The Healing Home

by Suzy Chiazzari

This timely book offers practical ways to enhance the positive elements in a home environment through use of colour, light and aroma, as well as feng shui, to ensure that our homes become peaceful sanctuaries where our energy is restored. There are ideas for every budget and step-by-step instructions and informative tip boxes ensure that all the ideas are easy to apply.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Genres: Nonfiction

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Kelli]

This book touched on a lot of things that can effect the household, from feng shui to energy conservation. I liked and took away some ideas from this book that I will use, but I found much of it a little too kookally-magookally for my taste right now. I don't see myself sprinkling salt under my bed, mixing beet juice to make my own paint, or using a pendulum to determine my color scheme. Maybe someday but not today.

[Em]

Like my favorite kind of "create a beautiful home no matter where you live," this book is filled with photos and information that inspire me.

However, it is a feng shui book, so there's some nonsense in it. I focused on the use of the elements and natural materials.

The introduction has a great "healing house rituals" page in the front. Again, take what you connect with.

I find that older books found in the library are much more helpful than today's home/shelter books written by celebrity designers or social media-influencer-wannabe. This is one of those books, and I am a Friend of my local library.

[Lori]

This is an informative read about making one's home a sanctuary. I recommend it.

[Laura]

Overall, I liked this book. Making your home a place of comfort, health, and escape from a harried lifestyle makes a lot of sense. Some of the author's recommendations were a bit too new-agey for me. I'm not going to be using any colored light bulbs for healing purposes any time soon... But, for the most part, Chiazzari's recommendations were pretty sound.

[N.L. Riviezzo]

The writing of this was really dull. It often contradicted itself. Many concepts were constantly repeated. It was challenging to glean information from this book although it had little to offer, and it did not live up to its title/concept.

[Alicia]

I might not want to actually purchase this book. I'll have to check it out. Definitely something to browse in the bookstore though.