Try playing with these interior design and Feng Shui ideas to bring more awareness to your Mountains Workspace.

Some spaces are better for Mountains People than others, but considering what’s available to you in the space around you can go a long way.

Below, you’ll find a list of ideas to consider and experiment with in your Home Office as a Mountains Human Design Environment.

These ideas are to get you thinking about your Environment more expansively; they are not hard-and-fast rules, but considerations that will impact how good you feel in your body and in your workspace.

Take what feels fun and expansive and leave the rest!

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Find the Right Angle

Think of how this will impact your work. Coming at something from the right angle can shift the whole outcome of a project. How might the angle your body takes in your Home office influence the outcome of what you create or produce? In your Home Office, identify which area in your space gives you the widest view of the entire room. Build your room’s orientation around that location. In Feng Shui, the command position in a room is the back corner diagonal from the entrance to the room. Place your desk, or work table, or other furniture of equal importance based on your work in the spot that gives you the best view of the space around you. Consider if there are corners, nooks, closets and windows in the space. Try as best as you can to position yourself to see both the door and out the window. This is not always possible!

Play with “Head Room”

Are there upper cabinets in the space you’re using? Is there a tall credenza available? Consider what’s happening on the ceiling in your Home Office. Mountains People are more sensitive to the Heaven Energy in Feng Shui than the other Environments, and ensuring you’re positioned in a way that accesses this is ideal. Raised ceilings are great for Mountains People. A cool light fixture or fun wallpaper can play up the headroom in a space so it seems taller or bigger. How can you bring interest to the ceiling in your space? Beams? Skylights? Can you paint things on the ceiling? (Were you one of those kids who had stars on their ceiling?) If you can’t change elevations at work or climb to another floor, consider how you can thoughtfully make use of the headroom in your environment. But also consider: if there is something unflattering about your ceiling, you may not want to bring more attention to it, but minimize it. I’ve seen a Mountains Person drape fabric to hide unsightly ceiling tiles. It softened everything and warmed up the space.

Bring in Mountain Visuals to Encourage Higher Thoughts

Are there uplifting messages you like to read for encouragement, inspiration or nostalgia? Mountains People are fed through the atmosphere, so consider how you want the atmosphere of your workspace to feel. This space should feel elevated to you. Consider hanging art with expansive or elevated phrases you find to be uplifting. Consider hanging literal mountain artwork in any style you like. The Mountain is a powerful grounding connection to Earth Energy and feeling grounded in your space. How can you create a space that encourages you to leave the drama behind through a higher, clearer, crisper perspective? If you practice Flying Star Feng Shui, there are Mountain and Water stars within the dimensions of your Home Office, and hanging Mountain artwork or relics near the Mountain star can activate it. Depending on the room, this can be auspicious or inauspicious. I like to learn Flying Star Feng Shui with Lillian Too. I find learning Feng Shui to be particularly helpful for Mountains People; Lillian Too is my favourite Resource!

What Are Your Essentials?

If we are climbing the metaphorical Mountain, we know we can’t bring a bunch of baggage. It will make the climb impossible. What are your Essentials if you WERE climbing the Mountain? This is based on your size, your needs, your interests, your style and taste… Now if we were picking out the essentials for your elevated Home Office, what would they be? When something is essential to your work, you can’t do your work without it. You need it for the journey. But the Mountains Person also wants the BEST resource. It’s not just a journal, it’s a Moleskine. It’s not just a laptop, it’s a Macbook. It’s not just a calendar, it’s a Stendig. And it’s not about the most popular brand, but which thing you’ve discovered that best fits your needs. Look at your Home Office and have a minimalist-inspired thought: what items in this space are essential to what I do, and which items are excessive to my needs, or bordering on clutter? Notice if there is anything missing.

Seek Spacious Layouts

Ensure your workspace has good flow, and that all furniture placement is well-aligned for good chi and energetic movement throughout the space. Furniture and objects should not be bumping into each other or gathered up like in the Kitchen, but spacious and set out with ample breathing room. It’s great if there are “areas” you can go to to get away, like cozy corners or nooks, but everything has a place; nothing is mess or cramped. You’ll be really affected by clutter, junk, tight cramped spaces, or convoluted layouts. Out of all the Human Design Environments, you’re the most sensitive to the layout and atmosphere within a space. If you are working with a smaller space, consider reducing or shrinking furniture (what are your essentiaaaals!!) to better fit the available space, or coordinate the space in a way that makes it feel more spacious. Try mirrors, lighting, colour, and fabrics to create height, breathability, and the sense of spaciousness.

Create the Getaway Experience

How can you bring in elements to your space that create a sense of oasis, luxury, opulence, or far-away paradise — whatever your paradise is. Consider the right textures, the right lighting, the right colour palettes, and a minimal, sleek, chic or muted aesthetic so only the essentials take up space. How might you bring these sensations into your everyday workspace? Kim Kardashian is a good example of a Mountains Person with an extreme tone in her Environment Variable: beneath her Mountain Colour is a Tone of Inner Vision. This is one of the most extreme minimalistic pairings. Kim Kardashian’s monastary-type home and branding around her Skims products are great examples of a requirement that her homelife and worklife be calm from the noise of her reality. Gwyneth Paltrow is another example of Mountains, Inner Vision.

Splurge on Your Dream items

Budgets and finances are different for everyone, but if there is a specific piece you covet — for any reason at all — save up for it. Invest in the high-quality item you’ve set your sights on, EVEN IF if doesn’t make sense to others. If there is a device or a product that will significantly alter your experience or it hits on a moral or value that is important to you, it’s worth investing in. This will have such an effect on you in your workspace. I understand this is within your means, and… it’s maybe not realistic to invest in something that requires a mortgage, so this is all relative to you and your experience.

Elevated Desk

Can your desk literally move up and down? There are many electric desks that rise to specific heights to allow you to stand at your desk. Experiment with this if it feels alluring to you, and notice when you prefer to stand or sit at your desk. If you’re not interested in a desk that raises, consider what an elevated desk is to you. Is it a U-shaped desk with a built-in bookshelf? Is it a cool-shaped art piece? Do you care about the wood or material used? What makes a desk elevated to you, personally?

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