I'm beginning to become proud of my fridge. After one of my weekly produce runs to the grocery store, I stood back and saw the variety of colors and textures I just put away. For a brief moment, it took my breathe away. I couldn't believe how dramatically my fridge was changing. There were a lot less bottles and containers, and a lot more life. Life that creates a new energy each time I go food shopping.
Some of you will think this next statement is far fetched, but it's true. The energy has changed in the kitchen. These items are living things. I mentioned before that I enjoy creating meals with color. Color affects our mood, so does the type of food you bring into your home. It hit me at this moment that I was creating a good energy flow in the house, for our meals, in our lives. I decided that there was something to this. Could it be refrigerator feng shui? Is there such a thing? Why yes, there is.
From About.com:
Good nutrition is good feng shui, so add healthy, organic foods to your diet, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Besides the high nutritional value, organic fruits and vegetables carry strong healing vibrations from earth that your body dearly needs.
Little did I know that I was naturally changing the vibration of the kitchen and our home by changing my lifestyle. What an added benefit. I found this topic intriguing, so I did a little more research. I've always been interested in feng shui and of course interior design so here are some great tips for everyone to consider in their own homes. Some of these we follow, some we need to work on. I hope to inspire you to improve your kitchen energy! Here are 9 easy tips for you. (written on Care2.com.)
1. Make it Bright and Happy
Kitchens are one of the more active or yang areas of the home, so bring in brighter colors, active, happy and inspiring artwork and brighter lighting, and bring in nature. Live plants and/or pictures from nature will always inspire out souls!
2. Get Organized
Kitchens are magnets for everything to land, so you want to head it off at the pass and create places for everything to belong. Baskets are great for this. Train yourself to always put keys and mail in your designated container.
3. Clear Refrigerator Door Clutter
Does your refrigerator door look like an overwhelming cacophony of to do lists and a hodgepodge of assorted pictures?
A good rule of thumb it to take everything down, store in a shoe box and rotate the pictures, giving everything and everyone prominence, rotating them every few weeks.
4. Clutter Clear Drawers and Cupboards
Kitchens are great places to do some quick purging of clutter and the junk drawer is a great place to start. If you haven’t used it in six months, deep-six it.
5. Clear Counter Tops (Justin this one is for you.)
Some of you will think this next statement is far fetched, but it's true. The energy has changed in the kitchen. These items are living things. I mentioned before that I enjoy creating meals with color. Color affects our mood, so does the type of food you bring into your home. It hit me at this moment that I was creating a good energy flow in the house, for our meals, in our lives. I decided that there was something to this. Could it be refrigerator feng shui? Is there such a thing? Why yes, there is.
From About.com:
Good nutrition is good feng shui, so add healthy, organic foods to your diet, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Besides the high nutritional value, organic fruits and vegetables carry strong healing vibrations from earth that your body dearly needs.
Little did I know that I was naturally changing the vibration of the kitchen and our home by changing my lifestyle. What an added benefit. I found this topic intriguing, so I did a little more research. I've always been interested in feng shui and of course interior design so here are some great tips for everyone to consider in their own homes. Some of these we follow, some we need to work on. I hope to inspire you to improve your kitchen energy! Here are 9 easy tips for you. (written on Care2.com.)
1. Make it Bright and Happy
Kitchens are one of the more active or yang areas of the home, so bring in brighter colors, active, happy and inspiring artwork and brighter lighting, and bring in nature. Live plants and/or pictures from nature will always inspire out souls!
2. Get Organized
Kitchens are magnets for everything to land, so you want to head it off at the pass and create places for everything to belong. Baskets are great for this. Train yourself to always put keys and mail in your designated container.
3. Clear Refrigerator Door Clutter
Does your refrigerator door look like an overwhelming cacophony of to do lists and a hodgepodge of assorted pictures?
A good rule of thumb it to take everything down, store in a shoe box and rotate the pictures, giving everything and everyone prominence, rotating them every few weeks.
4. Clutter Clear Drawers and Cupboards
Kitchens are great places to do some quick purging of clutter and the junk drawer is a great place to start. If you haven’t used it in six months, deep-six it.
5. Clear Counter Tops (Justin this one is for you.)
- Keep on the counter top only appliances you use every day.
- Discipline yourself to keep objects off the counters that you do not use on a daily basis such as toasters, blenders, mixers and Cuisinarts. Store them in your newly cleared cupboards and replace with a few lovely vases and/or objects that inspire you.
6. Make it Safe
- Store knives in knife blocks and remove unfriendly hooks overhead if you have installed them to hold pans.
- Hang dish towels away from stove and remove anything close to it that could catch on fire. Many of the home accidents happen in unsafe kitchens!
7. An Empowered Cook is a Happy Cook!
- Stoves and burners should always be clean and in working order and ideally be in the empowered position, where the cook can see the action.
- If they have their back to the door while cooking, put a mirror or a reflective metal piece behind the stove so they can see what is going on behind.
8. Have A Calm Place to Share Meals Without the Television On
- Sitting down to a meal together should be the time we share our day, relax and replenish our bodies.
- You need a good place to eat every day, a place for people to connect and communicate. It is important to have comfortable chairs and an inspiring piece of artwork on the wall.
- Television shows are fine to watch as a family, but are not conducive to good conversation or good digestion during a meal. Discipline yourself to always keep them off while you are eating.
- If you live alone, make a ritual of eating. Turn off the television, light a candle, put on inspiring music and treat yourself as if you are the important person coming to dinner.
9. Bring in the Earth Element
- Good 'earthy' counter top materials
- The earth element brings in a grounding energy and encourages us to be in our bodies, an important feature when dealing with the fire and knives that are inherent in kitchens.
- If you were planning on remodeling your kitchen, a good choice for the counter tops would be earthy granites or tiles in earth tones. If you have black granite, it is always good to have lighter more earthy colors for the cabinets. You can also bring in pottery, mats, dishware, and/or other decorative pieces in yellows, golds and earth tones. Black represents the water element and encourages us to be too “floaty” and un-grounded, which is not a good idea for kitchens.
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