The Inspired Room {An Interior Design Blog}

The Inspired Room was voted in the Top 12 Best Home Design Blogs 2012 at Apartment Therapy!

My name is Melissa and I’m the creator of The Inspired Room, a home decorating and interior design blog. I love to share about my own home and things that inspire me about doable interior design, homemaking and authentic living. 

I keep things very simple! I’m DIY challenged and always on a budget, so if I can figure out a way to do decorate my home without a lot of time, stress or money, I’m all for that. 

I started The Inspired Room in July 2007 with the desire to inspire myself and others to create an authentic life and home. It was a personal journey for me and I was excited to share it through The Inspired Room. In October 2011 I released my first ebook, NOT a DIY Diva, summarizing what my mission here is all about.

In the nearly five years since it first began, this blog has had one mission: to inspire women to create an authentic home they LOVE and for their home to inspire their life.

While this blog has grown and spread its wings over the years, my focus and passion has remained the same. I’m thrilled and humbled by all the opportunities I’ve had since 2007.

The Inspired Room now has a readership of 300,000 unique readers each month and receives 1 milion page views a month. I’m humbled to have been featured on such sites as HGTV.com, Apartment Therapy, Ladies Home Journal, The Seattle Times, The Oregonian, Better Homes & Gardens, The Nest, Coldwater Creek, The Dallas Morning News and The Pioneer Woman and more.

In addition to writing at The Inspired Room, I am a monthly contributor at  (in)courage, and I have been a guest writer for Williams Sonoma Designer Market Place and HomeGoods, and a speaker for such fabulous conferences as Blissdom, Relevant and A Woman Inspired. I’m also a “pinner” for Better Homes & Gardens magazine — now that is a fun job!!

In day to day life, I am a mom of three and a pastor’s wife helping to launch a new church and brand new all ages concert house in Washington called Voyage.  If you want to read a little about the behind the scenes look at my life, you can find that here.

In the nearly five years since it first began, this blog has had one mission: to inspire women to create an authentic home they LOVE and for their home to inspire their life.

I like to open my eyes to new things to inspire me in living an authentic life — hopefully things that will inspire you too! I love to dream, find inspiration in all sorts of places, and then take what I find and apply it (on a budget and usually using what I already have!) to my own home and life.

Along the way I hope to slow down enough to appreciate all the beauty around me every day. Life flies by too quickly and I don’t want to fail to notice the little things.

 

 



 

NOTE: The Inspired Room is a legally registered trademark. This means that you may not use The Inspired Room or any variation of that name in a way that could easily be confused with me or my business. I am required to defend my trademark.