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Feng Shui Tips for Your Entry

Curb Appeal is essential in selling your home. It takes only seconds for a potential Buyer to form an impression of your home and we want it to be POSITIVE. The front door and entrance of a home is one of the most important places to start when using any Feng Shui tips. The intention of the front door allows money and health, a new job and relationships to come into the dwelling. Energy and opportunity from the Universe comes to us through the front door. Walk from the street up to your front door. If the front door is blocked by bushes, is difficult to see from the street, has a rusty lock, the door bell is broken, or is on the side of the house, it isn’t the best way to receive opportunity freely. If you can see your back door from the entrance, the energy is running through the building too quickly. Look at your front door and entryway to see how others view it and be objective. The following Feng Shui front door tips provide ways to make a good first impression and “En-trance” your prospective Buyers.

- Seek a feeling of spaciousness near the front door so that opportunities are not cramped and choked away

- A wall directly in front of the front door stops the chi from moving through. Hang a mirror so the energy can go through

- Use statues, chimes, crystals, lights, fabric hanging or small plants to create a curve from the front door to the back door

- Paint the front door an attractive color that is different from the rest of the house. A Feng Shui entrance tip suggests red to attract good fortune

- Have adequate lighting in the front door area so opportunity can find a way in

- Fix a doorbell if it does not work or replace an annoying bell with one of a pleasing sound

- Use live plants or flowers in the entrance to attract blooming possibilities. Remove unhealthy plants immediately

- Make sure the front door opens smoothly and quietly. Do not store anything behind the entrance or front door so it swings widely open inviting opportunity

- Have plenty of room for visitors’ coats, hats etc. to make them feel welcome

- Keep the front area by the door clean and attractive, wash floors and pick up shoes or boots

- Avoid aggressive artwork or sharp objects in an entrance. These are not welcoming symbols to others

- All steps, handrails and walkways must be safe and free of clutter

- Spend some time standing at the front door area of the home. How does the home feel when it if first entered? That feeling is conveyed to your prospective Buyers when they enter.

Remember you only have a few seconds to make them feel “at home”.