How well does our current home exactly as we want it.
feel like we wish it to? In Feeling at We can happily engage all the
Home, Stoddard lists 15 elements that senses with favorite music, scented
contribute to the emotional intelligence candles, fresh flowers, soft throws or
of a home. In addition to the dual keys silky pillows and perhaps a garden, vis-
of light and a view outside, as Marcus ible through a window. We can repaint
mentions, are color, comfortable furni- a room in a color we love. We can
ture, change (periodic rearrangement even make our own artwork. We can
of elements), privacy, fresh air, nature, decorate only with objects that resonate
beauty, art, order, a working kitchen, a with us, with less of an eye to the price.
home library and favorite objects. The “Living artfully might require tak-
latter may encompass heirlooms, child- ing the time to buy things with soul for
hood souvenirs and handcrafts. the home,” counsels Moore. “Good
“We begin by shaping our home linens, a special rug or a simple teapot
environments into places of inspiration can be a source of enrichment, not only
and affirmation,” advises Katillac. “By for our own life, but also the lives of
keeping our beliefs in front of us in our our children and grandchildren.”
homes and by building our belief and relatively easy and inexpensive to do Adds Katillac, “By surrounding our-
our confidence through artistry in our
“Having figured out the
selves with the trappings of our past suc-
own home, we enter into an exhilarating cesses, or with things we associate with
process that affects our lives on every
‘What,’ the ‘How’ will
those who have achieved the success we
level.”
take care of itself.”
want in our lives, we begin to believe in
the possibility of our dreams.”
Creative Renewal
When re-envisioning our home
~ Jill Butler
involves tearing out walls, adding
“Although we tend to relegate rooms or building from the ground up,
creativity to the working artist, all of us it’s time to call in help from experts:
are creating all the time,” says Butler. ourselves. We can make a static space, architects, interior designers, con-
Creativity at home may begin with a like a living or dining room, function tractors, plumbers and painters—the
notebook filled with pictures culled better for how we really live—make it works. That can seem daunting at first.
from magazines, paint chips, product more informal, colorful, or lived-in— But our sources share a secret: Find a
literature and to-do lists. We have the by changing the type of furniture or its professional with the credentials you
information and the ideas, now we arrangement, advises Katillac. Butler want for your project, and he or she
must make it all happen. emphasizes that the secret to using generally will lead you to other quali-
Some creative house projects are every room lies in setting up the room fied people.
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