks to you I will change it. 😊❤

[@kokab]

Great way to explain how to arrange furniture in a home. This is a much-needed but difficult skill.

[@ddg80sbby]

I don't technically know much about Feng Shui but conceptually it makes sense to me because I'm a sensualist and energy is everything to me. I will move things around over and over again until "it just FEELS RIGHT" 😅 It's interesting how things shift when I add something new.

[@FerretKibble]

Energy aka the spaces associated with movement. It just makes sense

[@phendan]

Okay so this makes complete sense, which raises another question. Why did someone decide to take this perfectly rational way of reasoning about interior decorating and make it sound like astrology?

[@TraSea72]

I've been using Fung Shui for years without even knowing it. It just makes sense. I've always just referred to it as having a "flow" in my home.

[@Ingestedbanjo]

The bit about the desk was special. I could see the other stuff pretty intuitively, but I thought that open plan was always better than partitioning a room, and turning the desk around rather than having it up against the wall seemed at first to make the gangway into the bedroom feel very claustrophobic. But... I get why he did that - as he said, you don't want your study in your bedroom, so sacrificing the open plan space created two small spaces with specific functions, rather than a single large room with a confused function. That's really neat.

[@justafan6535]

I never really thought about psychology before when it comes to furnishing apartments and homes. Very interesting.

[@seacreacherdiet]

Your passion always makes me smile when I catch your shorts and videos!

[@AmandaJulina]

omg i follow you on tiktok and didn't realize you had a youtube, subscribed!! I move so much that I'm always going back to your videos for inspiration. It's awesome seeing you on youtube because i'm always wishing tiktok were easier to organize/find specific videos so you having a youtube is a godsend. THANK YOU

[@DearModern]

Aw thank you! I will try to make more videos!

[@microponics2695]

My house is shaped like a spiral of rectangles it's a nightmare you can't hear anything and anything someone says is distorted. But only in some parts which is weird you can hear crystal clear if someone is in the living room and you are in the bedroom upstairs you can hear them clearer than if you were on the same floor in the kitchen right around the corner. Really old house 100 years old. full of nightmares super hunted I love it no women will move in with me Love this place!

[@alex14496]

love this explanation, I've never thought of it in that way, thank you!

[@Simply.Vantastic]

I'm stuck living in the living room right next to the apartment entrance so I watch these to live vicariously

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

I've often thought about these concepts a lot when placing stuff, tho not quite to the same extent of this; nice that people like you are willing to make videos on the subject 💛💚

[@Ineddiblehulk]

The practical applications of feng shui are undeniable

[@Sigourneyporpoise]

i love love love moving my furtniture around, it keeps things fresh

[@eliv.7062]

A very useful and clarifying video to understand the importance of 'chi' at home. I 'll take all of this into consideration soon. Thank you!! 🙏

[@DonnaBarrHerself]

Such a great dry sense of humor.

[@alicec.6195]

Fun to think that as an Architect I have been unconsciously doing this for many years!

[@barenjuden3911]

as some who just simply isn't retarded, I too do this

[@HumbleGolds]

awseome. Informative. Alot things are common sense but we never thought about it. Chi energy flow is so important.

[@marinenukem]

Before I saw your shorts, I legitimately thought feng shui was a spiritual thing. Now I realize it’s interior design that takes the dynamic complexities of home living into account.

[@whatever.1765]

It literally is a spiritual thing. It originates from Taoism and is about achieving harmony with an interiors chi.

[@luizatb12]

I love this video, but why is no one commenting on the fact the bathroom is connected to the kitchen??

[@Cora.T]

Oh my god, now I know why I never use my desk 😂 my back is literally against the highway

[@Walt-vy7vf]

As an interior design student, this is a really helpful knowledgr to improve my layouts even more. Thank you for making this video

[@valar7568]

Wow! I love your videos! Can you please do more floor layouts? I have a very hard time decorating my apartment and placing furniture because it’s an odd layout

[@m0L3ify]

Honestly, regardless of the beliefs, Feng Shui greatly reduces my stress and makes the room feel like the energy is flowing more easily. I always feel my anxiety greatly reduced at the end of all your videos, so surely it at least has psychological value. At the very least!

