The kitchen is the place where nutritious healthy food is cooked and can be the centre of the home, especially if it is an open plan with a breakfast/dining room.  Our kitchen has a dining area and a sitting area, so it is the hub of our home where our family congregates.  It is also a great place for us to host parties with friends and family where we enjoy each other’s company. This area will have great energy if it is used often.

There are some important feng shui rules to be mindful of in the kitchen, these can have a significant impact on your life if not adhered to.

1. It is not ideal to have your kitchen in the northwest sector of your home; if you have no option then I suggest painting the kitchen in blue or black colors or maybe having the flooring in one of these colors.
2. Your kitchen should not be positioned at the front of your house or in the centre of your home.
3. When designing a new kitchen never have your stove in the northwest area of your kitchen, the northwest represents the man of the house (the breadwinner), by having your stove here will cause problems for him and his career. If you do have a stove in the northwest, place a big vase or urn full of water next to it.
4. Your sink and stove should not be positioned opposite to each other, (as shown in the image above), as this can cause conflict in the home. The conflict is caused due to a clash of the fire and water elements.  If you do have a sink and stove opposite each other, hang a crystal from the ceiling between them to calm this energy.
5. If your bedroom is above your kitchen and your bed is directly above the sink or stove, this is not good for your health. The sink will drain your energy and you could feel lethargic and unwell.  If you sleep above your stove, then you are sleeping above the fire energy too, which is not good for you.  Try and move your bed to a different position in the bedroom or move bedrooms if you can.
6. Always keep your countertops free of clutter, keep your cupboards in order, and dispose of any garbage every day.
7. Knives should always be kept in a drawer; if you have a knife block displayed on your worktop, please move this inside a cupboard. The reason for this is, we all have four good feng shui directions, success, health, wisdom, and relationship.  (To find out your four best directions, click on the free KUA calculator on the home page of my website.  If your success direction is north and you have your knife block in the north of your kitchen, you are cutting away at your success; this is the same for your other good directions.  Assuming there are other people living with you, if you place the knives in one of your unlucky directions, that is great for you, but they may now be in another family member’s good direction.  The safest place is out of sight in a cupboard or drawer.  If you have small children or grandchildren, then a child lock fitted to the cupboard where you are storing the knives is advised.  It would be safer to place the knife block out of reach in a high cupboard.
8. It is not good to have your cooker in the south of your kitchen as this creates too much fire energy.
9. If you have a bedroom next to the kitchen on the ground floor level, do not place the bed on a wall that is shared with a cooker or sink. This would drain your energy.  The same rules apply to toilets too.
10. Avoid painting your kitchen red, this is because the kitchen already has too much fire energy without increasing it with the color red.

These feng shui rules are beneficial to know if you are having a new kitchen fitted, you can take all the rules into account during the kitchen design process.

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