Feng Shui in the Midwest Styled Home

When most people think of the interior style of many rural Midwestern homes, Native American and "country" themes, quilts and dried flower wreaths, often come to mind. The Chinese art of feng shui is unknown, or misunderstood, in some areas of rural America, but these homes, and those inhabiting them, could benefit greatly from the balance and positive energy that could be found by tweaking their homes with a little feng shui.

All feng shui principles do not have to be used. Some of the feng shui principles share advice that all Americans need in their lives and most cannot find. You do not have to believe that wood in the southeast corner of your room will bring you prosperity to understand that less stuff crammed onto your kitchen table will make you feel better.

Homes should feel welcoming and relaxing but many walk into their homes and feel just as stressed as they do when they walk into work. Laundry piles up, magazines lay scattered on the floor, drawers won't close because they are over full. Getting rid of those items you do not use or need anymore, can leave you more time and energy for other things in your life.

Look around your house and see what you can purge. Just think how much better you'll feel without so many items to clean or step over! Those ceramic cats may have been cute in the store but fifty of them on a shelf begin to look cluttered, not to mention scary, and dream catchers are an interesting idea until you have ten in your living room window. To make purging easier go through your collection and see which of the items actually have a memory attached to them. The ceramic cat you received from your granddaughter has a sentiment attached to it that the ten cats you got for three dollars at your neighbors garage sale do not. Keep the dream catcher you bought on your first family road trip to New Mexico but ditch the rest.

Having less sitting around your home means less for you to clean (who really wants to dust fifty cats?) and more time for you to spend doing things you enjoy. Feng shui states that keeping areas organized gives more positive energy to a home. Who wouldn't be more positive with a cleaner house to come home to?