Product Description

Imagine a peaceful, tranquil haven far from the everyday stresses of high-tech modern life. Coming Home: Spiritual Interiors is about finding peace and comfort in your living space, and offers dozens of inspirational, creative ways to experiment with unusual artifacts, vibrant colors, and cultural icons to nourish a unique spiritual style at home. Marrying spiritual concerns and interior design, Coming Home gives the readers the solid information they need to put care of the soul at the heart of homemaking. Inspiration and ideas can come from many places. Coming Home investigates the beauty of other cultures, and shows how readers can benefit from the uplifting effects of the colors, artifacts, and crafts associated with those cultures. Readers will explore the richness of Thai teak furniture and African mud cloths, and indulge the spirit by following Asian beliefs of meditation or the ancient powers of Ayurvedic healing. The 180 luxurious, full-color illustrations show readers the tools they need to create their own spiritually uplifting sanctuary. From the gentle freedom of Tao followers to the colorful worshippers of Sun Power, Coming Home is a guide to the endless possibilities from which you can create an exceptional home environment where the spirit runs free.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #537318 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

From Library Journal
Lee (Mood Indigo) shows how to create a restful domestic environment suited to one's temperament through the use of color, materials, and interior design accessories. Emphasis is placed on an uncluttered look that incorporates ethnic influences and items. Recommended where there is a continued interest in this holistic design approach.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

About the Author
Vinny Lee is the interiors editor of The Times Magazine of London. She has written and edited style and design articles for many other publications, and is the author of Mood Indigo and Zen Interiors. She lives in Brussels, Belgium and London, England.

Customer Reviews

Lives up to its title
Love this book simply because as someone who loves to travel it was a book I needed to help me find a non cluttered way of showing off items I have acquired while retaining the Zen or quiet spirit I wanted in my place. Also like that a variety of styles are shown, that I call Jamaican, Latin, Indian, Zen and European.