SoulSpace: Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life -- Creating a Home That Is Free of Clutter, Full of Beauty, and Inspired by You
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.21 (664 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1608680371 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-02-05 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Empowered with this self-knowledge, you will discover fresh ways to declutter, refresh, and enhance your living space. The process works for any budget, anytime, anywhere and results in inspiration, self-discovery, and practical solutions. Through the stages assess, release, cleanse, dream, discover, create, elevate, and celebrate you will explore not only the design of your abode but also your own interior: how you think, feel, and sense the world. Xorin Balbes created his eight-stage SoulSpace process to help his clients create homes that reflect and celebrate what is essential about their inhabitants. Xorin’s wonderfully unique technique
--Barbara Jacobs . Keeping a never-worn wedding gown, for instance, hampers one woman’s personal growth; a comment from Balbes epitomizes his philosophy about that problem: “If it is beautiful but makes you feel lousy, let it go.” He points to the power of positive thinking through objects; his partner Jason, once a Broadway actor, reconnected with his award and begins realizing success. From Booklist Los Angeles interior designer Balbes begins his helpful first book by describing the eight SoulSpace stages and how a modest interior renovation can make major changes in an individual’s life. Balbes also advocates maximizing
K. Tracy-Wanck said Real Change!. This book is thoughtful, engaging, provoking and compassionate. It helps point the way to real change, through something as simple and seemingly superficial as home design. BUT NO! This book presents interior design as a catalyst for personal change and transformation, on all levels - physical, emotional and spiritual. I am only about hal. Wardster said One of my favorite books about one's surroundings. One of my favorite books about the subject of clearing out clutter and more importantly, a book about making a person's surroundings fully support their growth as a person, and their present and future enjoyment of life's journey. I really liked the author's central idea: which I took to be that your surroundings and belongings can encou. Lois Field said I couldn't have found a better way to define how our homes should make us feel. This book quickly gets to the heart of what we are searching for in our homes. We all want to live in a home that truly reflects our personalities and makes us want to come home after a long day. The only complaint I have is that there are zero pictures inside the book. I longed to see some of the rooms Xorin talks about. That said, I cou