Ornaments

Mine are positioned where they'll squeeze in hahahaha.

My elephants are facing each other - are they about to commence battle or just having a chat?

I don’t know about birds and animals, but I have a rosewood carving of a Chinese dragon funerary boat. It always faces toward the door. Not sure if this is right or wrong!

My mum collected Elephonts and always said they had to face 5he door something about elephants being afraid of fire and needing to be able to get out quickly !!! Never heard it about other birds or animals though

Never heard of this before, and I won’t be changing the position of my ornaments to suit this. Some face the door, some don’t! ??

Good to know that in a fire the " animals" will make their own escape, Bluebell.

I suppose the Dragon may be responsible for the fire.

I've never hear this. I have a collection of dolphin ornaments, they are all arranged faceing away from the door.

I've got two birds on the desk in the hall. The kingfisher faces the door out of the house, the wren faces the kitchen door.

I dont have ornaments ,only a Buddha ,should he face the door? I know I shouldn't rub/polish his bald head but I have no idea why.The guy in the shop where I bought him told me not to so I dont .I've had him about 25 years and strangely his head is never dusty .

Paddyann I have a buddha - my MIL gave all her children one years ago with strict instructions we HAVE to rub his head to bring us wealth. Maybe that's where we've been going wrong

My elephant faces the door but my bird ornaments (my mother's) are at the top of the stairs and all face each other!

I've moved my elephants and they're now on the window sill - will that do?
They can open the window and climb out if necessary.

I rub his fat tummy ,thats what the man said to do for wealth....that doesn't work either Willow500

My buddah faces east, as I rarely dust anything, I’ve just been to have a look at him, he is quite dusty but his head is not....... I do not rub him, ? that does look odd written down!

LOL Nannylovesshopping yes it does look odd written .

I think it’s only elephants that have to face the door
Yes window sill should be fine Jalima as long as the handles not to high ???

the window leads straight outside whereas the door leads into the hall, so the windowsill is better!

I have a chinese dragon purchased in China and was told when I bought it that the head should always face the door to bring good luck and wealth. Not sure it's always worked but why risk changing ?

I'm off to turn my elephants round.

Ninety % of my ornaments are now safely boxed and awaiting collection from a local animal charity where they will be sold on their open day. Hopefully bringing in desperately needed cash for homeless unwanted pets.At my age I can find better things to do than dust and fiddle around where to place this where to place that.

What a hilarious idea, that ornaments should face a certain way ? what bright spark thought that one up?

Having just looked online at "feng shui and animal ornaments" I'm surprised to see the various suggestions! (I had no idea of these.) Sadly I can't find anything about how to "place" a small wooden hippo.....

Don't hippos like mud, glorious mud, David1968?

I'm moving the elephants round, fed up with looking at their backsides tails

Feng (or Fung) Shui is a complicated subject - we lived in Hong Kong for 20 years and I learnt a little about it but wouldn't call myself an expert. I found this website - feng-shui.lovetoknow.com/feng-shui-tips/placement-decorations-feng-shui - which looks interesting if you want further advice

I have many Korean friends and some of them have pairs of ceramic Mandarin wedding ducks in the hallway.

One lady told me if they face towards one another, all is harmony between husband and wife.
If, however, they have a row, one of them can turn the ducks back to back until ready to make peace.

Wikipedia has an interesting entry about Wedding Ducks.