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Author, Jill Butler, kick-starts creativity and guides the reader in thoughtfully and intentionally her living space to truly express her personality and needs. Showing how she transformed the bland home she bought after her own divorce, Jill dares readers to imagine the possibilities and uncover what they really want. With inviting color photos and sketches and passionate words, Jill invites women to envision what they want their home to be — perhaps a safe haven, a nurturing source of energy, or a gathering place for family and friends. Sure to become a classic in the self-help genre, this is a book that will change lives, room by room.

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create the space you deserve
AN ARTISTIC JOURNEY TO EXPRESSNG YOURSELF THROUGH YOUR HOME

“Settling for just any roof over my head was not a choice.”
—Jill Butler

Successful and talented artist, illustrator, designer, businesswoman, and author Jill Butler uses her bold and captivating artwork, along with stunning photography of her nothing-special-turned-dream-cottage, to inspire readers to do more with their living spaces and in turn more with their lives. Butler, recovering from divorce and living on her own again, successfully applied tried-and-true creative exercises to change “downsizing” and “good enough” to “sanctuary” and “space you deserve.” With reflective thoughts scattered throughout the pages (“I am acutely aware of how this cottage wraps its arms around me and allows me to be whoever and whatever I am today ...”) readers will gain insight into Butler’s over scheduled life as well as their own. Through the sharing of ideas and experiences, Jill Butler creates a space of intimacy with her readers and forms a powerful sense of community among women.

Part guide to creating the space you want to live in, part journal to help you reevaluate, reinvent, and revitalize yourself, Create the Space You Deserve is a launching pad to access your creative self and express your personality onto your living space. Jill Butler takes readers on a journey of both internal and external transformation and growth. Hundreds of decorating tips and ideas are accompanied by mind-maps and other illustrations reflecting the myriad of decisions, emotions, and questions you will face. In fact, Butler encourages readers to answer probing questions, such as What do I want? and What do I need? In addition, striking "before" and "after" photos will help unleash your inner creativity to create the ideal nesting spot you never knew could exist.

“I think of transformation not as a goal but rather as a process,” Butler writes. Through each completely different and captivating chapter, readers will learn how to “clear the crud” and get back to basics, imagine the possibilities, when to ask for help and who to ask, how to easily pull together a perfect room, and how to make your home a personal and meaningful sanctuary – just when you need to get away from it all. From indoor renovations to outdoor “plantings of ideas,” readers will be mesmerized by everything CREATE THE SPACE YOU DESERVE has to offer.

“The conscious journey is worth the effort and evenutally cause for celebration.” JB
source: GPP