Brahmasthan: The Centre of the Home in Vastu
The Brahmasthan is the central zone of the Vastu Purusha Mandala — the middle ninth of the plan in both the 3 × 3 and the 81-square grids — and tradition asks that it stay open, light and uncluttered. Design logic agrees: an open centre carries light, air and circulation through a deep plan, while in flats the practical answer is to keep the central zone free of heavy furniture, toilets and clutter rather than to break structure.
Bharat Patel · 09 Oct 2026 · 25 min read
Vastu Remedies Without Demolition
Most Vastu concerns in a built home can be addressed without breaking a wall: change which room is used for what, rearrange furniture, fix light and ventilation, and use colour and screens. Demolition is rarely justified for Vastu alone — and the fixes that help most, such as an exhaust fan, a foyer screen or a repainted dark corner, typically cost ₹3,000 to ₹1.5 lakh rather than lakhs.
Bharat Patel · 09 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Vastu for Children's Bedroom
Vastu tradition places a children's bedroom in the west, north-west or east of the home, with the child sleeping head to the south or east and studying facing east or north. In practice that means a bright, airy room, a bed against a solid wall away from the door, a desk beside the window and calm light colours — all achievable in a builder flat without breaking a wall.
Bharat Patel · 08 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Vastu for Bungalows: Floor-by-Floor Guide
In a bungalow, Vastu can be applied at every level: an open, lower north-east on the site and the terrace; the entrance, living and pooja towards the north and east; the kitchen in the south-east; the elders' room and master bedroom stacked in the south-west; the staircase in the south or west; and an open centre. Unlike a flat, almost all of this is a design decision — so it costs little if it is settled before the structure is drawn, and a lot if it is attempted after.
Bharat Patel · 08 Oct 2026 · 31 min read
Plot Shapes and Vastu
Vastu tradition favours square plots and rectangles up to about 1:2, accepts an extended north-east corner and treats triangles, missing corners and very irregular outlines with caution. Design logic agrees more than it disagrees: regular plots plan efficiently, and almost any odd plot can be squared by placing a regular house inside it and using the leftover pieces for garden, parking and services.
Bharat Patel · 07 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Water Tank and Borewell Vastu
Traditional Vastu places underground water — the sump, well or borewell — in the north-east, north or east, and the heavy overhead tank in the south-west, west or south, keeping both away from the centre and the south-east. Practically, what matters just as much is keeping the borewell or sump well away from the septic tank (15 m or more is a common aim), carrying the overhead tank on walls or columns designed for its weight, and sizing storage at about 135 litres per person per day.
Bharat Patel · 07 Oct 2026 · 25 min read
Mirror Placement as per Vastu
Popular Vastu guidance places mirrors on north or east walls, keeps them from facing the bed or the main door directly, and avoids two mirrors facing each other. Each rule has a sound design reason — softer reflected light, no glare or startle at night, a calmer entrance — and each can be met with a small change of wall, angle or height rather than a renovation.
Bharat Patel · 06 Oct 2026 · 24 min read
Vastu Colours for Each Room
Popular Vastu guidance links each direction to an element and a family of colours — greens and blues to the north, whites and pale yellows to the east and north-east, warm peach and orange to the south-east, earthy beige and terracotta to the south-west, whites and greys to the west and north-west. Used as light, soft wall colours with stronger shades as accents, these suggestions also happen to suit Indian light and heat; where a room sits in the "wrong" zone, choose for the room's use and keep the tradition in the accents.
Bharat Patel · 06 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Vastu for Flats: What You Can and Cannot Change
In a flat, the structure, plumbing shafts, wet-area positions, main door and windows are effectively fixed; non-structural walls and internal doors can change only with society and engineer approval. Most Vastu principles can still be honoured for free — through room use, furniture placement, the kitchen's internal layout, light, colour and order.
Bharat Patel · 05 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Factory Vastu Basics
Traditional factory Vastu puts the gate in the north or east, heavy machines and raw material in the south-west, the boiler, DG set and transformer in the south-east, finished goods in the north-west and water in the north-east. Most of this also suits good industrial planning, but fire access, statutory clearances and material flow must decide wherever the two disagree.
Bharat Patel · 05 Oct 2026 · 31 min read
Shop Vastu: Cash Counter and Entrance
Traditional shop Vastu places the cash counter in the south-west or west part of the shop with the owner facing north or east, and favours north, east and north-east entrances. In practice the counter must also see the door: on every facing there is a position that satisfies both, with a counter about 900–1050 mm high and 1200–1500 mm of clear space in front.
