Calm Living: Simple Design Transformations To Fill Your Spaces with Tranquility

San Francisco–based designer and teacher Trusova, originally from Ukraine, guides readers through a range of principles that can be used to infuse peace and tranquility into a home. The book walks readers through preparing a space for redesign (using prototyping) and setting up an “Intention Tool Kit” using exercises provided in the book. There’s a section about how to impose order on objects and a discussion of how colors can impact feelings and emotions, including feeling calm. The book also reviews strategies for bringing nature and the outside indoors, lightening a sense of heaviness, and decluttering. There are also plenty of design tips and specific exercises to engage with one’s space. This book is light on pictures of these suggested spaces, but the author utilizes personal stories to walk beginning designers (or design enthusiasts) through the steps of approaching, planning, and carrying out a project.