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Dear Vincent,

Thanks for sharing with us the information about the placement of stoves in Sweden. Yes, infact, I have come across this when a few readers e-mailed me about it quite sometime back.

On 1/22/99 4:29:42 PM, Anon wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Two things here in Sweden
>seems to be new in interiors;
>and I am curious what you fine
>Feng-Shui people have to say
>about them.
>
>The first is called
>"stove-island" in direct
>translation from swedish, and
>is exactly what it sounds
>like; namely having the stove
>standing alone in the middle
>of the kitchen floor in a
>small bench for pots and
>similar. Naturally with the
>same ventilation as if its in
>the wall. The rest of the
>kitchen is traditional, with
>sink and kitchen benches along
>the walls. Is this good or bad
>feng-shui?

In Feng Shui, we normally try to avoid placing the stove in the middle of the kitchen and this is not practised in China. Most of the stoves are located on a wall.

I guess, since this is quite a `standard' in Sweden, it should be ok because Feng Shui taboo is to avoid the stove next to the sink or the refrigerator. In this case if the stove is in the middle, it will definetly not `clash' with the sink.

The only other consideration under Traditional Feng Shui practice is that the knobs of the stove should face a certain location i.e. inside the house (when you look facing the main entrance door).

>The second is having the
>heating of the house put into
>the floor - either
>watercarried or by
>electricity. This means of
>course you are walking on
>either running water or
>electric currency, which I am
>curious of about how healthy
>that is?

I am not sure if the purpose is to contain the heat into the house and if it is; this would be good practice for cold countries.

Some Feng Shui Masters equate electricity to the " Water element ". Therefore, if a person's Pillars of Destiny is considered " Weak Water ", the running water or electric current would be beneficial to the person.

Alternatively, under the 5 elements concept, Water support Wood and if the person is considered a " Weak Wood " person, the water or electricity running below the floor would benefit this person.

If another person is considered a " Strong Fire " element person, it would beneficial to have addition of the water element to `cool him down".

In the above instances, you can see that for some people, it is needed beneficial to have electricity / water under the floor.