Beams can be oppressive when positioned over a bed, stove or desk and suppress the chi of the people living beneath them.' (Hale, 1999, p.54).
However it depends on the proportion of the room as to how oppressive they are.

- Rooms with high ceilings are often acceptable as they don't seem to come down on the occupants of the room.

- Normally proportioned rooms tend to have disturbed chi if they contain over hanging beams.

- Disruption can be helped by simply moving furniture out from directly underneath the beams.

- Beams could also be painted the same colour as the ceiling so they do not stand out as much.

- Uplighters underneath a beam will give an 'illusion of lifting the beams'.

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

Hale, G. 1999, The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui, Sebastian Kelly, London. Moran, E. & Biktashev, V. 1999 The Complete Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui, Alpha Books, New York.
Too, L. 1993, Feng Shui, Oriental Publications, Australia.