Make Life Beautiful

by Syd and Shea McGee

Who doesn't want to live a beautiful life?

For the one million-plus followers who turn to Syd and Shea McGee for advice on building a beautiful home and life, Make Life Beautiful will be a behind-the-scenes look into how the couple transformed Shea's small room of fabric samples and big dream of becoming a designer into one of the most successful and fastest-growing interior design businesses in the country.

Both long-time and new fans will not only gain insight into how the McGees built such a successful company but also be inspired to apply design principles to their lives. Inspirational topics to help readers build an authentic life include

Renovate your lifeVisualize the outcomeListen to your gutElevate the everyday

Want to live the best version of your life? Read this book to follow Syd and Shea's lead and learn how to Make Life Beautiful.

• ISBN10: 0785233881
• ISBN13: 9780785233886
• Publish Date: 27 October 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Harper Horizon
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Make Life Beautiful is an openly and honestly written memoir by Syd & Shea McGee. Due out 27th Oct 2020 from Harper-Collins on their Harper Horizon imprint, it's 224 pages and will be available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats.

This is not a tutorial guide or coffee table book full of lush photos for readers to copy. Instead it's a look at the background of the creative and business sides of the couple who make up the design duo behind Studio McGee. I found the story of how they met, became a couple, fell in love, made a relationship and burgeoning business work despite long distance, financial and business challenges, and grew their design business into the Instagram juggernaut it is today to be charming and surprisingly genuine.

The memoir itself is written more or less chronologically with some design principles and aesthetics imparted along the way. The story is told in alternating first person viewpoints from Syd and Shea themselves talking about (and interpreting) the same occurences from their own points of view.

I enjoyed reading their story a lot.

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.