Melissa Michaels

I started this book with the best of intentions, watching everyone in the launch-team Facebook group posting pictures, and sort of getting inspired. But then the pictures took over my newsfeed, and, well, I let life distract me accordingly. So here we are.

Be ready, if you pick up Make Room for What You Love, to go on an organizing binge! In the best way! The book has so many easy action items, anyone can do it -- and I loved the summaries at the end of each chapter to help implement concepts show more right away. The book also features a 30-day organizing challenge at the end, which will be very worthwhile, I'm sure.

I rate Make Room for What You Love as 4 stars out of 5 as it applies to me directly. As an organization book, I rate it a full 5 stars. But I struggled throughout because I'm a renter. I don't own my home, and 9 days out of 10, I'm very glad about that fact. (Especially when repairs and repair bills come in.) But that 1 day out of 10, I really wish I owned my home. And I felt that wish rear its head more often while I read this book.

Make Room for What You Love is chock full of fabulous ideas. Truly. I would recommend it for anyone. But I struggle to translate the recommended changes to the renter's lifestyle/mindset/limitations. We renters don't always have the luxury to throw on a new coat of paint or swap out the cabinet knobs. I try to freshen things up by rotating furniture or artfully tossing a blanket over the chair back (Pinterest makes it look easy), but when we can't change the skeleton ... the costume on top of it doesn't excite as much.

I received a free copy of the book as part of the launch team. All opinions are my own. show less

Cute I guess. But not very useful to me. I am interested in looking over the author's blog though.

Organinzing

Decorating