seeing feng shui as "if someone were to attack me, would I see them coming? do I feel safe here?" is brilliant!!

@patrickkeller2193

Ай бұрын

And it doesn't have to be a literal attack, could just be a surprise visit or even the subconscious feeling of could there be someone?

@dottiebaker6623

Ай бұрын

Feng Shui goes back thousands of years - it honors our most primal perceptions and feelings. It helped me turn a bedroom I never felt comfortable in to one that is like a warm hug. I'm a big fan!

@Taolan8472

Ай бұрын

the same instinctual mechanism that drives the defense or the prey response, the fight or flight reflex, is at the foundation of so many complex upper emotions and mental states. many people dont realize that they are instinctually more or less stressed by such subtle things as your position in a room.

@dottiebaker6623

Ай бұрын

@@Taolan8472 So true!

@teddyjlockwood

Ай бұрын

Having PTSD, I already gravitate towards that. Feng shui has really helped me figure out how to feel more comfortable and actually be able to function when I don't necessarily feel entirely safe

I feel attacked. *rearranges furniture*

@ritmopop

Ай бұрын

😂

@tayet6875

Ай бұрын

😂

@moonbeamyall4007

12 күн бұрын

LMAOOO

I always felt vulnerable if my back isnt against a wall while working. feng shui helped me understand that i really am not a fan of being attacked😂

@smgp2023

Ай бұрын

i feel the same way! i even double checked that my door is locked when im working just to rest my paranoid self 😂

@Kevin_the_Caveman

16 күн бұрын

Man open spaces are the bane of people like us

@sarahrosen4985

16 күн бұрын

Me at work years before learning about Fen Shui: "Seriously, coworker, you picked that seat in the conference room?! Vinny can come in and wack you and you'll never see it coming. " Some of us just have a better sense of what security looks like.

@chinchilla7255

11 күн бұрын

@@smgp2023 same! I used to have my back facing the door and always had to look back and check. Ever since I moved the desk to the side and can now see the door while I work , I feel so much more safe😂

I have a guard cat so I can ignore the risk of getting attacked from behind.

@doyouguysnothavephones8967

Ай бұрын

But what if your cat turns on you?

@qinaaaa

Ай бұрын

​@@doyouguysnothavephones8967 lmao that's a valid argument

@lizhutchinson6978

Ай бұрын

Your cat will attack you from behind

@EOE808

Ай бұрын

​@@lizhutchinson697850x before any outside threats get near

@CandiceLeeSchilt

14 күн бұрын

*except from the cat

I used to have a desk facing the wall and I put a little hand mirror on the desk so I could see behind me at all times. It made me feel safer.

Feng Shui is the most interesting topic I don't need at the moment, but I still want to learn about it. I'll need it in the future anyways

@dottiebaker6623

18 күн бұрын

If you live anywhere - an apartment, a house, a trailer, a cave, etc. - you need to know about feng shui. It's not just for people who own the place they live or work in, it's for everyone who lives and/or works anywhere.

GREAT video with all kinds of scenarios and considerations. I have a similar little square office like this. I placed the desk in command, for sure - but out my window is, yep, a BIG CONCRETE WINGWALL. Despite this, though, I can still see the sky and sunlight, so I added good energy outside to improve the view! The wall now has lattice work with green ivy covering it, there are bird feeders and a solar water fountain. The cats like to sit in the window, as well. So now I am in the command position, receiving opportunities or aware of attackers that come in from my door (usually my spouse, trying to steal my chocolate) and great energy from my window view.

Feng shui is such an incredible system. The way you explain these principles makes it so easy to understand

Next level: get a desk with round corners so chi flows nicely

@Kikkatar.

Ай бұрын

Get one of those U shaped tables like in kindergartens so you can have joyous energy and feel like you're the commander of a space ship.

@LaUnicaEsperanza

Ай бұрын

@@Kikkatar. Yeeesssssss

@tihana13

Ай бұрын

​@@Kikkatar. Whoa! I need that! Never seen such a desk. /off to serch for it Thank you!

I love your Tipps and recommendations. It inspired me to finally renovate the last wall of my kitchen which I hated but had no ideas for. I wish I could show you. Thank you for educating and giving such nice ideas 🎉

1:15 and 2:42 I'm facing a similar situation right now with figuring out how to place my desk, except I realized my new bedroom is more cramped and putting a bed and the closet in the middle heavily limits how I can place my desk and rearrange my space. This video came at a good time.

