Feng shui your front door is an invitation to Chi.   This statement means thatwhen your front door is pleasing to Chi (Life Force or Vital Force); you are attracting and inviting Chi to your home.

Take a moment and imagine standing across the street from your home.  Visualize the front of your home.  Focus in on the walk to the front door.  What does it look like? If you walked up to your front door what items do you see?

As you do this imagination you are Chi being invited to your front door.  Are you welcome and invited in?

According to my training in Interior Alignment™, instinctive feng shui, the architectural front door of a home is the “mouth of chi”.  We also have a belief that very thing contains Chi, life force, even items that may seem inanimate objects.  So, your home is just as a live as you are.  When Chi is invited to your home, it is like your own body receiving an extra boost of energy.  When this energy has a smooth and balance flow, it feels great.  When this energy moves to quickly and fast, it does not feel so good.

Why is feng shui for your front door important?  Well placed items, such as plants and lighting, encourage the flow of Chi to be smooth and balanced.  Chi loves beauty.  If you have healthy plants, and low voltage lights lighting a meandering path…Chi will flow smoothly as it is led to your front door. 

Your front door affects the energy of the entire house and creates a first impression for Chi.  Is your front door a pleasing color, is it in good healthy condition, can the door be opened easily and fully?

The ideal front door will be proportionally sized to match the overall size of the house; there is a beautiful water feature in the front of the home; the front yard feels expansive; there is a curved meandering front walk; healthy plants are along the path and near the door; there may be a wind chime near the front door; and the color of the front door matches the overall intention for the home (is your home a quiet contemplative home or is your home party central for friends); lawn ornaments and statuary are scaled to the house and gardens.

Spring is just around the corner.  Now is the time to consider what the outside of your front door looks like and ask yourself is Chi is invited to your home.  Take a picture of your front door and make a few paper copies. Take the paper copies and draw in where you would like a garden or two.  Draw in potted plants and water feature.  Play with the possibilities…dream about your ideal front door.  Then take action and decided what can be done easily.  Decide what will take some time to plan and money to complete. 

In this picture of my previous home, we took three years to plan and build the covered front porch.  This made the whole home feel much warmer and friendlier.  We were also the only family in our neighborhood with a front porch.  We met our neighbors as we sat out to read the paper.  And, when it was time to move to another home, this porch was the main selling point of that home.

All Rights Reserved, Yvette Neshi Lokotz, March 2008.