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 it's 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. 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. A Lovely Life offers you tangible ways to make every day a better one. Melissa Michaels, creator of the award-winning blog The Inspired Room, is the author of Dwelling, the New York Times bestseller Love the Home You Have, Make Room for What You Love, and The Inspired Room coffee table book.