Practical worksheet
Walk through your home with 15 specific checks. Start with hazards and maintenance, then review movement, environmental comfort, room function, and only after that the traditional layer.
Resolve physical risks before interpreting a direction, object, or symbolic sector. A safe, dry, usable room is the baseline for every later choice.
Can every main door open fully, and can everyone reach an exit without stepping around boxes, furniture, or loose cables?
Are there leaks, persistent condensation, damp smells, peeling finishes, or visible mold around bathrooms, kitchens, windows, or exterior walls?
Could tall furniture tip, a mirror fall, a rug slide, or fabric and paper sit too close to a stove, heater, candle, or overloaded outlet?
Walk through the home as if you were arriving with shopping, waking at night, or carrying laundry. The useful question is whether movement feels obvious and unforced.
Does the front door open without sticking, and is there enough light and a defined place for shoes, keys, bags, and deliveries?
Can people move between the entrance, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and seating without sharp detours or squeezing past furniture?
From the entrance, is a bed, bathroom, work screen, or private storage exposed more than the household is comfortable with?
Review the home at several times of day. One quick visit cannot show afternoon glare, cooking odors, nighttime noise, or a room that overheats after sunset.
Do reading, cooking, dressing, stairs, and desk work have enough targeted light, or does each room rely on one harsh ceiling fixture?
Can kitchens and bathrooms exhaust moisture and odors, and do bedrooms or work areas feel stale after several hours?
Which rooms become noisy, hot, cold, or glaring at the times they are normally used?
A room should first make its main activity easier. Use traditional preferences as a secondary filter when two practical arrangements work equally well.
Is the bed supported by a sound wall or headboard, accessible without climbing over objects, and separated from strong glare and repeated traffic?
Can the user sit with supported feet and back, keep the screen near eye level, and reach common items without twisting?
In kitchens and bathrooms, can water, heat, steam, and cleaning products be managed without crossing crowded paths or damaging nearby materials?
Once the home works safely, traditional feng shui can provide a language for attention, balance, and personal meaning. Keep changes modest and reversible.
Is there one clean, visible place that can represent the household priority you want to remember, such as rest, welcome, study, or resource care?
Does the room feel overly hard, dark, bright, cold, busy, or bare when you look at materials, shapes, plants, color, and light together?
Can the proposed change be tested for a week without drilling, major spending, or making a claim about guaranteed results?
Continue the review
After the whole-home pass, use these guides to examine one decision in more detail without losing the practical priorities established above.
These official resources support the checklist's indoor air, moisture, and workstation points only. They do not evaluate or endorse feng shui claims.