@PowerOf47

Ай бұрын

similar place here, the corridor going straight to my room is very similar to my room, and I had been considering putting the desk in the corner away from the door and this only proves that I should do it like that

My home office looks like this. Never thought of putting my desk in the middle, as the “command position”. I’m gonna try it!

My room is just like this, and I put my desk in the first position shown. Very proud of having learned a little bit of feng shui, and I could tell I guessed right as soon as I sat down.

@tuononnovainbici

5 күн бұрын

My studio is also similar (except a bit longer and the window is in the "bottom right" rather than "top right") and I'm so proud to have chosen the "right" position for my desk!! I was forced to choose one of the 4 options he explains at 5:26 because of other furniture in the room AND the roof of the room being lower on one side. When choosing where to place the desk I also felt like the best option imaginable was not possible, and tried to work with my gut feeling. Unknowingly, I used Feng Shui principles! I knew turning my back to the door felt wrong for SOME reason, so I could only choose a few spots for the desk. Too close to the door wall would be too distracting, but I would also be distracted (thanks, ADHD) by the beautiful view out of the window if it were right in front of me. I'm right-handed so I imagined that the desk in the "command position" would make my hand and pen cast a shadow on the paper, so that was another no: the window had to be on my left side. Seeing the corridor and being in direct acoustic line with it would distract me with every little sound coming from inside the rest of the house and push me to stand up more.... So, it has to be further from the door to "trap me" in study mode. So in the end I chose the farthest possible corner from the door, facing the wall, with the window to my left side but slightly mismatched so it would be difficult to look out and be comfortable for extended periods of time... so yeah 😂 Sorry, darn ADHD again - info dump is over!!

What about arranging a desk and a bed? Will the bed impact the optimal position of the desk and vice versa?

@LaughingOrange

Ай бұрын

I will have that exact problem in a couple months. Very interested to see the answer so I can optimize my room.

@dudeman2945

Ай бұрын

Yes. Here it becomes about priorities. Is it more important to have the bed or the desk in the command position? Whatever is more important to you should go into the command position.

@LittlebellgirLau

Ай бұрын

Yes!!!! I was going to ask this! I have to fit a wardrobe, bed and desk

@OneHappyChipmunk

Ай бұрын

@@LittlebellgirLau same!

@anxylum

Ай бұрын

Yes! I was just going to ask the same thing.

In my office/studio, my desk faces the wall opposite the door, between two windows, so i get the best light for painting. This made me anxious though as i often would not hear husband or son if they came in. I installed a wireless doorbell for the hard of hearing and taught them to use it. I see a bright rainbow of light and know someone is coming in. Worked like a charm

Can you do more studio/open floorplan 1 bed apartments? Where you have to have your kitchen, eating space, living room, and work desk all in the same room?

@fernandotrevinocastro1018

Ай бұрын

Same same My biggest brain moment: making a space divider and now I have a little bedroom

All of your videos are great and helpful, but for me this was the most great and helpful of all. The explanation of the energy considerations make so much sense now!! Thank you!

Thank you for suggesting the mirror, it makes such a huge difference!

This is great! We need your Feng Shui genius in our lives! Would love to see a few examples of real life spaces that you think have really good Feng Shui energy so we can see what it should look like when it is good.

I was thinking I disagreed on the best spot because I was prioritizing keeping an eye on the door, but then realized I subconsciously agreed with you 😅 When I started my job, I got to pick between a desk facing the wall with a peripheral view of the door or the desk facing the window with my back to the door. I picked the window with the nice view and good energy. Feng Shui knows best 😂

Loving the longer videos. Great explanations 🎉😊

I love how having a cat coming and going is considered a force beyond your control because the door must stay open.

This is so helpful. Why don’t more people know about this.

You showed an example like my office and I'm pleased to say I got it correct 🎉

I've been waiting for this!! Good to know my intuitions were correct and my desk is in a great spot 😉

This is almost exactly my home office. I'm glad that I chose the best position for my desk intuitively. 😎

Thats almost the exact space of my office andn its been feeling strange recently and this has inspired change. love this channel and its sugguestions

Thank you very much for all the tips. Very helpful. 🙏

Thank you for this again, I removed an attachment to my desk so I could put it in the real command position as in the first example. Though the whole door and that wall is made of glass, I feel a lot less exposed and I don't have to turn around to check if someone is there. Fortunately it is a relatively calm corridor but there is some traffic happening sometimes.

