Solid book on the fundamentals of spacial planning and interior design coming from a slightly eastern background

5 Elements, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood
5 Animals, Tortoise, bird, dragon, tiger, snake
The command position should allow you to see someone entering via the door of the room, (ideally have your back to a wall), and not interup the flow of energy which would move through the path of various openings like doors or windows to other doors or windows
A home should be structurally sound and feel safe, a nieghtborhood should have greenery and parks, and should have acccessability to places you need from a current to short term outlook as opposed to long term anticipation fo needs
Main entrance (should have lots of light and energy, should lead to public not private area of the house)
Use mirrors on a side wall to give a sense of width, never place on end wall facing door
Focal point oat the end of the room with a long entrance
For small living rooms, add large object that don't take up floor space, think big lighting or artwork
Opt for bright even lighting in your office unlike the rest of the home
Ideally your office should not have your back to the door, but if you do mirror so you can see people entering is good.
Avoid having exercise area, TV, desk in bedroom, if you must try to divide the space
If bedroom is to big, make various spaces within using rugs and furniture
Do not point your feet directly towarsd the main door of the room and ideally not facing a window as well
Natural light in the bathroom is ideal, otherwise lighter colors
****Styling, you house mostly needs to look good walking in from the main entrence, this 1 angle. Can apply a similar logic walking into each room from its main door
Key item in a room to anchor it, generally the main peice of furniture
Elements in a room on the side should unify across a line of height, shelves and table height should be the same as opposed to lots of things at various heights
Clutter is when stuff loses focus and starts to take over the space
Categorise everything in storage logically
Finding you taste for a room can be as simple as listing all you love and hate about a room and then removing all you hate from the pysical room
Lighting involves being intentional with shadows and light to make something feel a certain way, not necessarily just making the room as bright as possible
All bulbs in a room should be the ame yellowness
Higher activity areas should have more light than lower activity areas
Recommended lighting in 3 of 4 corners of a room
White is not a default neutral colour, instead a mid-grey
Keep colors tones consisten across rooms. Consider warm and cool colors and rooms purpose and feel
***Less saturated colour, the calmer and more muted it feels. Typically lower saturation is better, instead of yellow go for a tan or sand, instead of bright red go for terracotta
Wall art should be genuine emotionally evoking for you for some reason, not just a random peice of art from Ikea
Clocks evoke haste, precision and awareness. Don't put in bedroom or dining room
To make a low ceiling feel higher, use low furniture and tall artwork
Family photos should be positioned so it feels like they're here with you in terms of height.
Cuttings, postcards and sticky notes should be on a corkboard otherwise are clutter
Small display objects should be grouped in cluters for presence. Larger tings can stand alone or pair
Eye level height typically
To make a room feel bigger use bigger artwork (doesn't take up space but give impression of scale)
Use plants ot hide sharp corners in a wall, to soften windows wtih too much light,

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