2019 FENG SHUI COLOUR AND HOME DECOR INSPIRATION FOR THE YEAR OF THE JOYFUL EARTH PIG
As a Feng Shui consultant and home décor designer, I find inspiration to help bring happiness into the home in many places. During this time of year, I keep special watch on trend experts and special holidays!
COLOR INSPIRATION FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR
Feng Shui is about creating harmony, balance and positive energy for yourself and the space around you. You may be interested to know that there is a strong correlation between Feng Shui and the Chinese New Year.
The Chinese New Year, also called the Lunar New Year, can be considered one of the biggest celebrations in Chinese culture and is celebrated over 15 days. It starts with the second New moon of the year and is considered to be the beginning of Spring. Each year, a Chinese zodiac animal as well as one of the feng shui elements is associated with it and these determine the energy and its attributes in the New Year.
2019 is the Year of the Earth Pig and starts on February 5, 2019. Feng Shui practitioners use the new year to update annual feng shui remedies. The belief is that good and bad feng shui energies shift each year and we need to adjust and add layers of energy that work with this movement. We can either enhance the benefits from good energy or belie any potential undesirable effects.
As a home designer and Feng Shui consultant, I utilise the feng shui elements through decor and furnishing to harmonize and help create positive energy in homes, offices and businesses.
Consider that 2019 is the year of the cheerful Yin Earth Pig with dominant earth energy which symbolizes centeredness and stability. Water in its Yin form and Wood as the Yin polarity and influence also come into play. Yin symbolizes the feminine, increased spirituality, introspection, patience and tenacity. There may be a desire for new perspectives and exploration. To harmonize the elements, we need to incorporate the less dominant elements of Fire and Metal (to balance with Water, Wood, and Earth) when dressing yourself and your spaces.
Let’s start by infusing the lucky colours of red, orange, pink, white and gold. Red, orange and pink reinforce the Fire element (Fire reinforces Earth) and white and gold represent the Metal element (Metal feeds on the Earth).
Decor that represent the Fire element can be candles, colour with rugs, images of fire or the sun, yellow lampshades. Examples of Metal elements in decor are round shapes, white or silvery grey pillows and/or rugs and metal frames.
QUICK COLOR INSPIRATION FROM TREND EXPERTS
For 20 years, Pantone’s Color of the Year has influenced product development and purchasing decisions in multiple industries, including fashion, home furnishings, and industrial design, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design3. Every year Pantone releases the Color of The Year and for 2019 the Pantone Color of the Year is LIVING CORAL. A fire colour which symbolizing our innate need for optimism and joyful pursuits, Living Coral embodies our desire for playful expression4 and is the perfect colour for the cheerful earth Pig.
If you haven’t already, you will start to see this color in all types of media and can expect to see stores carry many products in this color. If you are someone who enjoys making small changes to their home to give it a fresh look, you can easily make small changes and incorporate this color (or any of the 2019 lucky colors ) into your home.
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