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Metal fireplace mantel & feng shui

candiesunflowers

3 years ago

last modified: 3 years ago

Does using a stainless steel floating shelf as a fireplace mantel interfere with feng shui? I have a sleek, modern design in my home (I do have some wood and greenery for earth elements) and love this shelf. We recently took out an outdated brick fireplace, leaving just the box in the newly drywalled and painted wall. I love the clean look of the fireplace box with the metal mantel, but wondering how that works with feng shui? Is it too much metal/cold/harshness, or does the fire balance it out?

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Elemental Clarity
3 years ago
Hi @candiesunflowers - to truly know if it was helping or hurting the Feng Shui, we would have to know the direction it is in and what energy is present there. Fire controls metal - if that part of your home needs metal, then we don't like this relationship. If this part of your home doesn't need metal then you're okay. Wood and greenery are all wood elements. To smooth out the relationship between fire and metal, you would want to add earth (yellows, terra cotta, ceramics, beiges).
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Hansen Wholesale
3 years ago
A picture might help as well.
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