The words “Feng Shui” are the Chinese words for “wind water” when directly translated into English.

Their meaning derives from the following ancient Chinese passage: “Qi [energy flow] rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water.”

To put it more simply, the basic idea behind Feng Shui is to promote an open and positive free flow of energy in the places where ones spends their time because doing so promotes good health and well-being.

The ancient Chinese have been practicing this technique for almost 2,000 years.

One of the prime examples of this is a Chinese garden.
With their elaborate architecture and intentional focusing of energy via plants, walls, stones, trees, flowers, and flowing bodies of water, Chinese gardens have been renowned for millennia as perfect manifestations of the Feng Shui concept.
They are so popular that they exist in western US cities such as Portland, Oregon, not just over in the East.

In modern day interior design, particularly in the West, the idea has taken on a similar but specialized meaning.

The central notion is still to plan out a home or office so that energy can move easily throughout. However, in the West it is more directed at increasing efficiency of space instead.
That is, this is not to say Western interior decorators do not care about the feeling a room instills in its inhabitants, because they most certainly do. But, rather this is to say that they also care about how to most effectively utilize a space so that users can do as much in it as possible within its bounds.

As the broader consideration of Feng Shui becomes more popular, people are localizing it to specific areas of their space, rather than to just the space in totality. People are hand picking items such as their lamps and rugs with “energy flow” in mind.

This makes sense.
To organize, say a whole house, or entire room, so that it is “in balance” with itself, may neglect the fact that one only uses a small part of that space on a regular basis. For in such a situation, your room can be in harmony objectively speaking, but how you experience that room may not.
What balances a room, in the western view, is more subjective.

Bearing all of this in mind, flooring has become a major component of how people decorate and stylize their work and residential spaces.
It is easy to imagine why.
No matter how a room is used, the flooring is likely going to be consistent throughout. In a sense, it sets the stage for where everything else is to go and how it is to look. This rings true when considering that even the walls can change colors from room to room, but the floor is most commonly ever-present.

As a result, it is basically impossible to furnish a home or business in accordance with Feng Shui without placing flooring at the heart of the equation.

That is why our site, Feng Shui Floors is here.
Our chief aim is to assist those looking to create a fluid and harmonious unity in their spaces with picking the right flooring type and style.

If there is more you would like to know about us please send us an email at: customerservice@floormall.com.

Have a pleasant day!