'Home Made Lovely' Releases September 8, 2020

WATERLOO – August 24, 2020 – Home: it’s where you have spent much of your time in 2020. It’s where the heart is, where your family is, but it’s also a greater reflection of who you are and what you value. Shannon Acheson, Canadian interior designer, editor and designer of the lifestyle company and blog HomeMadeLovely.com, teaches readers how to make their physical homes a reflection of their greatest values in her first book, Home Made Lovely: Creating the Home You’ve Always Wanted (Bethany House, 9780764235375), releasing September 8, 2020.

With Canadians having spent more time at home than ever before due to COVID-19, Home Made Lovely is full of timely tips to make home a comforting, safe and welcoming space. Acheson meets readers right where they are on their home-decorating journey, helping them share the peace of Jesus with family members and guests. “For me, a comfortable home is one tangible way to love the people within it,” says Acheson. “It’s a way to say, ‘Come home. You belong here.’”In the book, Acheson helps women take on the task of redefining their homes and explains that Home Made Lovely is a mind-set and that decorating should be about those who live in the home, rather than making your home into a magazine-worthy spread.In Home Made Lovely, Shannon will come alongside readers to:

• Decorate in a way that suits your family’s real-life;

• Declutter in seven simple steps;

• Perform a house blessing to dedicate your home to God;

• Express thankfulness for your current home and what you already have;

• Brush up on hospitality with more than 20 actionable ideas that will make anyone feel welcome and loved in your home

“Home Made Lovely is different than other decorating books because I believe that decorating our homes should be about those that reside in them, not creating a magazine-worthy spread. That before we decorate anything, we should first consider ourselves, our family, and our heavenly Father,” noted Acheson.

Interviews with Shannon Acheson are available.

For interviews, contact Mikayla Stroeder, mikayla@grafmartin.com or 519-342-3703 x5. Learn more about Home Made Lovely here.

Download the high-resolution book cover here and Shannon Acheson’s high-resolution headshot here.

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About Shannon Acheson:

Shannon Acheson is a mostly self-taught designer, decorator, writer, and stylist. Although she has completed her interior design training, she’d much rather teach you how to decorate your own home than do it for you. She is the editor and designer behind the design and lifestyle company blog HomeMadeLovely.com. Her happy place is in the suburbs of Toronto, where she is a Homebody with a capital H, a Jesus girl, a happy wife to Dean, and a homeschooling mom of three teenagers.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Media Contact: Mikayla Stroeder; mikayla@grafmartin.com or 519-342-3703 x 105