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R.D. Chin is an architect and interior designer who has been a Feng Shui practitioner for about a decade and has become a very popular teacher and consultant both in Europe and the USA. He resides and works in both his hometown, New York City, and Amsterdam, and has traveled to China and the Far East to study the roots of this ancient art. He is a student of Professor Lin Yun, adheres to a specific Buddhist tradition, and seeks to make Feng Shui accessible to the Western mind. Chin combines the “laws” of Feng Shui with a love for people and beauty. The spirit of caring about people and their environment speaks throughout his book Feng Shui Revealed: An Aesthetic, Practical Approach to the Ancient Art of Space Alignment. The earliest feng shui books available in the West were not so attractive and were hard to understand. Then came the wave of publications in which the expert tries to explain to us “how it really is”. Their design was more or less advertisement art, including stock photography. Chin’s book is the first to feature only original, beautiful photography. It is the first well-designed book you can put on your coffee table to show it off. But most importantly, Chin, instead of teaching top-down, shares his personal approach. Feng Shui Revealed is basically a tour through 14 consultations in which the writer simply shows what he saw, what his clients’ questions were, what solutions he came up with, and how the results turned out.

We get to see a Frank Lloyd Wright house, Manhattan designers’ studios, ocean-dune and river houses, and suburban homes. Old lofts and new architecture. Single people and families. Stockbrokers. Fashion designers, architects, art collectors, and contractors. A diversity of locations, interiors, gardens, and styles of furniture, decoration, and building materials.

Through its collaboration with co-author Gerald Warfield, it reads like a novel and leaves the impression that you can make positive changes to your home without complex calculations, hiring a consultant, or taking Feng Shui classes. Chin and Warfield have made the application of Feng Shui more accessible than most books have to date. The consultations are preceded by a general and unpretentious introduction to Feng Shui. The last part of the book discusses Feng Shui “cures”. These are all the possible ways to improve less-than-happy energy flows. The tone of respect for personal and cultural meanings, along with the large volume of experience, results in a humble, well-illustrated description of possibilities. It adheres to the spirit of his teacher, Lin Yun, that each person’s fresh thinking is the best source of any cure.

Good reading for both advanced Feng Shui students and anyone interested in home improvement who isn’t drawn to the Feng Shui hype. Chin’s open approach inspires you to make your home your comfortable, safe, and happy castle.