Bharat Patel · 04 Oct 2026 · 29 min read
Office Vastu: Cabin and Desk Direction
Traditional Vastu guidance places the owner's cabin in the south-west of the office, with the owner seated against a solid south or west wall facing north or east, staff also facing north or east, and the north-east kept open and light near the entrance. Most of this also makes design sense — privacy, a wall behind the seat, daylight and calm circulation — so follow it where the plan allows, keep windows to the side of screens, and use layout fixes rather than demolition where it does not.
Bharat Patel · 03 Oct 2026 · 29 min read
Study Room Vastu for Students
Vastu guidance places the study in the east, north or north-east of the home and asks the student to face east or north, with the back to a solid wall and the door in view. Designers keep those rules but turn the desk so the window falls to the side, add a 4000 K task light of 300–500 lux, and size the desk at 740 mm high and 600 mm deep.
Bharat Patel · 03 Oct 2026 · 28 min read
Dining Room Vastu Tips
Vastu practice most often places the dining area in the west, with east and north also widely accepted, close to the kitchen and away from the toilet door. Facing east or north while eating is preferred for the regular seats, the table is ideally square or rectangular, and most 'problems' in flats are solved with screens, lighting and door hardware, not demolition.
Bharat Patel · 02 Oct 2026 · 27 min read
Living Room Vastu: Seating, Colours and Placement
Traditional Vastu guidance keeps the living room's north-east light and open, puts the heavy sofa in the south or west so people face north or east, and favours light, warm-neutral walls. Almost every one of those rules also makes sense as daylight, comfort and circulation planning — so follow them where the room allows, and use design fixes, not demolition, where it does not.
Bharat Patel · 02 Oct 2026 · 32 min read
Main Door Direction as per Vastu
Vastu favours north, north-east and east entrances — but the foyer the door opens into, its light, its nameplate and its clutter, shape daily life far more than the compass alone.
Afrin Mirza · 28 Aug 2026 · 12 min read
Kitchen Direction as per Vastu (With Practical Fixes)
Vastu places the kitchen in the south-east, accepts the north-west as second choice — and when the kitchen's position is fixed, the hob's placement and internal zoning carry the principle.
Afrin Mirza · 28 Aug 2026 · 12 min read
Pooja Room Direction and Design as per Vastu
The north-east is the pooja room's natural home — first light, coolest air, the tradition's most sacred corner. When the flat denies it, the east wall or a ventilated, backlit mandir unit carries the same intent. This guide gives the zones, three compact designs with dimensions, and the diya-ventilation detail most mandirs miss.
Afrin Mirza · 27 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Bedroom Direction as per Vastu
Vastu places the master bedroom in the south-west with the headboard on the south or west wall — and the tradition's reasoning lines up surprisingly well with light, heat and noise logic. This guide rates all nine zones and shows what to do when the flat fixes the room elsewhere.
Afrin Mirza · 27 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Toilet Direction as per Vastu
Vastu prefers toilets in the north-west or west — the tradition's hygiene logic, placing waste downwind and away from the sacred north-east. In a flat the toilets are fixed, so this guide gives the zone table plus the three adaptations that matter more than the zone: ventilation, dry-wet separation and door discipline.
Afrin Mirza · 26 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Staircase Vastu: Direction and Placement
Vastu places the staircase in the south or west, rising clockwise, never in the north-east or centre — the heavy-structure logic of keeping weight in the stable zones. In a duplex the stair is structural and stays put, so this guide pairs the zone table with NBC's riser, tread, width and headroom rules and the corrections that work without moving concrete.
Afrin Mirza · 26 Aug 2026 · 14 min read
Vastu Myths vs Facts: What Designers Actually See
A thriving fear industry sells Vastu as a list of things that will go wrong. Designers who work inside real homes see something calmer: Vastu as environmental common sense — light, air, weight, circulation, sacredness — with most rules answering to one of those five. This is the gentle myth-busting guide.
Afrin Mirza · 25 Aug 2026 · 13 min read
East vs West Facing House: Vastu and Design Notes
Vastu calls the east-facing home auspicious — the morning sun enters the house — and treats the west as the harsher, heavier side. The design truth is simpler: east facades need light management, west facades need heat management. This guide gives both facings their full response kit.
Afrin Mirza · 25 Aug 2026 · 13 min read