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Hallway Mirror Cuts My Legs Off

In my article on mirrors, I mentioned that mirrors shouldn’t cut off your head or your feet. One reader wrote in asking:
I read your article on mirrors and since then have been pondering about what I face. You said about “hallway mirrors that reflect you as you walk past them must be in full length. […]

Floor To Ceiling Mirrors

I wrote an article about using mirrors in FS world, and one reader sent in her question: 
I have just read your article which advises people against mirrors in their bedroom. Within the last year, my partner and I have bought and moved into a house which has a mirror in the bedroom on the cupboard doors exactly […]

Is missing Southwest damaging to relationships?

The Southwest is a crucial sector that relates to love and marriage. Someone wrote to me asking:
Kua number is 8 and so my best direction/sector is the SouthWest. My boyfriend is living in an apartment that unfortunately due to its layout the SW sector is missing. I’m moving in with him and I am wondering […]

Window above my bed

Someone asked me about windows above their head… 
I just shifted to a new place and my kua is 9. My auspicious corners should be E, SE, N, S, however, every corner of my room is represented by E,S,W & N. Therefore, my best corner should be SE wall, and i placed my bed against the SE […]

Stairs in front of main door

Many books on feng shui warn against having stairs directly in front of the main door. Is this bad? Someone wrote in to ask me…
We are living in a two storey townhouse, where the stairs run down to the front door. I have heard that this causes energy to run down the stairs and out […]

Main Door is a mirror - chi gets reflected out again!

Mirrors are a double-edged sword… someone asked me:
I’ve read some books that explain that having a mirror of gliding doors for the main entrance to house will discourage saving and wealth. This is because ‘transparency’ symbolise “money easy come and easy go”. Is that true? But ever since such renovation took place on my house […]

Are ceiling fans above the bed OK?

Someone asked me about ceiling fans..
Is it OK to have a ceiling fan in the bedroom above my bed? In Malaysia alot of houses come built with this feature. I’ve also seen lots of nice versions of ceiling fans that look really nice from a design point of view but wondered what the feng shui […]

What are the guidelines of installing laminated floors?

Someone wrote to me asking…
My husband and I are installing a new kitchen floor. We’re going to use laminate that looks like wood instead of the real thing. My question is two-fold I guess, ONE, how do you feel about laminate flooring instead of the real thing? And TWO, which direction should the laminate run? […]

Are black roof tiles considered good feng shui?

When judging whether an object is good or bad in a particular area, consider the make and colour of the object. This will give you clues to whether its placement is suitable. 
One reader wrote to me asking:
I would like to know if it is ok to have silver black roof tiles like the roofs I see in homes […]

Fibre Optic Light for Love and Recognition at Work

One reader asked me:
I have recently bought a fibre optic decorative piece. It has a small base and many fibre optics emerging from it. It runs on electricity and rotates,with the edges of fibre optics emitting light. This decorative piece emits lights of different colors. Please tell me if this piece is a good feng […]