The Healthy Home: Beautiful Interiors That Enhance the Environment and Your Well-Being [Hardcover]

Jackie Craven (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2003

You want a beautiful home, but you don't want to sacrifice health and comfort in the name of elegance. With The Healthy Home, you don't have to. You'll learn how to promote and protect your physical, mental, and spiritual health as well as that of the environment. You'll also find the technical information you need to create and maintain healthy living spaces for you and your family. You'll learn how toxin-free environments can reduce stress, address allergies and other ailments, boost vitality, and foster well-being. More than 75 full-colour photographs illustrate attractive and creative approaches to healthy living. Use this book as your guide to transform your house into a gracious retreat that celebrates the good life and honors the environment. With The Healthy Home, you can turn any living space into a serene oasis where health and happiness flourish.

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About the Author

Jackie Craven is an old-house renovator and a widely published writer who specializes in architecture and home design. She writes for the home-improvement column, �The Fix,� for House & Garden magazine and has also written numerous features for prominent newspapers nationwide. She lives in New York City.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564969398
• ISBN-13: 978-1564969392
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,561,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tranquility, Clarity, Balance, August 1, 2003

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This review is from: The Healthy Home: Beautiful Interiors That Enhance the Environment and Your Well-Being (Hardcover)

My first response to Jackie Craven's HEALTHY HOME was: Ahhhhhh ... it's like a restorative trip to a beautiful, calming spa between two covers! Then I quickly realized that this wonderful book is loaded with clear, practical advice on how to actually make that "calming spa" your very own home. Talk about inspiring! The serene, inviting rooms in the photographs are pleasantly balanced with the author's easygoing, conversational text. For those of us who are serious about transforming our currently cluttered, inefficient, grubby digs into clean, well-ordered oases that soothe the soul, delight the senses, and comfort the carcass, HEALTHY HOMES is the perfect prescription.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A feast for the eye and the mind!, April 10, 2003

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This review is from: The Healthy Home: Beautiful Interiors That Enhance the Environment and Your Well-Being (Hardcover)

Our homes should be our refuge, our havens for peace, relaxation, and rejuvenation. We want to feel safe; we want spaces that are ergonomic and responsive to our needs; we want to choose environmentally friendly materials. But how to accomplish all of this and have beautiful living spaces? This book tells you how. The back cover says it all-Make your home healthier, happier and more beautiful!

The author does a wonderful job inspiring you to create beautiful interiors that will enhance your spiritual, mental and physical health- and she gives you the practical information and the resources you need to maintain a healthy home. A feast for the eye and the mind! Highly recommended!