21/08/2026
I recently followed up with some folks I had done a survey for in 2022. It filled me with colour to see the improvements they had made after my recommendations.
Since they were planning to remodel, one change I had suggested to the layout was to reconfigure the entrance area which not only was dark and narrow, but also had too many doors and a number of dead spaces. The feeling now as you come in is one of light, abundance and possibility.
I believe the entrance is the single most important factor in building design - this is the Na Qi Kou in Feng Shui - the "mouth of qi”. The mouth is the threshold between the inside and outside - by association what we receive and what we express. We might take in food, air, or ideas - that which nourishes and inspires - and express ourselves in speech, sound and gesture.
The entrance to our house is the interface for all of this. It is our threshold to the world, the means by which we express ourselves and not to put too fine a point on it the deeper purpose we are here to fulfil.
The changes in form you see here were backed by a lot of invisible work matching the buildings energy to the landsacpe to the energetic and astrological constitutions of the owners. By reconfiguring this area (and correcting the harmful “non design” of modern building practices), the owners have done themself a huge favour that will boost their well being each and every time they enter and leave the house.
