Vastu Guidelines for Interior Design
How to build a harmonical house?
Vaastu Shastra makes us live in harmony with nature taking advantage of the five basic elements of nature i.e earth, water, fire, air and space and receiving the blessing of the Gods of the directions.
There should be more space in North than South, and more in East than West.
If you want to use the mirrors in designing, they should only be used in the North and East area of the house and North & East wall of that area.
Colours (By family we mean that you can use any shade of these colours)
North- Greens/Blues family
Northeast- Greens/Blues/Yellow familyo East- Yellow/Silver white family
Southeast- Red/Orange/Yellow familyo South- Brown/terracotta
Southwest- Earthy colour West- Blue
Northwest- Grey/Green
One who contributes to build a house
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For Bedrooms ?
There should be a thick curtain hanged on the South/West windows.There should be no exposed mirror in the bedroom.The wardrobe containing cash/valuables should be kept on the South wall facing North, as told.You should sleep with head towards South.The bed should be at least 3 inches away from the wall.
For Kitchen ?
You must have a wall behind your back while cooking, so plan a curtain or a partition.The cooking gas and the water sink should be maximum distance apart.Larger windows in the kitchen should be in Eastern side while small ventilators should be placed in South.The fridge should be in placed in the Southwest corner of the kitchen.A dishwasher can be placed in the north west of the kitchen.The microwave, oven, mixer should be placed in SE.
For Pooja room ?
The NE is the most positive direction of the house.The mandir is perfect.You should do pooja facing North.You should have a lot of sunlight in this room so don’t use many curtains.
The legs of the idols should come at your chest level.The idol of the God should not be more than 10” and less than 2”.