[@Entire1523]

Who's here binge watching his vids after discovering this gem channel ✋

[@TommyBrown-j6o]

我！

[@cloudbrooks]

i love this video so much :) I love the way it's explained. I'm not only talking about the metaphors used and the ease of understanding (even though that's definitely there as well). I'm also talking about the personality, like at 3:45 "the person sitting here would just suffer, the poor guy" is so nice to hear. I feel like I get these principles but my parents dont and im always like the guy in that seat 😭Its unfortunate. At least I'll be better at interior design though

[@dorothypettijohn1037]

This video was very helpful explaining the 'flow" aspect. I'll try to diagram it myself this way. I still want to send you a diagram of my house and furniture and let you arrange it for me!

[@Meowlein]

Honestly, thanks a lot for your videos! Ive recently reareanged my furniture according to tips you often give to other people and I feel so much better in my own home now. Also im totally gonna use this knowledge to build better sims homes from now on 😂

[@ritchieritchnsd]

I've always seen Feng Shui as the flow of energy. Love your content!

[@marycoffelt3041]

Wonderful visuals to help explain how to plan based on traffic flow!! Suprisingly enough, growing up in a 7 kid family, my mom set up quite a few of our living rooms and corridors pretty on line with some of these principles

[@_HappyRadio_]

thanks to this video (that i was watching while procrastinating some school work) i spent about 4 hours today completely rearranging my whole room, including disassembling and reassembling my bed. i still havent completed any of the school work, but now i have a dope study crib

[@vgtgoat]

Thank you so much. I've always loved reorganizing my house, but do so with zero taste or logic. I'm excited to finally learn principles. However, I have a giant second fridge in my living room. I have no idea how I'm going to mold the energy around that one...

[@DaftRebel]

I do believe in feng shui, it works for me and my family and friends. But thank you for this comprehensive video! This will certanly sink on designers!

[@daneilchambers]

I love how you explained this! You gave me a few ideas to improve my space ☺️

[@boomerangfishact6754]

What a simple and concise explanation of Feng Shui. Thank you!

[@myrikmalyne3185]

I do think of myself as a spiritual person, so it wouldn't surprise me if feng shui has some sort of supernatural element to it. But to me, a lot of it just sounds like taking psychology into account with design. Honestly, it's genius! Thank you for making this method of decoration easy to understand. Your videos are a big help!

[@LivingFree207]

Just found your channel and love it! :) Now, I have to get my husband to move things around for me. I'm glad to see I have some things in the correct position. Looking forward to future videos from you. I first found you on shorts.

[@_skyisblue]

This is much easier to apply especially when you have an irregular shape of space (bedroom, etc) THANK YOU

[@JulianDalat-rm6pn]

happy to have found you off tiktok. Love your videos.

[@O4C209]

Found this through your shorts. Great videos.

[@bob-q9u7j]

this is great thanks from an architecture student

[@Tha3l]

I would love a video that transfers these general principles to small living places

[@flow5718]

Thanks Feng shui guy, not everyone is able to live in the country and build their own home so moving around furniture with some thought for how we're using the space is really all we can do.

[@mirsolis4992]

I thought feng shui was kooky and fake but this actually makes sense, wow!

[@lottax.8031]

Yeh, I can't put furnitures in the aisle, it's so smart. I was wondering, why do I need to pee in the living room? Ah, thast why! Because my sofa was bloking the bathroom doors. Yeah, thank you to save my carpet. It was SOOOO usefull advice. Thanks. How could I not come up with that?

[@hjncosta11]

I do this exacly while planing interiors and architecture for my clients, never thought that what I do is conected to feng shui .... interesting.

[@dustinfocus]

I've watched many videos of yours in the past 48 hours; you're wonderful.

[@MrKirby365]

I like that the core of FS has a dual base, spiritual, and real world. The rules exist to get the best possible results out of an area. If you can't get behind that, then I am not sure what's for you. That being said I know some people organize based on many other reasons outside of that

[@jayrey5390]

Thank you for the explanation - I had a vuage understanding but you explained it so well, thank you ☺️