0:06 bro why do you have a plan of my room?

@hmyesmoment1683

Ай бұрын

It's a common room layout

@stormveil

Ай бұрын

@@hmyesmoment1683 😁

I wish I could put my desk like this! I can really feel that this is so true, even without knowing anything about feng shui, it feels weird to not have something behind me to support / protect me, but I never had the words for it

@softpretzelclub

Ай бұрын

But after seeing this video I realise my desk is still in the best position that’s possible :)

In my old house I had space to hang a small mirror in my kitchen. I just startle easily. But if you feel like that too, check for inexpensive or magnetic mirrors when it's 'back to school/dorm' time, I've had good luck with that. Love ya Cliff

My new office (in an office building in a suite of offices) is very similar to the small window option. I have an L shaped desk. It will go in the “dark corner” but I have a lamp on my desk. This is both the best option feng shui wise and just the practicality. I am putting a plant near the window as well.

Feng sui helped me with the placement of my two desk, wardrobe and bed. The door and window is exactly like in the video. I place the bed next to the window so I can catch the early sun, see the door and also because I don't want my electronics exposed under the sun (window to the East) The desk go next to the wall, I can see the entrance, turn right to enjoy the sun from the window and have my back against a second desk so I can just turn my chair and have access to another work surface. The wardrobe is placed between my bed and desk, giving me easy access to all my stuff such as documents and personal items.

6:00 is basically exactly my office (which is in fact also my living room) and i just protect myself from attacks by having a large dog at my feet!

I love the little Easter eggs in your videos. All the scrunched up paper and marker pens on the floor because it’s so complicated even you can’t get it right first time 😂

I feel proud that my first guess about where to put it was almost exactly right!

That artwork behind you with the buildings in blue and pink is beautiful! Would you mind sharing the name of the artist?

@DearModern

Ай бұрын

Andrew Mockett!

Feng shui once again being tactical interior design mixed with eastern mysticism. Love it.

I like diagonals. Desk in diagonally in left lower corner, the desk facing the rest of the room and window. if small window, desk on wall between window and door, but the chair is toward the wall, desk facing outwards to see door and window, but maintain security behind back.

3:13 omg thank you so much, my bedroom looks just like this and I'm trying to figure out how to fit a desk area in there and rearrange everything relatively comfortably. Its also so dark and ugly in most of the room, and even the window only provides a little light (though better than nothing). Well, I also have a small closet in the way that changes things a bit more, but idk I think that is the closest decent it can get. I still dont like the feeling of the desk facing the wall, but I think its likely it'll end up in that space so maybe gonna try out different layouts if I get the chance to see what the other ones are like. Cause I have some other ideas of how to angke the desk but, it just might make the space feel too small and cluttered though.

this so helpful! i am currently contemplating how to arrange my new room. it has that attacking corridor but nice big windows which is giving me a headache

I have that exact room layout with the desk, door, and big window, slight difference is my bed is in the room as well and I have a small closet adjacent to my door (on the same wall). I wonder what the best position would be, I have my desk facing the north wall, with the door on its left and the window on the right. My bed is on the opposite wall, laying across the south wall (feet facing the closet). I hope that makes sense, I know you usually require people to pay for your advice so I’m happy to hear from the community whenever they are free :)

Exactly how my rented bedroom floorplan looks like 😂 Glad I have the exact same position as 5:06

My office is in the living room, and the front door of my apartment leads straight to my living room. If I put my desk in the command position with my window on the right, I am facing the front door directly. Somehow, this makes me feel less safe, like I have to look up all the time to check the front door... So I moved my desk to face the wall. I can look at the window on my left, and on the wall I put a bunch of posters and post-its. I stay focused like that. My back is against the front door, and someHOW I feel safer like this. I believe it is because there is very little movement or noise coming from behind my front door, because we are the only apartment at this level. Even though the front door should be a high-energy place, there is so little that I can forget about when I work and can't see it. However, if I see it facing me, it acts as a constant reminder that it is there. That's how I make sense of the fact that I prefer having my back to the front door instead of facing it!

I have a super tricky floorplan. Every room feels like a disaster. Wanna have a look?

@Storm411z

Ай бұрын

I feel like whoever designed my building ripped every page out of his book and wiped their butt with it 😭😭

ok finally I have an answer to my stupid room layout. I will turn my desk 180 degrees now.

