The Emotional House: How Redesigning Your Home Can Change Your Life - Softcover

Ritchie, Dawn; Robyn, Kathryn L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572244089 ISBN 13: 9781572244085

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2005

Synopsis

Most of us spend more time in our homes than any other place. For better or worse, this highly personal space has a powerful influence over the way we feel about our lives. Based on the program used by the authors in their successful home consulting practice, this book teaches readers to use psychological and design principles to transform their houses into nurturing and supportive living. The exercises in the book encourage readers to list the activities they engage in, room by room, in their homes. Readers learn how to analyze each room's size, layout, and decor and how to read their psychological and physiological reactions to the various spaces. Then the book offers readers a step-by-step process they can use to figure out what they and their living companions-family members, roommates, and even pets-want out of each room. Based on these discoveries, the book proposes cleaning, organizing, and decorating ideas guaranteed to make each room function better. This book unlocks the door on home design, giving you keys to creating a home that lifts your spirits and agrees with your lifestyle. -Candice Olson,one of North America's top designers and host of Divine Design on HGTV

About this title

About the Author

Kathryn L. Robyn is the author of Spiritual Housecleaning. She has led transformational workshops and facilitated support groups for over twenty years. She is trained in Reiki, a method of energy healing, and has worked with organizations such as Child Help USA, the Alcoholism Center for Women, and Alive and Well, Inc. Her support groups for artists and adult survivors of child abuse and her popular workshops help individuals transform defeating habits, reframe personal obstacles, and repair trauma and spirit-related injuries. She offers workshops and personal consultations for those wishing to create a more supportive, nurturing, and inspiring home.

Review

"This book unlocks the door on home design, giving you the keys to creating a home that lifts your spirits and agrees with your lifestyle."
--Candice Olsen, one of North America's top designers and host of Divine Design on HGTV

"Everyone wants to have their dream kitchen and home. Finally her is the guide on what to do and how to do it successfully. I wish I had had this book when I was redesigning my own!"
--Joanne Weir, chef, cookbook writer, and star of KQED's Weir Cooking in the City

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1572244089
• ISBN 13: 9781572244085
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 232