Vastu factors to consider for dining room

Dining room or dining hall of your home plays vital role and Vastu recommends some Do’s and Don’ts for Dining room to enhance the peace and harmony of your home or apartment.

The ancient science of Vastu guides us the scientifically best ways in which each room of a house should be built and the things that should be kept in each room to attain the maximum positive impact and energy out of your home.

It is stated by Vastu that before a meal is consumed by the household, it must first be offered to animals, birds, etc. Here are a few more Vastu tips to consider when making or arranging your dining room.

Dining room & Direction

• When constructing the dining room, use the east, west or south portion of the house. According to Vastu, these directions are the ideal ones to dine in. It doesn’t matter whether the dining room is a separate room or in continuation with the kitchen. The west direction is the most profitable side while the north is the most demeaning side to have a dining room.
• The dining table should be arranged in such a way that the head of the house or his wife or his eldest son is able to sit in the south of south west or west of south west chair in the room.
• The door to the dining hall should be kept in the north, east or west portion of the room. Take care not to provide any arches in the dining room.
• When seated around the table to eat, the head of the house should always take his food facing the east, while the rest of the household can sit facing the east, west or north. No one should take food facing the south as this can cause unnecessary quarrels in the family.
• Keep a store of water in the north-east corner of the room.
• If you are constructing the wash-basin inside the dining room, built it in the east or the north. Keep the south east and the south west corner free.
• Take care that the main door of the house do not overlap with the door of the dining room and do not face each other directly.
• If you are placing a fridge inside the dining room, then keep it in the south east portion of the room. It is suitable to have it against the south wall.

Vastu recommendation for dining table

• It is preferable to have the dining table in a rectangular form or a square form. Do not use tables that are of irregular shape, octagonal shape, oval shape or egg shaped.
• The dining table should be kept without touching the walls. It is best to avoid placing irregular shaped objects on the dining table.

Vastu recommended color and decor theme

• When painting the dining room, light blue, yellow, saffron or light green colour are the prescribed hues.
• Keeping pleasant pictures of nature and landscapes will give a soothing aura to the dining room.
• The dining room should be in the same floor where your kitchen is located. If you have the kitchen on the ground floor, never keep the dining room on the floor above. It is not proper to carry food across stairs.

No bathroom or toilet near a dining room

Having an attached room with the dining room for cleaning utensils and storing them is acceptable. However, do not construct an attached bathroom or toilet with the dining room.