Why not place the desk at an angle so you can see both the window and the door?

@carnifaxx

Ай бұрын

exactly.

dancing walking rearranging furnitures 🎵🎵🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

hi cliff! could you do a short clip of let’s say if we have both a sofa + a study desk in the same room? which should we prioritise then? (i love sitting at the sofa to do work tho 🥲)

This I why I have a “Please Knock” sign on my door. I absolutely want to have my desk in front of the window, but I’m easily startled 🤣

can someone explain to me why are we assuming that we're going to be attacked when the door is open like what is going on in this house??

@OscarSturgess

Ай бұрын

in some of the other videos he mentions it's bad to have your back facing windows incase you get attacked by monkeys lol

@smgp2023

Ай бұрын

its dark humor lol

@adriengriffon

Ай бұрын

It's humor. And/or he has a cat. My cat loves to run up to me and smack me out of nowhere when she wants to play. Literally I get attacked in my own home.

@chance6176

27 күн бұрын

I believe it has to do with maintaining a tortoise position. I don't think it means attack, but more like being clotheslined by stray undirected energy flow.

@chance6176

27 күн бұрын

I think it has to do with maintaining a tortoise position, where you are protected from being clotheslined by stray undirected energy flow.

Hey man you should do a review of style theories episode on organizing your closet. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on it.

My Living room is L shaped, has one wall of windows facing west, a door on the east to my kitchen which has a big window minimally obscured by my fridge freezer. The main door is on the same wall as the kitchen. All my power and Ariel sockets are on the same wall as my doors. They didn’t think it through in the 50s when it was built. ☺️

I'm in a situation at work where two of the walls are full-length drawers and cabinets (no way to put a desk against them), one wall is mostly a long window and is opposite the door, and the last wall has the door opening onto it and is backing the window. Ultimately I chose to put my desk on the last one (so I can see out the window and down the hallway through the door), but I can't help but feel like there's a better feng shui answer, even given my limited options.

Speaking of desk placement, what would you say would an optimized open office space look like? (From small startup to large corporate) I really like your videos! Made me feel changing something about my living room/work space to the better.

2:15 this is exactly the setup my boss had to switch to recently (no windows in the room and it's about half the size of that room. Split it in half vertically essentially) for the office/washroom (food service and the sinks are in the office...) I told her this exact same thing thanks to your tutelage :) Unfortunately her boss wants it that way so she's kind of screwed.

Thank you

I LOVE THIS GUY❤😂❤😂❤

Hmmmm this makes me want to re-arrange my old kid's bedroom that my dad now uses for home office. The door is on one side of the long wall like here, and the window right across it. His desk is against the window, so with the door in the back. And I always felt it was bad since people could come in, especially when in video calls, and they are immediately in frame. But there is also a bed and a dresser in the room... I think I would put the desk a bit further into the room at a 90° angle, the window now "after" the desk and the door to it's left (if I used the drawing in this video). But maybe it's too dark and there is the bed on the short wall behind it 🤔 the other option would be to push it against the short wall in the front, still door to the left and window to the right. What wasn't proposed here, but might work, is turn it to look into the room, short wall in the back and door to the right side, window to the left. But then the back wall might be too close and you can't push the chair back a lot... Hmmm

I think the command position (& the one on the wall when you can't position it in the middle) are the only ones that feel right

Thanks man, now I'm afraid even to place a table in my room :D.

I really love your videos and it is difficult to find insight like yours. Do you have any favorite books? Course? Or do you teach?

My friend just rearranged her room, so I sent her this video. 😊

Put the desk in the lower left corner at a 45 degree angle so that your back is against the corner and your view is of both the door and the window. Breaks up the monotonous square of the room, too.

In my case there are empty rooms behind me (I live alone, the front door are always closed and the neighboors don't walk the stairs too often, there is also a kitchen between my room and the front door). On the other hand my huge window with a balcony door is facing a busy school field with lots of noise and people, there are also shops nearby and there is a street. So I am facing my window because I am much less concerned about someone walking on me from my house than I am about someone "attacking" me through the window where play balls fly back and forth and buses come and go. And I put a closet and a curtain behind me to feel extra safe.

Also, do you have an apartment tutorial where you could suggest a layout for a combined couch set up and desk set up in the living together 🥺💛

That white out refusing to blank out the wall at ~4 minutes in was a bit traumatic. Thank god it started working and didn’t ruin the take.

