When considering a home remodeling project, you may be interested in knowing how decorating and feng shui work together, and whether or not you can introduce some of these principles to your own home for your own benefit.

It may surprise you to know that decorating and feng shui are a true blend of not just art, but some science as well. Why do we say this? For one thing, there are no hard and fast rules about applying feng shui to your life. There are many so-called experts who can give you advice, but in the end, it will be up to you to make the decision of what you like and what you dont.

This is the aspect of decorating and feng shui that can be considered art; everything is subjective, and there are no real right or wrong answers. What appeals to one person may not appeal to another.

You’ll get a lot of advice about decluttering your home, as well as about how to use color to create the correct moods, energies, and tensions, but there aren’t any hard and fast rules in this area, either. While someone might come into your home and declare that your collected knick knacks are clutter, they may be prized possessions to you. You’ll have to decide how each possession affects you to find out whether it’s a form of clutter or not.

When you are using feng shui in conjunction with decorating, you should show balance and exercise caution. What you might see as clutter-free, someone else might see as sterile and cold, or vice versa. There are no rules and no right or wrong answers. You just need to interpret the feng shui principles for yourself and decide what is appealing to you and what looks good in your home.

Decorating and feng shui is also part science, however. There are some real, biological facts behind its teachings regarding clutter, color, entryways, and so on. Scientists have researched how tense and anxious people feel when surrounded by a cluttered environment, and how color can and does affect ones mood. Bold and bright colors are a great pick me up, while warmer colors make you feel soothed and relaxed. Softer colors can also be a calming influence, while those bold colors make you feel energized and in control.

Additionally, the entryway to ones home and to every room in your house also does much to set a mood or tone. This is like the first impression you get when you meet someone, and that first impression can set the entire tone for the rest of your relationship with them.

When applying the principles of decorating and feng shui, its important to think about that first impression you get when you walk up to your home or when you walk into a room. It helps to sometimes stand right in the entryway of your home or of each room and do a quick, honest evaluation. What is your impression of the atmosphere? How do you immediately feel? Does your home and each room therein feel warm and inviting, or are you somewhat put off, so to speak?

Application of these simple principles of decorating and feng shui can help you experience this discipline as both an art and as a science.