Feeling at Home: Defining Who You Are and How You Want to Live

by Alexandra Stoddard

While most home-design books focus on walls, paint, color, and furniture, they often omit the most important element of you. Alexandra Stoddard walks you through your own rooms, leading you on a journey toward self-attunement and self-expression. She helps you define who you are by asking important questions such as What room do you like the most? Which objects speak to you? Feeling at Home helps you understand both your practical needs and your yearnings. You'll discover creative yet easily executed ideas for transforming your home into an environment that suits your lifestyle and energizes and nurtures you. With Alexandra Stoddard's expert advice and your own newfound insight, you can make your home your emotional center, where every object and room answers your needs and lifts your spirit.

Genres: Nonfiction, Interior Design, Self Help, Lifestyle, Philosophy

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 1999

About the author

ALEXANDRA STODDARD is a philosopher of contemporary living and author of many best selling books, including the classic Living a Beautiful Life: 500 Ways to Add Elegance, Order, Beauty and Joy to Every Day of Your Life, Choosing Happiness: Keys to a Joyful Life, Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Small Book About the Big Issues in Life, and You Are Your Choices: 50 Ways to Live the Good Life. Alexandra's newest book Happiness For Two: 75 Secrets for Finding More Joy Together, published in January 2008, is now in its second printing.

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love her books. She always gives me food for thought. I try to take away two new ideas a book otherwise I would be overwhelmed.

[Jenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very inspirational. Stoddard has her heart in the right place and makes lots of good points about making a home THE place you want to be. Really enjoyed all the quotes in the margins of every page. Down side (as with her other books) is lack of organization. Not well edited in the structure of the book. But worth reading, nonetheless.

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me a long time to read this book, as the author encourages you to write a journal as you go. I cannot throw in with all the fluffery in here, but over all, a great think-through-things read. Now, I have to go and read the book I wrote in the meantime. :)

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Started off and on again but well worth several read throughs. I’ve read many of her books and I have to say, Alexandra Stoddard, you are one of my most favorite authors! Her books will be priceless heirlooms in our home!

[Evelyn Tan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. It's more than a decorating book, but the whys and the hows, and in doing so, rediscover yourself, love yourself and pamper yourself more.

[Kaethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty picture books about houses, whether interior design or architecture, are one of my weaknesses. I simply cannot walk past one on the New shelf at the library without checking it out. And yet the text usually makes me crazy.

[Lisa]

Life

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seems similar to Daring to Be Yourself - but a good reminder of how one needs to work on making their house a home.

[Marcy Graybill · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to love her books, but I think I've maybe outgrown them.