Yes! When I say that no experience with design, drawing, or color is necessary, I really mean it. One of the most famous designers in the world, Ralph Lauren, built his entire empire without knowing how to draw or sew! What he had was an intuitive understanding of the feeling he wanted to create, and the knowledge of how to use aesthetics to bring his vision to life. In this course, you'll learn to tune into your own intuition, and you'll learn practical approaches for shaping your space so that it cultivates the feelings — and experiences — you want most out of life.

Absolutely not. The inspirational images floating around on the internet can make us feel like the problems we have with our homes can be cured by spending more money. But in reality, it doesn't cost a lot to create a home you love. In fact, I highly recommend you don't buy anything new until you've thoroughly "shopped your home" and discovered what you can repurpose. You may find you don't want to buy anything else at all!

And if you do choose to add to your home, what you'll learn will save you money in the long run by helping you avoid costly mistakes and disappointing impulse purchases, and instead make investments in your home that will continue to bring you joy for years to come.

Not only will this program be worthwhile, but I actually created it with specific attention to people who are renting or who don't want to renovate! While traditional design programs emphasize changes to flooring and finishes that are impossible for renters, Design a Joyful Home shows you how to create a beautiful space right where you are. In this course, you'll learn cost-effective ways to draw attention to aspects of the space you love, and shift focus away from the ones you don't. You may even find ways to turn your home's most challenging features into its best assets.

Ah, the internet! A place of endless inspiration, where the answer to any design question is just a Google away.

Design blogs and magazines will give you information, but what they can't give you is an end-to-end process that helps you conquer indecision and feel confident that you can tackle any design challenge that comes your way. So while I'm still a huge fan of the internet, and highly recommend you use it as a resource alongside the course, it doesn't take the place of what you'll find inside Design a Joyful Home.

Think of them as close cousins who love to hang out and bring out the best in each other.

In JOYFUL, I shared my discovery of the aesthetics of joy, a framework that connects our environment with our emotions, and shared ideas for creating more joy in our surroundings. Since then, I've deepened my research on the ways that we can harness our intuition to create more joy in our homes.

Design a Joyful Home includes new frameworks like the 5-Point Space Breakdown and the Designer's Toolkit, a full-color guide to using the aesthetics of joy in design, and lessons on color that I couldn't include in the book. It also includes 19 new downloadable tools and worksheets.

Yes! The methods you'll learn in Design a Joyful Home can be applied to any space, public or private. In fact, the winner of last year's Joyful Home Giveaway (a little celebratory competition we host just for our students and alumni) is a teacher who transformed her speech therapy classroom into a haven for her students. She says "It's no stretch of the imagination to say that the room has facilitated bonding with both my students and my coworkers, which is important not only for school morale but also for speech therapy outcomes. My room has been a calm, safe place for students---it has officially become cool to come to speech therapy, ha! I have tons of kids every day asking to come to my room."

Design a Home You Love isn't just a home decor course. It's a set of tools that will help you see the potential in any space.