A reader asked a very interesting questions about bathrooms and bedrooms: “ Hi, what can I do if I have no option but to place my single bed with the headboard against a bathroom wall. This is the only place I can place my bed and both walls of my bedroom are next to bathrooms. Are there ways I can counter the bad feng shui arising from this situation? (I have no option but to keep it in that position). I have had it like this for 20 years!! Your help/solution would be greatly appreciated.”
My answer:
I have had a very personal and strong reaction to having my bed’s headboard up against a bathroom wall. Indeed, to the degree that my life fell apart I can not blame just the bed, but I will say that the enormous amount of rushing water directly behind my head took a massive toll on my personal energy. In these situations there are several things you can do if there seems to be no option.
One is to get a great big, preferably upholstered or very substantial headboard. This will form a first barrier against the “rushing” energy. While I am not a major advocate for mirrors over beds, a securely & professionally installed mirror over a bed against a bathroom wall can be a good thing.
Alternately, you can put your bed caddy-corner, so the headboard is against no wall, and fill in the space behind your bed with a great big & awesome tree with non-pointy leaves and a light that faces up toward the ceiling. This might be the best one for you, especially since you have lots of walls against bathrooms.
There are more things to try depending on how this bathroom wall situation affects your life… and it may not! You may not be as sensitive to this type of energy as I am, so you may need to do very little to feel secure in this space. Either way, the important things are that you sleep well and feel fantastic!
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Another feng shui teacher I know of recommends placing a mirror behind the bed, with the reflection going against the wall, to reflect all the waste right back into the bathroom. That is such an unfortunate bed placement, I’d load up on all of the cures I could find!
We had our bed against a bathroom wall for a couple of years and found it really draining. Moving it, our life seemed to change immediately. It is now under a window though. While I feel less tired, I feel more chaotic there. Though my partner said he doesn’t mind. The only other option would have the bedroom door opening up to the bed. Is in the corner better than under a window?
Thanks for the great tips. I think the idea of a tree behind the bed is a cool idea.
Thank you for your reply. I am glad I already have a sturdy upholstered headboard (for the past couple of years), which is of good size for my singe bed. I do not feel comfortable with the mirror over and behind my bed or on display in my room. So I don’t think ill be going down that route.
Finally there is only one corner that I can put my bed caddy-corner but then that would mean the top half of the bed would be under fixed wall cupboards. The effect of sleeping fully under these cupboards gave me heaviness and other not so good feelings in the past (I did try to counter the cupboard heaviness with attaching a long piece of cloth under them but this never really worked for me), which is why I move my bed everyday out of this position when sleeping so it is not under these cupboards. Doing this for the past year or so, my sleep and clarity has greatly improved and I do get a good nights sleep. Again thank you for giving me few different options, I guess its not that easy to diagnose the problem if you cannot physically see my room. Also maybe you are right in saying that I may not be as sensitive in this space (at least not anymore, maybe I developed some sort of immunity for sleeping against a bathroom wall for so long! at least I hope so!!).
P.S. I am fairly new to your website and have greatly enjoyed reading many of your blogs and articles posted. Great work.
I can relate with this because I have the same situation. Two walls next to bathrooms, one is from another building. I didn’t feel exactly tired but I know I was not sleeping as sound as I should and I was always afraid to wake up with all the noise from the running water.
After a year with the headboard (tall massive wood, thankfully!) against this wall I moved it three weeks ago and it is now under the window (with heavy drapes). I never slept so well since I bought this apartment a year ago!
What I notice is that my work at the office increased. Don’t know if it’s related or not.