Vastu For the Drawing Room

Drawing room or say the living room is always the center of the house, where all the members of the house spend lot of time and which is also used to entertain the guests. Hence everyone wants to decorate their drawing room in the best possible manner with all the furniture and show pieces to look it more and more pretty and beautiful.

Drawing room is not only about looking beautiful but also about the feel and comfort. Vastu Shastra makes confirm that every room or say every part of the house is full of comfort and warmth level that is essential for a good living.

Here are some things that needs to be kept in mind while designing of a drawing room.

Location of the Living room and Furniture

• According to vastu the direction of the living room could be north as well as east. Actually its ideal location depends upon the facing of the house.
• For the west facing house living room could be in the northwest direction. For the house whose facing is towards east or north direction then the living room could be in the northeast direction. For the houses whose facing is towards south then the living room could be in the southeast direction.
• It is advisable to keep only square or rectangular shape furniture. Avoid placing circular, oval or any odd shape furniture.
• Be sure that the movement in the living room should be free without any obstruction.
• All the heavy and weighted items such as the most important furniture of the living room like sofa set must be kept in south or west direction. All the heavy articles or the showcases must be in these direction only.
• Heavy articles such as sofa set can also be placed in east direction but make sure that it should not touch the walls.
• One can also place some indoor plants with small rocks and stones in the southwest direction. It looks very attractive as well as strengthens the southwest direction.
• For center and side tables southeast corner is very beneficial according to Vastu shastra.

• Place the furniture in a way that the head of the family and other senior family members should face north or east while sitting and the guests should face west or south directions respectively.
• If you want to place a TV in the living room you can place it in the southeast direction. Vastu strongly opposes to place the TV in the northeast or the southwest direction.
• Air-conditioner or cooler should be placed in West direction, not in South-east.
• According to the Vastu advice for drawing rooms, there should more of open space in the northern and eastern corners.

Fountains, Aquarium and Paintings in the Living room

• The main water element such as fountains or fish aquarium should be placed in the central north of the living room. If you are having an aquarium then be sure that you are having seven small fishes of one family and two other small fishes of another family.
• The north wall is best where the pictures and paintings can be placed in the living room.
• On the eastern wall you can place a painting of a rising sun.
• On the south and west wall you can put the painting of any animal, mountain or of anything that resembles strength.
• There should not be a photograph of any God in living room or at entrance door.

Color Scheme and Lighting

• Prefer using light colors then dark colors in this living room.
• Never use black or red color in the living room.
• You can use white, yellow, blue or green color in the drawing room.
• Lighting of the living room should be bright. Place the lights towards west direction. Avoid placing lights at the center of the room.
• The door of living room should be in east or north direction. Windows in east or north directions are beneficial.