Fire elements in a room

[myfs_96955]

I have recently redecorated a small room in my house to be my personal space to relax, create, study and work. The room is in the south corner of the house so I used a fire theme in it with my favorite colors of red and purple.
The ceiling to about halfway down the walls is a color called blessing (off white) and from there down I used a shiny pearlescent gold.
We put in wood floors, a wood settee, a wood computer work station, a bamboo window treatment with a red scarf, red and purple cushions on the settee, and red, purple and gold candles.
There is also a metal bookcase right behind me as I sit at the computer. I also have two large flower prints on the wall and one looks just like fire.
I just recently started reading more about Feng Shui and started to get concerned that this room will do more harm to me than good. I read in one book that my year element is metal and fire is destructive to metal but on your site I am a weak earth element.
I'm confused. There is also wood chair railing and baseboards fueling the fire. There is not much red in the rest of the house so I don't know if I would need to make changes or add cures. I am just so confused. I just can't figure out if this room is helpful or harmful.
I wanted to add a red rug, some plants, and more "fire" decorations to this room but now I just don't know if I should start adding some "water" in here to cool it down a bit.
Could you please help me figure out what to do next, this room is supposed to be my sanctuary not my hell?

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
1. The key success in Feng Shui is often " Not practising Feng Shui at all".
2. Frankly, if one analyse Feng Shui carefully, often the key success has much to do with our external environment. Or higher weightage is to placed on our external environment.
3. For example, just three months back, this businessman consulted on his home Feng Shui. And he is in this `metal' parts business for quite sometime.
4. After our home consultation, he asked me whether, should he invite me to look at his business Feng Shui.
5. Here, I asked him how is his business. He said, it is OK.
6. Given this understanding, I mentioned to him that it is not really necessary to do a FS audit of his business.
7. After this, he mentioned that, in-fact, quite sometime back, he got to know a FS practitioner (who had visited Singapore). He did ask this FS practitioner for comments on his office Feng Shui. My client said that the FS practitioner, simply says, "Feel free" to place or position according to what you like.
8. The morale of the story is: "Feng Shui has often much to do with the exterior. What this practitioner means is that other than Earth Luck, our Human (Man) Luck, is equally important.
9. Thus, I believe this is the same for you. If initially, you feel very comfortable with your current decor and arrangement, why spoilt it?
10. In Feng Shui, the main consideration would often be if one constantly falls sick e.g. bedroom etc..
11. In the Holy trinity of Luck, (Heaven, Earth and Man luck); often, even if one's earth luck is not so good, but we do have good Man luck e.g. good atitude towards life etc... all these can superceed, all our worries or problems!
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 10/7/2003 2:38:12 PM, Anonymous wrote:
I have recently redecorated a
small room in my house to be
my personal space to relax,
create, study and work. The
room is in the south corner of
the house so I used a fire
theme in it with my favorite
colors of red and purple.
The ceiling to about halfway
down the walls is a color
called blessing (off white)
and from there down I used a
shiny pearlescent gold.
We
put in wood floors, a wood
settee, a wood computer work
station, a bamboo window
treatment with a red scarf,
red and purple cushions on the
settee, and red, purple and
gold candles.
There is also
a metal bookcase right behind
me as I sit at the computer. I
also have two large flower
prints on the wall and one
looks just like fire.
I just
recently started reading more
about Feng Shui and started to
get concerned that this room
will do more harm to me than
good. I read in one book that
my year element is metal and
fire is destructive to metal
but on your site I am a weak
earth element.
I'm confused.
There is also wood chair
railing and baseboards fueling
the fire. There is not much
red in the rest of the house
so I don't know if I would
need to make changes or add
cures. I am just so confused.
I just can't figure out if
this room is helpful or
harmful.
I wanted to add a
red rug, some plants, and more
"fire" decorations to this
room but now I just don't know
if I should start adding some
"water" in here to cool it
down a bit.
Could you please
help me figure out what to do
next, this room is supposed to
be my sanctuary not my hell?