What are the feng shui taboos at the front and rear entrances?
The porch is also called closet, lobby and foyer. The story of the porch originated in Japan, because after entering the room, you have to wear slippers and household clothes before you can sit on the tatami. The entrance is absolutely indispensable in Japanese-style houses. In China, where decoration is hot, people are used to changing slippers and household clothes after entering the house, and a transitional space is becoming indispensable.
Although the entrance occupies a small area in the living room, it is frequently used and is the only place to enter and leave the house. In room decoration, people often pay the most attention to the decoration and layout of the living room, while ignoring the decoration of the porch. In fact, in the overall design of the room, the porch is the place that gives people the first impression, and it is the "face" that reflects the cultural temperament of the host.
In modern decoration, the porch pays attention to practicality and atmosphere, which reflects the cultural taste and personality of the room owner. Therefore, how to combine "precision" and "cleverness" has become the key and intention to create this atmosphere. The porch design must be concise and lively, combining points, lines and surfaces to avoid complication.
1. Covering function of porch
The living room is a place for all kinds of daily gatherings and the activity center of the family, so it should not be too exposed. In the current apartment design, many people can see the inside clearly when standing outside the door, which lacks secrecy. So the existence of the porch is very necessary. That is to say, there should be a buffer space after entering the door, and there should be a screen similar to the shadow wall, so that the line of sight outside the door can't be seen, and the gas at home will not leak out.
The entrance is a buffer zone between the gate and the living room, which plays a basic role in shielding. In the living room, you will feel much safer and not afraid of privacy exposure. If the gate faces northwest or due north, and it is often attacked by cold wind in winter, it is even more necessary to use the porch to cover it. Houses close to the ground are often easily penetrated by strong winds and dust outside. Setting the porch can prevent wind and dust and keep the room warm and clean.
Create a porch
The porch also has certain functions. Generally, the ceiling should not be too high, and the ceiling part should be relatively low, with a height dimension of 2.5~2.57 meters to 2.62~2.65 meters, or a higher range of 2.7~2.76 meters, so that the height of the home is relatively scattered; Downlights can be embedded in the center of the ceiling to make the porch bright.
3. Key points of porch design
(1) Smallpox resettlement should be higher than lower.
If the ceiling of the porch is too low, there will be a sense of oppression, which is an ominous sign, symbolizing that the family is oppressed and it is difficult to have a bright future. The high ceiling makes the air circulation in the porch more comfortable, which is also beneficial to the gas transportation in the house.
(2) The tone should be light rather than heavy
If the color of smallpox is darker than the floor and the top is heavier than the bottom, it is not only unsightly, but also symbolizes the disorder of the order of young and old, and the ups and downs are uncoordinated. The color of the ceiling is lighter than the floor, and the top is lighter than the bottom, which is a more reasonable pattern.
(3) The light should be Fiona Fang and avoid the triangle.
Some people like to install several downlights or spotlights on the top of the porch for lighting, but avoid arranging the lights in a triangle, preferably in a square or circle, which symbolizes founder stability and reunion.
(4) The space between walls should be solid and virtual.
The lower part of the porch should be mainly made of brick walls or wooden boards, which is solid and steady, and the upper part can be decorated with glass, which is transparent without leakage, which is very ideal. It is recommended to use frosted glass, which is both beautiful and practical.
(5) The color of the carriage should be moderate.
The color of the porch wall should not be too deep, so as not to appear dull and lifeless. The ideal TINT is: the lightest ceiling color, the darkest floor color, and the wall color in between, as a harmonious transition from top to bottom.
(6) The grid between walls should be smooth.
The entrance is the main access to the residence, and the air flow is unimpeded when the walls and floors are smooth. If you use protruding stones for decoration, it will be uneven, and there will be many obstacles in housing traffic, so you must try to avoid them.
(7) The ground should be smooth.
The flat ground can make the house transport smoothly and avoid falling and wrestling. At the same time, the floor of the porch should be kept as flat as possible, and there should be no difference between high and low.
(8) The design of the porch floor should not have sharp corners.
There are many patterns on the porch floor. If you want to choose an empty place with auspicious meaning, you must avoid using patterns with many sharp corners and avoid punching holes with sharp corners to open the door.
(9) The floor of the porch should not be too smooth.
If the floor of the porch is smooth, it is not ideal from the perspective of home safety, because it is easy for guests to slip and get injured. Underground drainage pipes should not cross between the gate and the entrance, so as to avoid polluting the entrance when changing money and water inside and outside, which will lead to poor health of family members and poor economic prospects.
(10) complete shoe cabinet
It is logical to put a shoe cabinet on the porch, and it is convenient for the owner and guests to change shoes here. The entrance should pay attention to the placement of shoe cabinets;
(1) The shoe cabinet should not be too high, and the height of the shoe cabinet should not exceed the height of the head of household.
② The area of the shoe cabinet should be small but not big, short and not high, and the shoes should be hidden but not exposed.
Shoe cabinets must try to reduce the odor, otherwise if the odor spreads around, there is no good feng shui at all.
(4) The toe cap should be upward rather than downward. When putting shoes, the toe must be upward, which means step by step improvement.
⑤ The shoe cabinet should not be centered on the side. Although the shoe cabinet is practical, it is difficult to be rude. The appropriate side should not be in the middle, that is, the shoe cabinet should not be placed in the middle. It's best to move it to the sides and leave the focus of the center.
Step 4 decorate the porch
(1) factory layout
The porch is the first area that visitors see when they enter the room. The plants placed here have a vital influence on the appearance and image of the whole family. With the decoration of lights, many large plants, trees and blooming potted orchids are suitable for the porch. The porch and living room can be decorated with the same kind of plants, which makes people visually constitute a kind of integrity and interoperability.
It must be noted that the plants placed in the porch should be mainly evergreen foliage plants, such as cycads, Nostoc flagelliforme, kudzu vine, banyan and so on. The prickly plants such as cactus, rose and azalea should not be placed in the porch, and the porch plants must be kept evergreen. If they are yellow, they should be replaced as soon as possible.
When the entrance is located in the northeast, it should be mainly white, white is the best decorative flower, and white flowers can also be the finishing touch in photos or decorations. Putting a pot of red flowers on the shoe cabinet at the entrance can bring good luck to the family. Yellow flowers are good for love, orange flowers are good for travel, and pink flowers are good for interpersonal relationships.
(2) Selection of accessories
In many ancient buildings, we can find that the ancients like to place lions and unicorns, powerful and spiritual beasts, at their doorsteps as the patron saint of houses. If you put a lion or unicorn outside a modern house, it will often be subject to many restrictions, but if you put it on the porch and face the gate, it can also play a role in protecting the house.
(3) Install the porch lens
Install a mirror on the porch, which can be used to put in and out the appliances, which can make the space more spacious and bright. But the mirror can't face the door, and it's not appropriate to stick a lens on the top of the porch. You can see your reflection as soon as you enter the door, and you will feel your head down.