Hot Tubs and Spas

Use Feng Shui to Create a Restful Setting

The ancient Chinese science of Feng Shui may not spring to mind when you’re considering where to put your hot tub. But the principles of balance and flow embodied in Feng Shui are also good principles of design from any point of view. These basic ideas can help shape your space into a restful, pleasing setting for your hot tub:

• Avoid rushing water — a gentle spill is preferable.
• Hang wind chimes for calm and relaxation.
• Do not arrange objects with their corners pointing toward important areas.
• Avoid sharp objects pointing upward — especially tall sharp objects such as poles.
• Concentrate on balance — warm and cool, soft and hard — in materials, color, shapes, and even scale.
• Combine the opposing elements of fire and water.
• Avoid straight lines of transit — let your paths and streams twist and wind.

Source: “Earth, Wind and Fire,” Rebecca Robledo, Pool & Spa News, November 28, 2003