A Lovely Life: Savoring Simple Joys in Every Season

Home-decorating expert Melissa Michaels invites you to experience the peace and joy that come from a well-balanced life that nurtures your home and soul throughout the year. You might think that you need to make big changes to create a better life but its often the small, intentional, everyday decisions that shape our environment over time and bring sustained contentment and well-being. Savor the process. Melissa Michaels shows you how to cultivate a lovely life in each season: Spring-experience renewal as you clean up and reimagine your spaces and learn to enjoy everything the outdoors has to offer. Summer-enjoy refreshment with a summer staycation, self-care nourishments, and the delightof simple pleasures. Autumn-make room for reconnection when you decorate to reflect your family, style, and story; embrace gratitude; and adopt seasonal rhythms for body, mind, and soul. Winter-enter a season of rest as you establish morning and evening rituals, winterize your bedroom, and indulge in restorative home spa treatments. Beautifully designed and photographed, A Lovely Life offers you tangible ways to make every day a better one. About the Author Melissa Michaels is the creator of The Inspired Room (theinspiredroom.net) and twice voted Better Homes & Gardens Reader’s Favorite Decorating Blogger. Her mission is to inspire women to create homes they can’t wait to come home to.She is also theauthorof several popular home decorating and lifestyle books, including the New York Times bestseller Love the Home You Have, Dwelling, Simple Decorating, and The Inspired Room coffee table book.Melissa has a passion for helping readers find contentment at home, encouraging them to embrace each season, experience peace and comfort in rhythms and routines, to welcome others into their home, and care for their well-being by keeping their lives and homes clean and simple.Melissa and her husband recently became empty nesters for the first time and live in their new dream home near the beautiful San Juan Islands in Washington state.