Respected Master Lee,

We are going to install kitchen cabinet pulls. We are considering new semi-circle (not exactly round) shaped cabinet knobs. Would that be considered a cleaver shape and hence be avoided? As an alternative, we're considering round (sphere like) knob. Both knobs are metals and in non-shiny finish.

Thank you for your advice.

Regards,
WR

In my opinion, for the kitchen, these are some of the considerations under Feng Shui:-

1. Size of kitchen matters
2. Location of stove and if possible sink does not face or "clash" with the stove
3. Number of hobs for the stove
4. Which compass sector the kitchen (stove) is located
5. If there is an opening and if the stove faces the opening of a bedroom...
6. Preferred height of the stove
7. Stove face the toilet

These are more important considerations for the kitchen. And if the kitchen door does not face a bedroom and/or living room area, then most of the time, it is not a major issue.

What you had mentioned the type of or design of the door knob is considered "peanuts" or "small fry" type of thing. Therefore not as important as any of the above Para 1 to 7 senarios.

Thank you very much, Master Lee.

A follow-up question: you mentioned "number of hobs". I assume you mean the number of coils or burners. Would a five burner stove be preferred over a four burner stove? Also, we're planning to place a steel plate behind the stove (thus somewhat doubling effect.). Would that impact the number of burners we should get?

Thanks,
WR

1. Yes, the number of hobs is one consideration. Hops as in the stove burner. And often, the Flying Star chart is looked at to futher fine tune whether the hobs are either even or odd number(s).

2. Traditionally, matt finished stainless steel is OK.

3. One Feng Shui school of thought considers it "inauspicious" to have a highly reflective glass behind the stove. Or a highly polished reflective stainless steel material. As this School felt that a home should not have TWO stoves. And such a reflective mirror symbolises a home having two stoves. Here, the conotation is that the male partner will have to "support" two partners e.g. a wife and a mistress = TWO STOVES.

4. Well, to some man, wow, this is great? Right? They would have a common wife to support and a mistress somewhere else! This is what the "TWO" stoves is about!