What if the house of your dreams is the home you have? Meet Melissa Michaels, creator of the popular blog The Inspired Room and the best contentment coach you'll ever meet. With humor and candor Melissa reveals how to transform your rooms (and your life) from plainly livable to fabulously lovable.
Like a perfectly overstuffed chair, Melissa's encouragement beckons you to get comfortable and then get creative as you:
Much more than décor! This is your invitation to fall in love with the home you have and embrace the gifts of life, people, and blessings right where you are.
“Melissa shares how to be content and happy in our home,
inspiring our home with the things we love and the people we
cherish.”
—Ann Voskamp, New York Times bestselling author of One
Thousand Gifts
“I just love Melissa's approach to decorating to give
yourself time to let the process of decorating happen in your home,
give yourself grace, and enjoy the process. She really speaks to my
heart and brings out the best in me when it comes to my
home.”
—Rachel Dowd, Sweet and Simple Home
“Love the Home You Have is what all
overwhelmed moms need—confirmation that they can find joy in the
small things no matter the size of their home or the amount of
stuff they have (or do not have).”
—Susan Heid, The Confident Mom
“Love the Home You Have speaks not only to the
well-organized mom who wants to create a beautiful and lovely home,
but to the disorganized, stressed, often-overwhelmed mom (me) who
just needs some reassurance about what a home truly is. Melissa has
a passion for life and beauty that translates into one of the best
(and most needed) books I have read in a long time. Well
done!”
—Amanda Rettke, I Am Baker
“If you are stressing out about how your home looks and feels
and want to make it the best it can be, then Love the
Home You Have is the book for you. It doesn't matter if you
live in a tiny basement apartment or a grand, 5,000-square-foot
home. The ideas and tips Melissa shares can be done by anyone, in
any decorating style, and even on the tiniest of budgets.”
—Diane Henkler, In My Own Style
“After reading Love the Home You Have, I've
felt an overwhelming sense of contentment and joy in my home.
Melissa has a way with words that really changes the way you think
and leaves you with inspiration (true tips to put into place!) to
make it a lasting feeling!”
—Corinna Henderson, A Designer at Home
Melissa Michaels is the creator of The Inspired Room, voted the 2015 and 2014 Better Homes and Gardens Readers’ Favorite Decorating Blog. With creative, simple ideas for decorating and organizing the home, she inspires more than half a million women each month. Melissa is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Love the Home You Have, Make Room for What You Love, and The Inspired Room coffee table book. She and her husband live in Washington, where they planted a church in 2009.