https://coachfeng.com/ Interior design basics and feng shui rules that actually do the job. Plain words, honest about what's tradition and what's common sense. en https://coachfeng.com/myths/bad-feng-shui-plants/ https://coachfeng.com/myths/bad-feng-shui-plants/ Cactus, fake plants, bonsai, dried flowers: which ones feng shui actually objects to, which ones are contested between schools, and which ones only appear on invented internet lists. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/homes/penny-apartment-redesigned/ https://coachfeng.com/homes/penny-apartment-redesigned/ Apartment 4B is a small angular one bedroom where one room has to be kitchen, dining and living at once. What it gets right, why the stubby island wastes the only counter in the place, and the redesign that makes it earn its keep. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/homes/ross-apartment-redesigned/ https://coachfeng.com/homes/ross-apartment-redesigned/ Ross has the most rooms of anyone in Friends and the vaguest living space. Why a table shoved into a corner stops being a dining zone, what a floating sofa needs behind it, and the redesign that turns one blurry room into two real ones. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/homes/sheldon-leonard-apartment-redesigned/ https://coachfeng.com/homes/sheldon-leonard-apartment-redesigned/ Apartment 4A has a window in every room and a genuinely well placed kitchen, and then it parks the sofa in the middle of the floor with its back to open space. Why that one move also costs the flat its dining room, and the redesign that gets both back. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/feng-shui-bathroom/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/feng-shui-bathroom/ Why feng shui treats the bathroom as a drain, what the wealth corner panic is really worth, and the fixes that change how the room feels. Split by layout: closed bathroom or ensuite, window or windowless. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/home-office-layout/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/home-office-layout/ Most people do not have a spare room. Here is how to lay out a home office in a real home: a dedicated room, a bedroom corner, a living room, or under the stairs. Light, air, storage, calls, and how to stop working at the end of the day. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/kitchen-layout/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/kitchen-layout/ Where the stove goes, why feng shui treats it as the wealth and health engine of the house, the real separation distances from the sink, and the actual work triangle numbers. Split by layout: closed galley versus open plan island. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/living-room-layout/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/living-room-layout/ The seating, rug, coffee table and TV numbers in centimeters, what feng shui asks of a living room, and the zoning fixes for an open plan space with no walls to work with. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/toilet-feng-shui/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/toilet-feng-shui/ The lid-down rule explained honestly: where it comes from, whether flushing really drains your money, and what to do about a separate WC, a combined bathroom, or a toilet you can see from the sofa. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/entryway-front-door-guide/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/entryway-front-door-guide/ Why feng shui audits the front door before anything else: the approach, the door itself, door color by compass direction, the full list of what should not face your door, and what to do in a hall, a living room, a corridor or a staircase. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/myths/feng-shui-rules-rated/ https://coachfeng.com/myths/feng-shui-rules-rated/ Twenty two well known feng shui rules, each scored green, amber or red: real evidence, thin evidence, or pure symbolism. With the reason for every score, and what to do about the red ones. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/homes/himym-apartment-redesigned/ https://coachfeng.com/homes/himym-apartment-redesigned/ The living area in Ted and Marshall's apartment is a wedge, not a rectangle, and rectangular furniture never wins that fight. What the place gets right, the real seating numbers, and why a conversation pit is the honest answer to a room with no good walls. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/myths/mirror-facing-front-door/ https://coachfeng.com/myths/mirror-facing-front-door/ Classical feng shui says a mirror opposite the front door bounces your luck straight back out. The western BTB school often says a mirror at the entry is good. Both positions are real, and here is how to place an entry mirror so you don't have to pick a side. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/small-apartment-layout/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/small-apartment-layout/ Feng shui assumes you have separate rooms. A studio gives you one. Here is how to build boundaries out of rugs, furniture backs, curtains and lamps, how to settle the fight between the bed and the desk over the same corner, and what to do about mirrors, clutter and a dark north facing flat. Every fix is reversible, so renters can do all of it. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/plants-in-the-bedroom/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/plants-in-the-bedroom/ Yes, with limits. The seven bedroom plants that survive low light and neglect, what feng shui actually argues about here, and the two plant myths you can drop today. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rules/desk-commanding-position/ https://coachfeng.com/rules/desk-commanding-position/ The commanding position applied to your home office: why a door behind your back nags at you, where the desk should actually go, and what to do in a room that gives you no options. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/myths/mirror-facing-your-bed/ https://coachfeng.com/myths/mirror-facing-your-bed/ The no-mirror-facing-the-bed rule explained honestly: where it comes from, which schools actually agree on it, the boring reason it keeps working, and what to do if your wardrobe doors are one big mirror. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/sofa-against-the-wall/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/sofa-against-the-wall/ The classical feng shui rule for sofa placement, when floating a sofa actually works, the clearances in centimeters, and rental-friendly fixes like the console table trick. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/myths/wealth-corner-real-or-not/ https://coachfeng.com/myths/wealth-corner-real-or-not/ What the feng shui wealth corner actually is, why the two bagua systems point at different corners, what the tradition really claims, and the honest reason it still works. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rules/why-hotel-rooms-feel-calm/ https://coachfeng.com/rules/why-hotel-rooms-feel-calm/ Hotels use five repeatable tricks: symmetry, layered warm light, empty surfaces, a bed facing the door, and zero visible mess. The psychology behind each, and how to copy them for almost nothing. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/entryway-opens-into-living-room/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/entryway-opens-into-living-room/ Your front door opens straight onto the sofa? Feng shui has a name for that sightline, and the fix is one tall plant or console, offset to one side. No renovation. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/homes/friends-apartment-floor-plan-fixed/ https://coachfeng.com/homes/friends-apartment-floor-plan-fixed/ Monica and Rachel's apartment has decent bones, but the furniture fights the space: a floating table, tangled seating, an exposed desk, and a door that fires straight at the sofa. Five fixes, no walls moved. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://coachfeng.com/rooms/where-to-put-your-bed/ https://coachfeng.com/rooms/where-to-put-your-bed/ The commanding position explained in plain words: which wall the bed goes on, why the door matters, and what to do when your room gives you no good options. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT