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Dorm Room Feng Shui: Find Your Gua > Free Your Chi ;-)

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This refreshing new look at Feng Shui is both easy to understand and fun to read. With plenty of diagrams for simple reference and Easy 1,2,3 Fixes, it is easy to pick up this book and flip to the section in which you need the most help. The book is great for recent graduates from high school or college because it doesn't require a lot a reading on top of schoolwork. The simple strategies are perfect for two (or more!) roommates just beginning to live together. Highly recommended to all!

This is something fresh and new - there's very little out there to recommend the best way to decorate and arrange dorm rooms, and this book fills that void. Written with a breezy, light touch, it's chock full of helpful ideas and tips on how best to maximize that tricky living space of a dorm room. There's plenty of charts and illustrations to help you grasp the concepts, which is great for those visual learners out there. It also emphasizes the role of choice and intention in our lives, and that's an important thing for any college student to consider.

I believe this book can be used as a helpful guide for any living space, and I'm incorporating the ideas into my own shared living space - a soon to be husband! This would be a great gift for your favorite graduate or friend.

I've picked up several books on Feng Shui over the years, but often quickly lose focus and interest when it starts seeming too complicated. Not with this book! The writers have come up with a nifty little manual that gives college students (and all of us!) basic info on feng shui principles. It's written in a fun, easy to understand style and has graphics that appeal to everyone's inner college student. I particularly liked the "3 Minute Questionnaire" which gives quick answers on where one needs help and all of the "for under 99 cents" Gua Fixes. Kids of all ages can use this book, because the 'sharing a dorm room' ideas can easily be translated to kids who are sharing bedrooms at home.

I was so happy to find this book! My daughter really liked the quiz and found it so helpful as a starting point to figuring out how to set up her dorm room....also sent one to her roommate-to-be so they could connect for the first time. It was a great way for them to sketch out how they wanted their room and share some conversations and ideas.

Highly recommend keeping a few on hand to have as gifts for those kids experiencing dorm life....

Dorm Room Feng Shui a breezy and extremely readable book about feng shui for college students living in dorm rooms, and I wish I'd had a copy when I was in college, although to be fair, I'm a bit skeptical of the whole feng shui thing, or at least skeptical of the extremes to which I've heard some people enthuse about it. Regardless, a great deal of it seems to be common sense, and since there's a sad lack of that these days, I'm all for anything that genuinely helps people better themselves and their space. While I was reading it, I found myself thinking a few things. One: that I seemed to have been already intuitively incorporating a great deal of balance in my surroundings, according to the basic principles of feng shui. Two: that I wanted to know more and find out how the elements described in the book for small one-room living situations apply to large sprawling ranch-style houses like ours. Then I stopped halfway through and scribbled a list of things I wanted to improve and do during the next 2 weeks. This morning, I picked the book up again before I got out of bed and finished reading it, and then I jumped up, energized, and CLEANED THE WHOLE DARN HOUSE.

My niece loved this book! A great book for anyone wanting a little guidance in making the dorm into a homey space. You don't even have to believe in Feng Shui, just think of it as helping transform sterile into spiritual.

I'm a college student currently living in a dorm, and I bought this book for my roommate, myself, and the apartment we'll be renting the coming fall.

Things I liked about the book: The book was short and to the point (I read the whole thing in an hour or two). It made feng shui seem fun and simple. Also, it has a lot of cool ideas and quick decorating fixes.

Things I disliked: A few times I felt like the book was talking down to me in the sense that it made some gross oversimplifications. I'm in college, not junior high. Also, in attempt at being "hip" and relatable, the book alluded to partying, drinking, sex, etc. Sure, most college students will do all of those things eventually, but the authors didn't need to insert any of that language to boost their relatability with their readers.

Just one more thing I disliked: The font is purple. Purple. Really? What's wrong with black? That was slightly annoying.

Despite all of the little things that annoyed me about this book, I can't say it was bad. My roommate and I intend on incorporating some of the ideas from this book into our apartment next semester. If you can get past the sophomoric language, cheesy puns, and purple text, then it's a good source. Besides, it was cheap. Cost is paramount to the student.

Easy to read. Recommended textbook for those who live in small spaces & can't find answer to your questions of where or how to set up your studio or dorm. Good insight into this field.

I loved this book! The information is presented in a fun way, without being oversimplified. And even though I don't live in a dorm room, I was able to apply the theories to make my home a better place to hang out. It even inspired me start decluttering before I finished the book!

Sent this to my daughter who is away out of state for college. She liked it.