Holistic Home: Creating An Environment for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being [Paperback]

Joanna Trevelyan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1998

A room-by-room journey through house and garden reveals new ways of using natural materials, color, texture, light, scent, and sound. Cleanse and purify to create a sacred home, add talismans, try recipes for incense and cleansing mist, tune into your home’s energy, bring “magic” in with Feng Shui, and eliminate hazardous substances. Full-color spreads display the incredible beauty of a comforting, holistic home.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (December 31, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806913673
• ISBN-13: 978-0806913674
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,899,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars comforting and inspiring, March 29, 2001

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A. Hefner (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holistic Home: Creating An Environment for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being (Paperback)

This book makes me want to toss out all my junk and surround myself with fresh light and air and color. As a lifelong packrat, anything that makes me feel like clearing the crap out of my house is pure magic in my book!

The photos alone are gorgeous and I felt like I'd gone on a mini-vacation. As a person who is living with a chronic illness, that's a wonderful thing - being able to feel refreshed and rejuvenated simply by opening a book. "Holistic Home" makes me very aware that while my life might not be perfect, there are certainly things I can do to make it BETTER and more pleasant.

Combine this with Karen Kingston's books and create a brighter, healthier, more joyous environment. Life is too short not to surround ourselves with beauty.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars not light reading but very tasty, April 15, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Holistic Home: Creating An Environment for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being (Paperback)

This book has defined how I feel about my home. It is a mixture of decorating ideas and philosophy, with the ultimate goal of creating a home that is pleasant and meaningful to all five of the senses, making your home good for the spirit. To call this book's agenda 'new age' is a bit misleading; feng shui is well presented but strictly in layman's terms, folklore and cultural traditions are also used as points from which to guage your style and find language to use in creating it. Most of the ideas presented are universally asthetic, appealing to us on a human level, without the pretensions of trend.
You can read through the chapters, really digging into Trevelyn's ideas, or use the nicely placed side bars and boxed text until something really catches your eye. The best thing about this book are the photographs. The interiors and outdoor spaces shown here are extraordinary in their overall appeal. Though the book is now 5 years old, the 'style' of all the interiors here are timeless and classic, but far from the Ethan Allen ideas of traditional. They will be vital for many years to come.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spark of ideas, September 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Holistic Home: Creating An Environment for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being (Paperback)

This book has sparked my mind with ideas of decorating! Get rid of the clutter and focus on putting things in your house that make you feel and experience each room with all senses! The pictures alone are incredible. Definately worth looking into!