'Myquillyn is that trusted friend who comes over in the midst of your home headaches and in her wise, no-nonsense way, gets to the heart of your decisions about decor and dwelling. She elevates minimalism without sacrificing style, sets the stage for hospitality minus the production, and empowers even the most intimidated home decorator to make simple styling decisions that count. Cozy Minimalist Home will give you the freedom and confidence you need to simplify your style and make your house your own.'
artist and bestselling author of Grace Laced and G Ruth Chou Simons
'Step by step, chapter by chapter, Myquillyn writes as if she's your best friend who's moved in to destress your home and your life. With her 'I've been there, and together we can do this' approach, you'll learn to curate a space with just the right balance. It's like clutter detox in a delightful interior-design book.'
author of City Farmhouse Style Kim Leggett
'My home is my happy place, and it's even happier thanks to Myquillyn's encouragement, know-how, and practical guidance. She's taught me about decorating math, wall sabbaths, and personal style, and I adore the results I get to enjoy every day in my home. If you want to make your own home more warm, inviting, comforting, and welcoming, I highly recommend this book.'
author of I'd Rather Be Reading Anne Bogel
'Cozy Minimalist Home puts to rest once and for all the assumption that minimalism needs to be cold, rigid, or impersonal. Quite the contrary—it is a life filled with passion, purpose, and beauty. Thank you, Myquillyn, for showing that to be true in this beautiful book and work of art.'
founder of Becoming Minimalist and author of The M Joshua Becker
'In Cozy Minimalist Home, Myquillyn explores what's missing from the minimalist versus hoarder conversation: in life and in decor, what does it mean to have enough? With an affirming approach, gentle guidance, and trusted tips, she's the grace-based Kon Mari we've been waiting for. Here's to more style and less stuff—within our own four walls and beyond.'
blogger at Designfor Mankind.com and author of Cha Erin Loechner
'Myquillyn is, no exaggeration, my go-to person for helping me reframe how I think about home. I'm a serial traveler, yet her enthusiasm for making my home a place I want to be keeps me grounded like few things I know. She's got a knack for mixing practical know-how with simple beauty, and her wisdom helps me actually love to hang up my backpack and start the tea—while loving everything around me. That's a tall order. I can't think of a person in my life who couldn't benefit from this book.'
author of At Home in the World: Reflections on Tsh Oxenreider
'In her humorous, down-to-earth style, Myquillyn shows us how to stop trying so hard and instead create a space where we can exhale and simply be ourselves. Isn't that what home is all about?'
jewelry designer and writer Lisa Leonard
'I was hardly aware of the low-grade sense of failure I had every time I walked into my sunroom. It sounds dramatic, but I think a lot of women struggle with feeling shame about the way our houses look. I knew something wasn't right but I didn't know why. And then I learned the Cozy Minimalist way and everything changed. Step by step, I applied Myquillyn's Cozy Minimalist method to my sunroom, and it went from being my least favorite room in the house to my most favorite within days. I didn't have to take out a loan, sell my birthright, or win the lottery to make the changes. Now that I know these simple principles, I can apply them to any room in my house. We have enough to fight against in this world. Our homes should be the last place on earth where we feel shame. I'm so grateful for this beautiful, life-giving book.'
The Nester's little sister and Wall Street Journa Emily P. Freeman
'Cozy doesn't mean cluttered, and minimalist doesn't signify bare. And combining the two, according to stylist Smith (The Nesting Place, 2014), sets the stage for a home with plenty—and yet no-junked-up surfaces. Smith guides readers in finding an interior design to fit their needs. . . . Smith's clear-eyed narrative is punctuated by photographs of her house; even better are the appendix's before-and-after pictures. Rather than a photo-based decorating tome, this is thinking fodder for home designers who've decided enough is enough.'
Cozy Minimalist Home is more than just a book about decorating; it is a manifesto of sorts that I wholeheartedly adopt as my own: more style with less stuff. Myquillyn's down-to-earth, practical decorating advice and doable step-by-steps are what we house-lovers want. But it's her big-sisterly encouragement to use our homes to serve and gather and shelter and nurture that truly makes this book a must-read for anyone wanting their home to be a lovelier place.
founder of Jones Design Company Emily Lex
Myquillyn Smith's approach to living and decorating has inspired me for a decade. No home designer in America is better suited to speak to the everyday woman who craves beauty but doesn't have the time and energy for perfection. Her words and style have impacted my perspectives about design and have helped me transform my house into a home.
author of the bestselling books The Fringe Hours a Jessica N. Turner
Here is what I love about Myquillyn, and what I believe sets her most apart: she is primarily concerned with the way a space makes you feel. Her ultimate goal is to help people create spaces where people feel welcome, comfortable, cozy, relaxed, refreshed, and inspired. Contrary to a form-over-function culture, Myquillyn has developed a way to coach us into creating spaces where the people we love—and ourselves!—can feel our best. And lucky for us, she just happens to help us to make these spaces beautiful along the way.
