{"id":228301,"date":"2024-02-16T13:24:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=228301"},"modified":"2024-02-16T13:24:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:24:41","slug":"need-luck-in-your-house-hunt-follow-these-13-housing-superstitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/design\/need-luck-in-your-house-hunt-follow-these-13-housing-superstitions","title":{"rendered":"Need luck in your house hunt? Follow these 13 housing superstitions."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A blue front porch will keep evil spirits out of your house. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Finding your dream home can be challenging, so having good luck on your side can\u2019t hurt. Here are 13 housing superstitions to be mindful of when house hunting, or when decorating your new home to ensure health, wealth and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pick your floorplan carefully<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Feng Shui, it is believed to be bad luck to have a staircase that faces the front door, as all the positive energy on the second level of a home will simply exit out the front door when it opens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, it\u2019s not ideal to have a direct pathway between the front door and a rear door or window, as it is believed that positive energy will just enter and exit the home in a straight line (although superstition aside, pragmatically, this design helps with cross-ventilation and distribution of natural light in long, narrow home designs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To remedy the loss of spiritual energy, hang a windchime at the front door, or along the hallway between front and back doors, to intercept it on its way out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your address can foretell your future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your home\u2019s address isn\u2019t just a locator. According to housing numerology, the number can affect the opportunities available to inhabitants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In housing numerology, add housing digits together to come up with a single digit. For example, a home at 123 Main St. would have a housing numerology of 5, which represents a promise for adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is compared to the energy with other numerals: opportunity (1), harmony (2), creativity and fun (3), stability (4), love and safety (6), peace (7), abundance (8) and community and compassion (9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across various cultures certain address numbers are viewed as either unlucky or lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, in North America, homes with an address of number 13, or living on the 13th<\/sup> floor of a building can be unlucky. Some buildings don\u2019t have a 13th<\/sup> floor because of this belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Asian culture, 8 is a preferred address because of how it resembles the symbol for infinity and the promise for prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The graveyard shift<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some people are uneasy living near a cemetery, with fear of their home being haunted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This superstition has cultural basis, but homeowners may find that their bad luck is real, as typically homes located near a graveyard are harder to sell, and tend to stay on the market longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid green paint<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ironically, shades of green are among some of the most popular colors at the moment, given their role in biophilic design, that promotes health and wellness at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, some consider green paint to be unlucky, because of its historical role in poor health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 19th<\/sup> century, the paint color Scheele\u2019s Green was regarded as the \u201cit\u201d color for society\u2019s upper classes, but the paint contained arsenic, so was poisonous to inhabitants in homes painted in the color, and many died before the connection was established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some avoid green for this reason, while others celebrate this color history. Farrow and Ball have a green shade that mimics Scheele\u2019s Green, aptly named Arsenic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoid a pie-shaped lot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Feng Shui, pie-shaped lots with a narrow front that opens wider at the back are unlucky due to narrow frontage \u2014 the positive energy will have a hard time getting into your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are considering a pie-shaped lot, it is preferable for the triangle have its widest point at the front door, and narrowing as it reaches the rear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A rectangular or square lot is best, because of the ability for energy to free flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embrace curved lines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curved lines are trending in everything from curved walls to furniture and accents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curved lines are visually appealing because of how they gently encourage the eye, but they also provide good luck to homeowners, as evil spirits can only travel in a straight line, according to folklore.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A spiral staircase will divide the home and bring bad luck. Photo Credit: Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Spiral staircases are a bad idea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A grand spiral staircase makes an impacting style statement, but homeowners make want think twice before they design one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winding shape of a spiral staircase creates negative energy and is divisive, because of how it corkscrews through a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Typically, spiral staircases are designed with open risers \u2014 apparently a bad d\u00e9cor choice\u2014 because the extra space lets the good energy escape between upper and lower floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucky d\u00e9cor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certain d\u00e9cor choices are known to bring luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n