Island Life August/September 2018

Prestige Property
The door to success
You may see it just as a strictly functional portal between
the outside and inside of your house, but it seems that
your front door is much more significant than that.
In fact, to practitioners of the
ancient art of Feng Shui, selecting
the right door colour according
to its direction can positively
optimize energy flow and good
fortune for the occupants.
If all that sounds a bit too
involved or a touch airy-fairy,
there’s still a lot to be said for
making sure your front door is
giving off the right signals.
If it’s dusty and uncared-for,
for instance, with cobwebs
and overgrown plants, peeling
paint and smeared windows,
it’s hardly going to lift your
spirits each time you turn the
key – and even less will it offer
a warm welcome for visitors.
According to the people at paint
company Dulux Weathershield,
we will make a judgement about
a person just 10 seconds after
seeing the colour of their front
door, and colour psychologist
Karen Haller says this isn’t
surprising: “The front door is
traditionally the first impression
the outside world gets, and
gives an insight into your life”.
It seems that the UK’s most
popular colour for front doors
is white, which we subliminally
associate with a calm and peaceful
home. It’s closely followed by blue,
which, depending on the shade,
is considered to be harmonious
and restorative, and favoured
by successful people who tend
to be a little conservative.
We associate people who
have red front doors with
passion and self-confidence,
whereas lilac suggests mystery
and spirituality, and purple is
associated with wealth and power.
People with black doors,
meanwhile, are considered to
be the most anonymous, and
therefore most mysterious,
and people with grey doors are
thought to be understated.
If you find your current door
colour doesn’t quite match
your personality, it might be
time for a new coat of paint!
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