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Make Life Beautiful

By: Syd McGee, Shea McGee
Narrated by: Syd McGee, Shea McGee
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Publisher's summary

Stars of the hit Netflix series Dream Home Makeover Syd and Shea McGee offers fans a new and intimate look into how they built their business in this best-selling autobiography.

Do you want to live the best version of your life? Learn how Syd and Shea prioritized their values, defined their goals, and put their dreams into action - going from flat broke to design superstars - all while following their motto to “make life beautiful.” Most importantly, discover how you can do the same!

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 is 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.

In Make Life Beautiful, Syd and Shea inspire you on how to build an authentic life by applying design principles such as:

  • Embrace the process.
  • Get to the next level.
  • Find balance.
  • Elevate the everyday.

Make Life Beautiful is essential for entrepreneurs, interior designers, working parents, couples building a family and career, and anyone else chasing their dreams. Both longtime and new fans will gain insight into how the McGees built such a successful company.

©2020 Syd and Shea McGee (P)2020 Harper Horizon

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Inspiring and Warm

I’m a huge fan of the McGee couple. Hearing about their journey has been such a pleasant experience. It felt like I was just at a cafe catching-up with them. Their story inspires me to continue making life beautiful and going after my dreams.

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I loved every minute of it!

Growing up in Orange County California, but now living in Tennessee, I could relate to so many of their stories and I was inspired by how they overcame so many obstacles!

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Love!

Amazing. Could not stop listening! Great mix of design info, funny, and informative. Can’t wait to look at more of there work.

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Captivating story!

This is the first autobiography that I’ve been able to get hooked on and actually finish. And - I did it in less than 5 days! The fact that Syd and Shea narrated themselves was a huge plus. And the honesty they conveyed in their story was inspiring. I’ve always enjoyed them since watching their show on Netflix but this book brought it to another level. Great job guys!

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Beautiful Story

Thank you for sharing your story. I always find it inspiring to hear the struggles and victories of people successfully living out their passions and dreams. I especially enjoyed that the book was read by the authors.

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Fun, inspiring, and practical! Couldn’t stop listening.

If you watched their new show on Netflix, you already love the McGees for their down to earth nature and beautiful, timeless, yet unique and fresh style. This book is a story of their journey, with raw moments as well as funny stories, all centered around practical and specific design and business tips (I appreciated the specificity here!). I truly loved getting the peek behind the curtain and found it inspiring, interesting, fun and very well written - I couldn’t stop listening and finished it in just a few days! Highly recommend for anyone interested in design, entrepreneurship, or just a fun and inspiring story!

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great

loved it a great true story of faith family and business!!!! easy-to-listen! recommend to all

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So inspiring!

I have never bought anything from McGee & Co but I’ve been a long time admirer of everything they do and this book made me love them even more. Highly recommend getting this book on audible so you can hear them tell their inspiring story!

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Good job!

Good job, you made me go out and buy the book. Something I want to be able to refer to at any given time. I love how the stories of life came together to create a business. Especially to date a great successful business.

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Loved it!

I started watching the Netflix show on season 2. So I really didn’t know their background, I did some research and realized how down to earth they are so I bought the audiobook. It was one of my quickest listens so far. It was an easy read and very enjoyable. Very human.

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