Finally, a book that gives you permission to be minimalist and be cozy, to live with less and enjoy a beautiful home. If you think minimalism results in a cold, empty house, Cozy Minimalist Home will show you how to fill your home with what matters most to you and your family. This lovely book is as warm, cozy, and simple as you'll want your home to be.
author of Soulful Simplicity Courtney Carver
Ugh, stuff. Sometimes it feels like it deserves an 'it's complicated' Facebook status. The struggle of having enough to feel comfortable and welcoming, but not so much that you feel suffocated and overwhelmed, is real. Which is why I devoured Cozy Minimalist Home. An approachable way to create a chic and inviting house that isn't stuffed to the gills so there's more room for life?! I'M IN!
blogger at Young House Love and New York Times bes Sherry Petersik
When Myquillyn talks about home, I lean in and listen. She has a brilliance about her that makes it easy to forget that she's talking about home decor. I want her wisdom in so many areas of my life, but I'm happy to start with the living room. Strip away what's keeping you from serving people and then teach your rooms to do the same—yes! This book is a gem and its author a rare gift to those who wish to make home a place of peace, love, and hospitality.
author of All the Pretty Things Edie Wadsworth
Cozy Minimalist Home puts to rest once and for all the assumption that minimalism needs to be cold, rigid, or impersonal. Quite the contrary—it is a life filled with passion, purpose, and beauty. Thank you, Myquillyn, for showing that to be true in this beautiful book and work of art.
Founder of Becoming Minimalist and author of The M Joshua Becker
In Cozy Minimalist Home , Myquillyn explores what’s missing from the minimalist versus hoarder conversation: in life and in decor, what does it mean to have enough? With an affirming approach, gentle guidance, and trusted tips, she’s the grace-based KonMari we’ve been waiting for. Here’s to more style and less stuff within our own four walls and beyond.”
author of Chasing Slow Erin Loechner
'Cozy doesn't mean cluttered, and minimalist doesn't signify bare. And combining the two, according to stylist Smith (The Nesting Place, 2014), sets the stage for a home with plenty—and yet no-junked-up surfaces. Smith guides readers in finding an interior design to fit their needs....Smith's clear-eyed narrative is punctuated by photographs of her house; even better are the appendix's before-and-after pictures. Rather than a photo-based decorating tome, this is thinking fodder for home designers who've decided enough is enough.'
Myquillyn is that trusted friend who comes over in the midst of your home-headaches and in her wise, no-nonsense way, gets to the heart of your decisions about decor and dwelling. She elevates minimalism without sacrificing style, sets the stage for hospitality minus the production, and empowers even the most intimidated home decorator to make simple styling decisions that count. Cozy Minimalist Home will give you the freedom and confidence you need to simplify your style and make your house your own.
artist and bestselling author of GraceLaced and Ga Ruth Chou Simons
In Cozy Minimalist Home, Myquillyn explores what's missing from the minimalist versus hoarder conversation: in life and in decor, what does it mean to have enough? With an affirming approach, gentle guidance, and trusted tips, she's the grace-based KonMari we've been waiting for. Here's to more style and less stuff-within our own four walls and beyond.
blogger at DesignforMankind.com and author of Chas Erin Loechner
Myquillyn is, no exaggeration, my go-to person for helping me reframe how I think about home. Iand rsquo;m a serial traveler, yet her enthusiasm for making my home a place I want to be keeps me grounded like few things I know. Sheand rsquo;s got a knack for mixing practical know-how with simple beauty, and her wisdom helps me actually love to hang up my backpack and start the tea--while loving everything around me. That's a tall order. I canand rsquo;t think of a person in my life who couldnand rsquo;t benefit from this book.
author of At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe - Tsh Oxenreider
Step by step, chapter by chapter, Myquillyn writes as if sheand rsquo;s your best friend whoand rsquo;s moved in to destress your home and your life. With her and ldquo;Iand rsquo;ve been there, and together we can do thisand rdquo; approach, youand rsquo;ll learn to curate a space with just the right balance. Itand rsquo;s like clutter detox in a delightful interior-design book.
author of City Farmhouse Style - Kim Leggett
When Myquillyn talks about home, I lean in and listen. She has a brilliance about her that makes it easy to forget that sheand rsquo;s talking about home decor. I want her wisdom in so many areas of my life, but Iand rsquo;m happy to start with the living room. Strip away whatand rsquo;s keeping you from serving people and then teach your rooms to do the same--yes! This book is a gem and its author a rare gift to those who wish to make home a place of peace, love, and hospitality.
author of All the Pretty Things - Edie Wadsworth
Finally, a book that gives you permission to be minimalist and be cozy, to live with less and enjoy a beautiful home. If you think minimalism results in a cold, empty house, Cozy Minimalist Home will show you how to fill your home with what matters most to you and your family. This lovely book is as warm, cozy, and simple as you'll want your home to be.
author of Soulful Simplicity - Courtney Carver
Myquillyn is that trusted friend who comes over in the midst of your home-headaches and in her wise, no-nonsense way, gets to the heart of your decisions about decor and dwelling. She elevates minimalism without sacrificing style, sets the stage for hospitality minus the production, and empowers even the most intimidated home decorator to make simple styling decisions that count. Cozy Minimalist Home will give you the freedom and confidence you need to simplify your style and make your house your own.
