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DeAnna Radaj

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Promote good health, wealth and upward energy in your bathroom. DeAnna Radaj, one of casaGURU's design gurus, shares with homeowners how to improve their bathrooms to optimize the feng shui potential.

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Bathrooms tend to get a bad rap in feng shui; however, if done properly you won’t find your energy “going down the drain.” It is very important in this room to have all 5 Elements represented to balance this space. Be creative as this is the one room where there are no limits. Be very wary of having an overabundance of the water element as this tends to “drown” energy and make the occupants feel they are in over their heads. In this space you want to try to raise energy and keep the eye looking up. This is easy to do with bright overhead lighting, a wallpaper boarder, a lighter color paint on the ceiling, or mirrors.

More tips for the bathroom:

Keep the toilet seat down, doors shut, and drains closed (have a drain cover, do not leave your drains exposed or wide open). The bathroom is also related to family finances and health so you want to keep all “means of escape” closed.
Mirrors, crystals and sun catchers are wonderful in this room to create rainbows and bring in light and keep the eye moving up.
There are no rules on color in this room, so you can be as bold and bright as your personality allows.
Keep all plumbing in good working order. Fix all leaks immediately; you don’t want to waste water and/or create bigger problems.
Purchase natural bath and body products and bathroom cleaners. You’re doing a lot to create a healthy environment so why would you want to poison your body? If a product has an ingredient that is labeled “fragrance,” it’s a synthetic, petroleum-based product. Don't buy it.

DeAnna Radaj, owner of Bante Design LLC and its production division Eden Place Productions, is a designer who specializes in Integrative Lifestyle Design (the fusion of Eastern and Western interior design philosophies incorporating feng shui and healthy home principles).