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# The Nesting Place: It Doesn't Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful

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## Description

Popular blogger and author of Cozy Minimalist Home Myquillyn Smith (The Nester) helps readers find beauty in imperfection and freedom to take risks to create the home--and life--they've always wanted. This beautiful four-color book is full of photos and creative, easy ideas for arranging, decorating, and cultivating a welcoming home. Myquillyn Smith is all about embracing reality--especially when it comes to decorating a home bursting with boys, pets, and all the unpredictable messes of life. In The Nesting Place , Myquillyn shares the secrets of decorating for real people--and it has nothing to do with creating a flawless look to wow your guests. It has everything to do with embracing the natural imperfection and chaos of daily living. Drawing on her years of experience creating beauty in her 13 different homes, Myquillyn will show you how to think differently about the true purpose of your home and simply and creatively tailor it to reflect you and your unique style--without breaking the bank or stressing over comparisons. Full of easy tips, simple steps, and practical advice, The Nesting Place will give you the courage to take risks with your home and transform it into a place that's inviting and warm for family and friends. There is beauty in the lived-in and loved-on and just-about-used-up, Myquillyn says, and welcoming that imperfection wholeheartedly just might be the most freeing thing you'll ever do.

Review: My favorite decorating author - All of her books are great, but this one is lovely and practical. Keep it on my coffee table and read it over and over.
Review: This Could Be Your Decorating Story - I knew before I read this book that is would be great. I have followed Myquillyn's blog since 2008. From the first click she had me. I related to her on so many levels. Needless to say, I was excited when I found out she was writing a book. All those wonderful decorating thoughts in one place, so many pictures that tell their own stories. So much of her heart between the pages. I read this book through and now I want to read it again slowly, to savor all the nuggets of wisdom. It is not necessarily that she says anything so profoundly new, that hasn't been said by others, but she says it in such a way that you want to embrace her philosophy of decorating. She makes a believer out of you. She gives you freedom from all the rules. And, isn't that what we all want. Freedom to make our homes reflect who we are. Our styles, colors, mementos and imperfections on display in our home, not hidden behind the fear of can't. So many times while reading I found myself nodding in agreement, realizing that this home decorator gets me. She has lived my story, she knows my triumphs and my fails. She knows my history, she knows what I want for my home. And she says go for it! And if you're not quite sure where to start. She helps you with that too. But make no mistake, this is more than just advice, or how to. This book gives you wings to soar and the motivation to believe that you too can have a home that says just what you want it to say. I would highly recommend this book for yourself, for your family, for your friends. It has beautiful glossy pages with color pics and it is a good read. Myquillyn graciously weaves her personal story throughout the decorating imperfections, limitations and mistreatments to show you not just a beautifully imperfect home, but a beautifully imperfect life well lived. Teresa

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,632,438 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #104 in Decorating #224 in Interior Design #256 in Interior & Home Design |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,792 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My favorite decorating author
*by J***Y on May 13, 2026*

All of her books are great, but this one is lovely and practical. Keep it on my coffee table and read it over and over.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This Could Be Your Decorating Story
*by R***Y on May 9, 2014*

I knew before I read this book that is would be great. I have followed Myquillyn's blog since 2008. From the first click she had me. I related to her on so many levels. Needless to say, I was excited when I found out she was writing a book. All those wonderful decorating thoughts in one place, so many pictures that tell their own stories. So much of her heart between the pages. I read this book through and now I want to read it again slowly, to savor all the nuggets of wisdom. It is not necessarily that she says anything so profoundly new, that hasn't been said by others, but she says it in such a way that you want to embrace her philosophy of decorating. She makes a believer out of you. She gives you freedom from all the rules. And, isn't that what we all want. Freedom to make our homes reflect who we are. Our styles, colors, mementos and imperfections on display in our home, not hidden behind the fear of can't. So many times while reading I found myself nodding in agreement, realizing that this home decorator gets me. She has lived my story, she knows my triumphs and my fails. She knows my history, she knows what I want for my home. And she says go for it! And if you're not quite sure where to start. She helps you with that too. But make no mistake, this is more than just advice, or how to. This book gives you wings to soar and the motivation to believe that you too can have a home that says just what you want it to say. I would highly recommend this book for yourself, for your family, for your friends. It has beautiful glossy pages with color pics and it is a good read. Myquillyn graciously weaves her personal story throughout the decorating imperfections, limitations and mistreatments to show you not just a beautifully imperfect home, but a beautifully imperfect life well lived. Teresa

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just Like Her Blog - If You Like That, You'll Like This
*by K***A on August 12, 2015*

I ordered this book after happening upon Myquillyn Smith's (the author's) blog. I read quite a few of her posts and knew her general style which is a mix of a loving Christian wife & mother and a believer in quirky, shabby-chic style of decor. She's a thrifter with a few One King's Lane pieces thrown in. Her style includes lots of DIYing and a little hoarding. Christianity plays a pretty important role in her life because it helps explain a lot of her frustrations away (He has a plan...). She believes limitations, especially those that a renter faces, such as not being able to change tiles or repaint a fireplace all actually help us turn our rentals into unique places as long as we look at them positively and get creative! In a way, her blog thenester.com is a great preview for this book, so if you're on the fence, just pop over and take a look and decide for yourself. Overall, she tells us to stop obsessing over the pretty houses in the magazine because her own house was in magazines and it often doesn't look like the pictures they snapped. I enjoyed her snapping us back to reality by showing us her office cleaned up for the shoot and her office after. If you are very bothered by seeing faith used in a book (He takes care of us, He has a plan etc) then this book might seem preachy, and in a way, since it does play a large part in her life and general contentment, it is definitely present. I wouldn't say overly so, but you might have to skip over a few bits here and there. If you approach this book for decorating advice, you will be disappointed. This book is not about what colors go in a room (a lot of her rooms are intensely neutral), or what object d'art looks good on a coffee table, or even how to spray paint. This book is about how to look at decorating (as something fun and enjoyable), how to love your home (by lowering your own standards of perfection and seeing that it's a place where life happens), and some parts about her own experiences renting and experimenting with low-budget decorating. I purchased this book at $10, new, and it gave me several interesting hours of reading as well as a fun hour of photographing, so I don't regret it. In all honesty, a lot of what she says here is on her blog, very little is new material. Many of the photos repeat and she tends to change things around (as we all do in our home) and take pictures of the changes, so it feels as if you keep looking at the same photos. I like her style, I love her bedroom and I like some of her ideas which I have started incorporating into my own home, so I'm fairly happy with the book. This is an excerpt from the book: " In 2004, Dove launched a Campaign for Real Beauty to help broaden the definition of beautiful among women... After a crew attends to her makeup, hair, and lighting, the model is photographed and she looks great. But wait, it's time for the touch-ups, we watch on the screen as her lips are digitally filled out, her neck is stretched and elongated... and her shoulders are manipulated and slimmed... I didn't know whether to be happy that even models are heavily photoshopped or mad that even models are heavily photoshopped..." If this excerpt made you laugh, nod you head vigorously or happy that someone gets it, then this book might very well be worth $10-15 for you. If you didn't understand it at all or were ambivalent, then maybe not.

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