Moving & Furniture Placement

It has been 2 weeks now since I last moved from middle size room to master bedroom of my house. On top of that I remembered that my hours of availability to rest at that time was well…somewhere… =S

As far as I know, moving house (particularly) or changing to new room is not anyone’s top-rated hobby or spur of the moment decision activity when waking up daily. And most of the time, reasons lying behind the purpose of moving is either due to budget, safety or security reason, upgrading (smaller to bigger room, better housemates/roommate, better housing facilities, etc).

For almost 7 years of my stay in KL, I had moved 8 times (6 = house moving related issues & 2 = changing room); 3 times were due to budget reason, 1 time was to stay together with my brother, 3 times got ‘kicked’ out by landlord/tenant who decided to cease renting out and take back for personal usage and 1 time was my intolerance to stay together with an obnoxious roommate (hailed from Kota Kinabalu!!!) who keeps thinking that she’s right and the queen in her own eccentric world.

Anyway, whenever moving into a new room, it is always dealing in planning on where to place furniture in the room…unless of course, the room comes with in-built wardrobe.. the choice of freedom in furniture arrangement is down by one. I kept receiving advises on the Do’s and Don’ts regarding where to place my furniture especially when it deals with bringing potential luck into my life. Uh eventually…I don’t see the effects (not that I actually practice or believe in any of them) and some turned out to be ridiculous reasons. =S

Here are what I been receiving on furniture placement all these years….

• If your room is next to the bathroom, don’t place your bed against the wall that is sided at the bathroom. WHY? High potential to get rheumatism
• Don’t place your bed by the window side….you will be exposed. (whatever this means)
• When arranging your bed, never let it (bed head side) face the door or window. WHY? Door = Represents that you are already dead and that you are ready to enter into the next world. WINDOW = All your luck and fortune will be thrown out of the window.)
• Place study table at a place where lighting is best situated and received (duh! Common sense, especially reading and studying requires proper lighting!!) OR nearby the window. WHY? To better receive the ‘aura’ of luck and concentration when studying…it’s the feng shui thingy. [Contradicts the bed arrangement, don’t you think?]
• Your bed should never directly face or be reflected off on a mirror regardless the mirror’s size. WHY? Your soul/spirit will be frightened off or get ‘caught’ into the mirror. If there’s no other alternative position for the mirror, hang a cloth to cover over the mirror every night before hitting dreamland. Hhhmmm…….uh ok
• Avoid positioning furniture in such a way that they are surrounding the bed and at the same time, it can’t be higher than the bed. WHY? When sleeping at night, it’ll trigger the unpleasant feeling of your life being constantly suppressed by negatives in life. [uh yeah…..so let’s place the bed above all other furniture and create a canopy in the room! That way….you’ll feel that you conquer aaaaalllll the negatives in life which are the furniture…whoopee! Or even better chuck every out of the bedroom, leaving only the bed in the room! Comfy & empty!]

So what kind of furniture arrangement placement do you believe and practice?!