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Q: Last month I moved into a new apartment in an old 1886 brick/brownstone building. It is a 290 SF 1 bedroom with no living room on the top floor with decent views out to rooftops and trees. It’s very quiet, too!

Once I moved in, I realized that the ‘L’ shape of the apartment left out the whole LOVE corner!?! Is this possible? I have also been experiencing troubles in that part of my life lately, so I am looking for some help to understand my current physical location and any ways to counteract the ‘missing’ Love corner.

Also, my bathroom is up one 8” step from the rest of the apartment. Is this inauspicious, especially in my wealth corner?

A: It looks to me as though what you’ve got is a large extension on the left side of your apartment in the wealth area and also a little bit of “fame.”

This is a good thing, although it’s not so great that the space is occupied by the bathroom. However, the fact that the bathroom is a step up and “outside” the main ba gua lessens its impact.

The most important area for romantic influence is the Relationship area of your bedroom. And lucky you: not only is your bed in that area of the room according to the doorway ba gua, it’s also in the SW area of the room that’s in the SW sector of your apartment. That’s a triple romance whammy when you take the compass directions into account.

I realize the space is small, but is there any chance you could turn the bed so the head of the bed is against the West wall? You’ll still be in a good position in the room, but might be able to move it so one side isn’t jammed up against the wall as it is now. When the bed is tight in a corner like that, a good relationship becomes more difficult because one person will feel disempowered. If you can arrange it so there’s enough room for someone to (theoretically) get out of bed on either side (even if one side is a tight squeeze) that would be much better.

You are missing a bit of the Relationship area of your kitchen, where the window to your fire escape cuts off the corner of the room. That would be a good place for a romance cure of some kind, perhaps something that can hang in the window or sit on the windowsill.

Hope this helps you understand the home layout better,

Stephanie R.