• awareness of the energy of your home
  • simplicity and simple living
  • natural light
  • natural materials
  • plants and flowers
  • water
  • conscious placement of furnishings
  • handmade furnishings and accessories
  • meaningful and favorite objects
  • music
  • candles
  • aromatherapy
  • sumptuous fabrics
  • chimes
  • uplifting art
  • color
  • ritual and ceremony
  • cleanliness
  • sustainability
  • ethnic materials
  • harmonious lighting
  • environmental consciousness


You can create your home as the ultimate sanctuary when you follow your heart, listen to your soul, and feel what deeply resonates with you.
Sacredness can be found anywhere—in everyday architecture and in ordinary objects.

The sacred is a matter of perception, identified in the relationships between the many levels of its totality—mind, body, spirit, environment, home, community, and cosmos.

The warm, comfortable feelings of a home cannot be measured by the amount of money spent on decoration and construction. Many an owner has invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to build, furnish, and accessorize a home only for it to feel as artificial as a furniture store window and as personal as a hotel lobby.

In contrast, natural and authentic materials, meaningful personal objects, a coat of paint in just the right color, purposefully placed scented candles, and choices that promote sustainable living can radiate a warmth and personality that leave even the simplest home alive with the feeling that all who live there are nurtured and enriched.

People say that what we’re all seeking is the meaning of life. I think that we’re not seeking the meaning of life as much as we are seeking certain feelings; specifically, the feelings of rapture. So that our life experience deeply resonates with our innermost being and reality. By creating a home environment that is a sacred sanctuary infused with loving, healthy, and harmonious energy, we find a deep connection to our soul. These feelings provide balance, harmony, and contentment, enabling us to experience, authentically, who we really are.

It’s the mission of Home as Sanctuary to provide readers with the tools to create such a sacred space. Whether you live in a creek-side cabin, a modest apartment, a converted loft, or a stone manor, we will introduce to you what we believe are the finest elements, rituals, techniques, and inspiration to create your own special sanctuary. With a harmonious haven that resonates with simple, natural, authentic, soul-evoking energy, can a deeply enriching, loving, and authentic life be far behind?

Start now, by taking a spiritual journey through your home with our list of elements and “feel” the energies of sanctuary. Make notes or talk into a tape recorder, take snapshots, do what it takes to get in touch with these feelings. This need not be a structured exercise. To get in touch with these experiences, allow your thoughts and feelings to freely flow. This record-keeping will help you when you begin to establish your personal sanctuary.