Feng shui for a bedroom with two doors
In a bedroom with two doors, place the bed so it is in the straight line of neither door and you can see the main door from the pillow. If you can’t see both, keep the main door in view and keep the second door, usually an en-suite or a wardrobe, closed at night.
Check the bed against each door separately. It shouldn’t sit in the strip of floor straight in front of either doorway, and the headboard shouldn’t be against a door. With two doors you often can’t see both perfectly from the pillow; seeing the main door matters most.
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Why two doors make it harder
Every door adds its own line across the floor, and its own spot you may want to see from bed. In feng shui terms, more doors mean more movement of energy through the room; in practical terms, more traffic, light and draughts. The room has fewer calm walls to put a bed against.
Our rules engine treats every door the same way: the bed is checked against the line of each one, and for the view it takes the door that is hardest to see. That is stricter than some traditional teachers, who mainly worry about the main door, so a warning about a wardrobe door is the mildest kind of problem.
What to do, in order
- Keep the bed out of both door lines. This is the one to get right; a fail here is the most common two-door problem.
- Keep the main door in view from the pillow, at an angle if you can.
- Don’t put the headboard against either door. A door behind your head gives no support at all.
- Close the second door at night, especially an en-suite bathroom door.
If one door is a wardrobe or closet
A closet door sees much less traffic than a door you walk through, so it’s traditionally the milder of the two. If you have to choose, let the bed line up with the closet rather than the main door, and keep the closet shut.
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Questions people ask
Is it bad to have a bathroom door in the bedroom?
No, en-suites are common. Feng shui only asks that the bed isn’t in line with the bathroom door and that the door stays closed, especially at night. See bed facing the bathroom door.
Which door counts as the main door?
The one you walk in through from the rest of the home. The command position is about seeing that entrance.
What if the two doors face each other?
Then their lines cross the room, and the bed should sit to one side of that path. A rug or a plant between them slows the walkway.
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