You've heard about Fengh Shui as a guiding principle in achieving the best home designs. Now think Vaastu Shastra, an old Indian art of developing a perfectly balanced environment composed of corporal and metaphysical forces. Vaastu Shastra also has solid law on the power of energy and how its flow in a room affects the lives of it's dwellers.
What 'Chi' is to Feng Shui, 'Pran' is to Vaastu. Both are terms referring to the energy flow that makes space be either a confident or negative sway to its occupants. Feng Shui or Vaastu Shastra, everybody can use a good set of guidelines to think in designing a dining room where house members meet and share high-priced moments while sharing a meal.
Traditional Dining Room Table
'Vas' means to reside or live in and 'Shastra' means science. The term Vaastu Shastra may then be literally understood as the "science of building homes." It basically gives you a photo of what things to put in a room and how to arrange them in a way that attracts a flow of confident energy. However, there is more to it that makes it popular.
Vaastu Shastra recommends that the west portion of a house be utilized for constructing a dining room. In terms of the furniture, the dining table should not set against a wall. It is also deemed foremost that diners have ample space in the middle of each other and all nearby the table for them to be able to move with ease. As for the shape of the dining tables, the most recommended are quadrilateral and rectangular.
The law of Vaastu Shastra also promote neat furniture arrangements in the dining and every other room in the house. Too many furniture pieces which succeed in overcrowding of any living space is also discouraged. If the dining room merges into the kitchen or any other room as part of an open plan area, there should be some sort of division in the form of potted plants or glass. Having a toilet adjacent to the dining room or one that opens into it is discouraged, as well as having a chandelier or anyone that directs a beam of light into the dining table. Only calming colors such as beige or yellow should also be painted on the walls and anyone too strong is deemed unsuitable.
The old confidence not only covers dining room arrangements but also the seating arrangement of house members who are about to share a meal. It is encouraged that parents sit facing the North, North - East, or Eastern directions. If children were to be seated in any of those positions, it is believed that they will finally overpower their parents in terms of running the household and their lives. This Indian tradition also recommends some ort of contribution made to a cow, crow or dog before a meal is served.
Dining Room Designs and Vaastu Sashtra