Tips For Decorating Your Home...

Some rules and tips related to the decorating your home are as under: Ganesha in Vastu Ganesha is a symbol of prosperity and profound knowledge and is believed to be destroyer of all obstacles which come in our way in our undertakings. Ganesha should be installed on the top of the entrance of the house to deflect all negative energies and to remove the Vastu defects of wrong position of the entrance. However, when you install a Ganesha idol on the entrance above the door frame, you must ensure that they are installed in pair and back to back on both sides. It is believed that Ganesha is always accompanied by his two wives Riddhi (Prosperity) and Siddhi (Knowledge) and poverty resides behind his back. If you just install one Ganesha Idol facing outside at the entrance its back will have your abode and you do not want poverty inside the house. Hence it is recommended to install Ganapati, back to back at the entrance Dining Table: Dining Table can be placed in the north west of the kitchen. The owners or elder person in the house should face towards the north or east while the guest should face south or west while eating. Study Table: : A study table can be placed in the southwest of the room and the person should face towards north or east while studying. Mirrors: Mirrors should only be fixed on the north and east walls. No mirrors should be place/installed in study rooms and opposite to beds in the bedrooms .Home Appliances: Heating appliances must be placed in the southeast of the room. Fridge should be placed in the northwest portion of the room. Television sets should never be placed in the southeast of the rooms .Paint Colours: The kind of paint colours used in the house greatly effects the mood and general nature of the inmates. The psychology of the man can be disturbed is wrong type of colours are used. In entrance of the house, avoid red, black and gray colours, while using white, light blue and dark green colours are good. Plants Within The House: According to Vastu, cactus or related plants should never be kept in the house. Plants with red flowers and bonsai of the trees are not allowed in the house. Avoid plants in the northeast corner of the house. Avoid pots along the north and east walls of the house. Paintings and Statues: Vastu doesn't allow to use northeast corner of the house to hang paintings or any other thing, so as to keep the northeast clean and light. Paintings with scary marks and evil things should be avoided. Paintings depicting scenes of Ramayana and Mahabharata should be avoided; however, Vastu allows the use of other puranic paintings. Paintings of nude should be avoided. Paintings showing violence and abstract paintings with clashing colours should be avoided. Avoid keeping statues of gods in bedrooms. Vastu suggest paintings of nature scenes, prayer, and temples for good health and better living. Avoid keeping heavy statues in the northeast corner of the room. Never keep any stuffed animals in the house.Beds: The beds should be placed more towards the southwest of the room but never in the southwest corner. One should sleep with head towards the south for sound sleep and better health. Sofa Sets/Sitting: Sofa sets or chairs etc. should be kept in the south and west of the living room. The chairs should be so kept as for he owner of the house, or elder person in the house to face towards south or west direction while sitting. Be careful.Many pictures can actual be anti vaastu. Pictures depicting grief and tear as well as scarifies leads to unhappiness.Pictures of anger or warfare create grudges and irritability. Pictures of dominant black colour or those reflecting fear lead to grief.Mysterious abstract pictures have no evident meaning create confusion in family. It is better to display meaningful pictures, which motivate you. Pictures containing the water element contain instability in terms of career and relationships. Such pictures should especially not be placed on the south wall as the southern directions related to fire, which is an anti element of fire. Pictures of deceased people should not be placed on the mandir or on the north/east walls. The best place to hang such pictures is the south wall.Do not hang your or your family pictures on the north and east walls. The ideal location for these is the southwest wall. Pictures of birds like crows, pigeons and owls are inauspicious. Hang pictures of beautiful birds. For harmony, place pictures of two birds together. Pictures of wild animals create an undesirable environment. Instead, put up pictures of horse elephant and dogs. Pictures of real knives, swords, and weapons are strictly prohibited as they create utter disharmony in the house..