Imagine hosting an amazing party right to your home. Colorful bouquets lining the table and sparkly lights strung up. Candles are flickering, music is playing, and delicious food is set out on party platters.

As you wait for your guests to arrive, you realize that you never sent the invitations. After so much preparation, is it really likely that anyone will show up?

The front door is that detail in Feng Shui. It matters very much what happens inside the home, however with the care and consideration for the front door, we will find that our intentions will suddenly diminish.

The front door is where auspicious energy is enticed into our homes. Just to be clear, this is the front door of the house that is architecturally intended to be the front door. Where the eye goes, so does energy go, so making the entrance entrancing is worth it.

When an entryway is beautiful and benevolent, what we invite into our homes are opportunities and possibilities. And with that type of energy flowing through our area, it provides quite an impressive ripple effect to our lives.

Your front door should be given dedicated attention, this will allow for the creation of a sweet spot for energy that is generously auspicious to gather on your behalf. Here are some basic suggestions to help the good vibes to start flowing your way:

1. Make the Area Outside of Your Door as Appealing as Possible

Any burned out lights should be replaced with brighter wattage. The front door and its hardware should be wiped down. Shake out your current doormat, or buy a new one. Do your best to keep this area clean and approachable. And if there is nothing else you can do, sweep. It is a basic ritual which maintains a pleasing space while calling forth marvelous energy.

2. Use Color and Fragrance To Infuse the Front Porch or Path

Your pathways are analogues to opportunities that are finding their way to you. Bright flowers and healthy plants suggest good health and elevate beauty. By maintaining both, it becomes a magnetic invitation to all that you desire in life.

3. Hang a Windchime Outside of Your Front Door and Water Inside

As the wind rustles, invisible yet extremely great energy is harnessed for you by the pirouetting rods. And attention is drawn to the space as your windchime sings, inviting even more opportunity to enter your life.

Water also helps the flow of energy in the home and can really have notable feng shui tips for your home. These fountains from Luxe Water Walls could be the answer.

4. Have an Address that is Visible

If necessary, refresh it: a couple of new screws so that it is firmly held in place or a quick polish of the numbers, a name that is well posted in an apartment complex, or an update of a faded curb address with a fresh coat of paint will guarantee that the energy is aware of precisely where to find you.

5. Use Your Front Door on a Daily Basis

Most of us use a secondary door to enter our homes. That being said, Feng Shui holds that the boundless, really potent energy that is available if invited, prefers the front door. Make it a routine that at least once a day, you open your front door. When this is done, we intrigue abundance and bounty into our lives.

6. Keep Your Front Door Clutter Free

The wider your door opens, the more open you will become to the unlimited opportunities and resources. If you have unnecessary clutter lying around, find a place for it. Designate a basket for sports equipment and shoes, place a tray close by for mail and keys, and to hang anything which may end up lingering on the floor, install some hooks.

What a neglected front door suggests is resources - energy, time, and money - are in short supply. And that feeling will bring vibes that are undesirable outside our home. However, a door that is intentionally inviting, tells the story that what resides just beyond its threshold is beauty, comfort, and safety.

Every day opportunity passes our front door. If opportunity likes what she sees, she will bring her lovely energy to our doorstep. For a long time, Feng Shui has observed that our relationship with the world is represented by the front door. When it is positive and captivating, that is the type of energy that makes an appearance and channels throughout our entire home.