Interior doors do not require landings at both sides of the door like exterior doors do.
Front door opens to stairs.
Help front door opens onto stairs.
The first time we walked through the house the owner opened the door for us and literally had to step up onto the 2 nd step to let us in because it was such a tight space.
In older homes it is not uncommon to have doors that open over the stairs to the basement.
The gravity force of chi energy coming down the stairs is greater than the incoming chi from the door.
My husband and i just bought a 1970 s center hall colonial that we plan to redo from top to bottom.
In the 1 000 plus years of asian feng shui practices an internal staircase in a two story home that faces the front door creates an energy battle right where you don t want it.
My first problem with the house is that the front door actually touches the first step of the staircase.
Mandyk83 posted in general discussion on april 7 2009 05 40am hi everyone i m new to the forum.
Doors would end up like this because there often wasn t a place to swing the door into the kitchen or elsewhere where the top of the stairs was located.
The main door is called the mouth of chi in feng shui as this is how the house absorbs its much needed chi or energy nourishment.
Having a front door open immediately to a stairway is going in the direction of financial failure whether you are a home builder or a homeowner.
Here is the problem as it relates to feng shui.