Houseboat Feng Shui

[leslye]

I have recently purchased a houseboat. This is not a floating home, but a boat that has the features of a small apartment. It is 12ft wide and has a small 9X8ft room that has been added to the top. For Feng Shui it presents a number of problems.
1. The door to the only bathroom is visible upon entering the boat. If I mirror this door as is often suggested, it will reflect the galley (kitchen) rather than anything more scenic. Hanging things from the ceiling is out of the question because the boat is constantly in motion and things tend to rattle around. There is a narrow wall space (about 8 inches)next to the bathroom door that angles out toward the front door. Could I mirror this and paint the door the same color as the surrounding walls to effect a bathroom cure?
2. The bathroom itself is small and the toilet is the first thing seen upon entering. Mirroring the walls is expensive. Can I use mirrored tiles? or Can I arrange a series of different small mirrors on each of the walls?
3. There is a mirror behind the stove, but it stops at my shoulders. Should I get rid of it? or Can I place a different mirror on the door of the cabinet above?
I am new to Feng Shui, and I am unclear about how to orient the Ba Gua when moving from room to room. If I enter from my career center and the bedroom on my left is in my knowledge center, how do I locate the BaGua when I enter the bedroom? Do I start all over when I reach that door? That is, upon entering the new room is the wall behind me still the career wall or is it the knowledge wall?
Any assistance you could provide would be helpful.
LS Mogford

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Mogford,
1. I understand your `problem' faced trying to apply Feng Shui to your boat house.
2. A boat house is quite `similar' to a small apartment and dormitory.
3. Applying Feng Shui to your boat house is indeed very difficult and because of space constraints or the uniqueness of the layout, there is not much `enhancements' one can do other than:
3.1 To make the house boat as `cosy' or comfortable to the individual.
3.2 Application of Shapes and Forms is more crucial i.e. `parking' the boat in a secured and sheltered environment.
Here, it is like houses which is on a barren land and subject to strong force of wind blowing.
It is such unprotected situations e.g. storms and strong gale or force of wind that can result in `sha' qi.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 5/15/01 5:51:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
I have recently purchased a
houseboat. This is not a
floating home, but a boat that
has the features of a small
apartment. It is 12ft wide
and has a small 9X8ft room
that has been added to the
top. For Feng Shui it
presents a number of problems.
1. The door to the only
bathroom is visible upon
entering the boat. If I
mirror this door as is often
suggested, it will reflect the
galley (kitchen) rather than
anything more scenic. Hanging
things from the ceiling is out
of the question because the
boat is constantly in motion
and things tend to rattle
around. There is a narrow
wall space (about 8
inches)next to the bathroom
door that angles out toward
the front door. Could I
mirror this and paint the door
the same color as the
surrounding walls to effect a
bathroom cure?
2. The bathroom itself is
small and the toilet is the
first thing seen upon
entering. Mirroring the walls
is expensive. Can I use
mirrored tiles? or Can I
arrange a series of different
small mirrors on each of the
walls?
3. There is a mirror behind
the stove, but it stops at my
shoulders. Should I get rid
of it? or Can I place a
different mirror on the door
of the cabinet above?
I am new to Feng Shui, and I
am unclear about how to orient
the Ba Gua when moving from
room to room. If I enter from
my career center and the
bedroom on my left is in my
knowledge center, how do I
locate the BaGua when I enter
the bedroom? Do I start all
over when I reach that door?
That is, upon entering the new
room is the wall behind me
still the career wall or is it
the knowledge wall?
Any assistance you could
provide would be helpful.
LS Mogford