I have the alignment of small window directly in line with the doorway and a long hall and I have a cat so i dont want to close the door completely. So I bought a almost floor length noren curtain, the cat can come and go and my roommates cant see directly into the room (and to my desk, that is placed along the wall directly between the door and window). the room feels totally different, and way more exposed, when i pull it up!

I'm currently setting up an office/bedroom combo. I'd love to send you a video when I'm all finished to hear your thoughts

I just rearranged my desk so I can see the main door in my living room and I put some big plants behind me for the second door 😅 But I will try a mirror too ❤

This was helpful. I’m curious how closets play into everything. My window has a big window opposite the door and a closet. My desk faces the window on the left half with my back to the closet. My back is also to the door, but not directly. Better or nay? I wonder.

What I learned from this video: Put your desk in the command position and buy a new house for your stuff

I’m still not sure where to put my desk! My door and window are just like you show, but I have a large cupboard taking up the entire wall that the door is on, and the other two walls (without door or window) have a sofa and a long cabinet on them (opposite one another). The desk is looking out the window, at a nice enough view but I am never quite comfortable with door behind me (the corridor is not too busy though). I just am uneasy this way but am not sure how to readjust and hoped this video would help.

5:18 is basically my situation but there is also a window behind the desk on the back wall as well. Unfortunately I have a bed too big for my room that tales up space behind my desk, that sits horizontally on the back wall. I also have like 3 computer desks. I have a small room and I hate it. I also hate my bed for being too big. I actually thought about dismantling it and sleeping on the floor lol.

i love taht he always assume that someone is gonna attak me, cause thats how i feel lol

Hey Dear Modern! My living room has a couch, loveseat and a single chair. It came as a 3-piece living room set. Could you make a video on how to feng shui this setup?!

Thank you very much for this video! I know it's much to ask, but how does feng shui impact on an outdoor landscaping? I don't live in a flat and I have a small garden I'd like to "Feng Shui it up" :)

This is such good timing cuz I’ve been re designing my study for two people! But nonetheless I can’t follow feng shui I cuz the space is too small for two people. So danger come at me!

Wonder how you feel about L-shaped desks, considering they make the viewing angles aspect a bit more complicated.

I wish I could buy those little models

“People can you know, can come and attack you.” Family turns to me, “Bruhhh where’s your office?” “I knew you were a secret agent!”

Rite on. Yes. Very complicated

Can you do this one with a corner desk?

hahahahahahah I love when say people come and attack you hahahaha ... Pleaseeee I need to learn to place mirrors in an aparment

Make a video about the same room, but with a bed and a small window opposite the door, please.

Can you please suggest which way a bed should face in the southern hemisphere if you were designing an ideal house?

my bedroom/office is very long, very long, and i have two corner windows but they're high up and small so i can't see much but trees, i have two doors in the opposite corner, one to the living room and one to the shared bathroom, it's difficult to arrange

What if your office is long and thin? Like 6.5m long by 2.5m wide. There is glass on all 4 sides - three of those windows face outside and the other window is facing onto a living room. There is a door from the living room in the middle of the long narrow room and a door to outside on the end of the opposite long wall. This is real, it's my office :D I watch these videos trying to work out how best to make my office work.

My room is exactly like thst, with an in build wardrobe next to the door.... i have to fit a queensize bed, my desk, my self tape back drop, and a shelf.... how would you do it?

this is the new ochem drawing molecules

For L shaped desks do you need to consider the side part as well when placing the desk around the room?

@Storm411z

Ай бұрын

THIS

I haven't been watching long enough, so maybe this has been answered, but what about placing the desk on a diagonal on the lower left corner of the room, offering you safety from the door and a direct view outside the window no matter how big or small it is?

We almost got into a loop near the end 😂

THIS IS SO MY ROOOM but the problem is i have a queen bed where do i put it?

My room is just like this with smaller window. We have L shape desk positioned at door wall and full wall. What if i put mirror on the door wall to reflect window?

I really need some feng shui. I live in a bedroom at the end of a long hallway, where my mother-in-law regularly comes in to attack me

Completely agree with the first command position! However, I'd worry about Batman crashing thru the window & messing up my desk. 😁 "🦇,,

How to do the command position when the window and door are perpendicular though with a radiator on one free wall and a fire place on the other. Only 1 wall is free.

I would have thought you’d put the desk with the short side directly side to the left wall, so you can see both door and window without being too close to the window. Can do or need to add Feng Shui proofing?