artist and bestselling author of GraceLaced and Garden of Truth; founder of gracelaced.com - Ruth Chou Simons
Cozy Minimalist Home is more than just a book about decorating; it is a manifesto of sorts that I wholeheartedly adopt as my own: more style with less stuff. Myquillyn's down-to-earth, practical decorating advice and doable step-by-steps are what we house-lovers want. But it's her big-sisterly encouragement to use our homes to serve and gather and shelter and nurture that truly makes this book a must-read for anyone wanting their home to be a lovelier place.
founder of Jones Design Company - Emily Lex
Myquillyn Smithand rsquo;s approach to living and decorating has inspired me for a decade. No home designer in America is better suited to speak to the everyday woman who craves beauty but doesn't have the time and energy for perfection. Her words and style have impacted my perspectives about design and have helped me transform my house into a home.
author of the bestselling books The Fringe Hours and Stretched Too Thin - Jessica N. Turner
In Cozy Minimalist Home, Myquillyn explores what's missing from the minimalist versus hoarder conversation: in life and in decor, what does it mean to have enough? With an affirming approach, gentle guidance, and trusted tips, she's the grace-based KonMari we've been waiting for. Here's to more style and less stuff--within our own four walls and beyond.
blogger at DesignforMankind.com and author of Chasing Slow - Erin Loechner
I was hardly aware of the low-grade sense of failure I had every time I walked into my sunroom. It sounds dramatic, but I think a lot of women struggle with feeling shame about the way our houses look. I knew something wasn't right but I didn't know why. And then I learned the Cozy Minimalist way and everything changed. Step by step, I applied Myquillyn's Cozy Minimalist method to my sunroom, and it went from being my least favorite room in the house to my most favorite within days. I didnand rsquo;t have to take out a loan, sell my birthright, or win the lottery to make the changes. Now that I know these simple principles, I can apply them to any room in my house. We have enough to fight against in this world. Our homes should be the last place on earth where we feel shame. I'm so grateful for this beautiful, life-giving book.
The Nester's little sister and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Simply Tuesday - Emily P. Freeman
Cozy Minimalist Home puts to rest once and for all the assumption that minimalism needs to be cold, rigid, or impersonal. Quite the contrary--it is a life filled with passion, purpose, and beauty. Thank you, Myquillyn, for showing that to be true in this beautiful book and work of art.
Founder of Becoming Minimalist and author of The More of Less - Joshua Becker
My home is my happy place, and it's even happier thanks to Myquillyn's encouragement, know-how, and practical guidance. She's taught me about decorating math, wall sabbaths, and personal style, and I adore the results I get to enjoy every day in my home. If you want to make your own home more warm, inviting, comforting, and welcoming, I highly recommend this book.
author of I'd Rather Be Reading - Anne Bogel
In her humorous, down-to-earth style, Myquillyn shows us how to stop trying so hard and instead create a space where we can exhale and simply be ourselves. Isnand rsquo;t that what home is all about?
jewelry designer and writer - Lisa Leonard
Ugh, stuff. Sometimes it feels like it deserves an and ldquo;itand rsquo;s complicatedand rdquo; Facebook status. The struggle of having enough to feel comfortable and welcoming, but not so much that you feel suffocated and overwhelmed, is real. Which is why I devoured Cozy Minimalist Home. An approachable way to create a chic and inviting house that isnand rsquo;t stuffed to the gills so thereand rsquo;s more room for life?! Iand rsquo;M IN!
blogger at Young House Love and New York Times bestselling author of Lovable Livable Home - Sherry Petersik
Narrator Lisa Wright adopts a well-suited chatty tone for Smith’s ramble through her own learning curve from clutter to cozy as a welcoming feature of an intentionally created home. Smith (a.k.a. “The Nester”) makes her living as a coziness guru; here, she reminds listeners that cozy isn’t a style but a tool. After explaining how she came to strike a balance in her own home between cozy and minimal, Smith leads listeners in assessing and revising their personal spaces to create a welcoming vibe. Wright serves up Smith’s order of operations in a disarmingly approachable way; listeners will enjoy helpful tips such as “quieting” a room by removing everything but large furniture, increasing rug size, and making larger statements with fewer pieces. J.C.G. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
Narrator Lisa Wright adopts a well-suited chatty tone for Smith’s ramble through her own learning curve from clutter to cozy as a welcoming feature of an intentionally created home. Smith (a.k.a. “The Nester”) makes her living as a coziness guru; here, she reminds listeners that cozy isn’t a style but a tool. After explaining how she came to strike a balance in her own home between cozy and minimal, Smith leads listeners in assessing and revising their personal spaces to create a welcoming vibe. Wright serves up Smith’s order of operations in a disarmingly approachable way; listeners will enjoy helpful tips such as “quieting” a room by removing everything but large furniture, increasing rug size, and making larger statements with fewer pieces. J.C.G. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
